Senior Quality Engineer

3M•Maplewood, MN

65d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. You will make an impact by working with a Quality team that honors diversity and fosters positive global partnerships. You will function as an effective team leader and collaborator, embracing diversity and multi-cultural global collaboration, and promote harmonious and efficient working relationships across all functions and divisions. You will support “Quality as a Competitive Advantage” within the division by promoting a customer first and sustainability mindset based on voice of the complaint, risk-based thinking, and error proofing. You will drive Design for Quality efforts for new product commercialization and change management projects in collaboration with Lab, Product Engineer, Application Engineer, and Manufacturing. You will provide expertise in the NPI process using advanced quality tools [Voice of Customer (VOC), Linear House of Quality (LHOQ), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), control plans, etc.]. You will ensure VOC is translated to robust quality plans that are seamlessly executed at the factory level. You will negotiate specifications directly with customer and development team. You will identify product quality improvement opportunities and Product Process Understanding (PPU) and is efficient in making project proposals, prioritizing, collaborating, and executing priority programs. You will identify and track critical Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) [Lean Six Sigma (LSS) savings, Cost of Quality (COQ), etc.]. You will provide statistical insights through control chart analysis, manufacturing and test method capability analysis, and experimental designs. You will support team in efforts in Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Statistical Quality Control (SQC).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start)
Two (2) years of combined plant experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Quality Engineering and/or Product Engineering (private, public, government or military environment)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a STEM related discipline from an accredited institution
Experience in manufacturing and quality requirements in a high-tech industry (electronics, interconnect, data center, semiconductor, medical, automotive, aerospace, etc.)
Experience working on a cross-functional team.
Expertise with quality engineering tools such as: (DQM, House of Quality, PPU, Statistics, APQP, FMEA, control plans, PPAP, SAP and/or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) documentation systems)
Expertise in statistical insights, including design of experiments, data analysis and software (e.g., Minitab, JMP).
Experience with change management, complaint management, supplier management, auditing [International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001, International Automotive Task Force (IATF)-16949, etc.) and/or Quality Management Systems (QMS)
Certifications in quality engineering, quality auditing or quality management from American Society for Quality-ASQ™ certification(s) such as: Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP)
Black Belt or Green Belt experience

Responsibilities

Work with a Quality team that honors diversity and fosters positive global partnerships.
Function as an effective team leader and collaborator, embracing diversity and multi-cultural global collaboration, and promote harmonious and efficient working relationships across all functions and divisions.
Support “Quality as a Competitive Advantage” within the division by promoting a customer first and sustainability mindset based on voice of the complaint, risk-based thinking, and error proofing.
Drive Design for Quality efforts for new product commercialization and change management projects in collaboration with Lab, Product Engineer, Application Engineer, and Manufacturing.
Provide expertise in the NPI process using advanced quality tools [Voice of Customer (VOC), Linear House of Quality (LHOQ), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), control plans, etc.].
Ensure VOC is translated to robust quality plans that are seamlessly executed at the factory level.
Negotiate specifications directly with customer and development team.
Identify product quality improvement opportunities and Product Process Understanding (PPU) and is efficient in making project proposals, prioritizing, collaborating, and executing priority programs.
Identify and track critical Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) [Lean Six Sigma (LSS) savings, Cost of Quality (COQ), etc.].
Provide statistical insights through control chart analysis, manufacturing and test method capability analysis, and experimental designs.
Support team in efforts in Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Statistical Quality Control (SQC).