Sr. Adv. Quality Engineer

Milwaukee Tool•Brookfield, MT

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a disruptive Sr. Adv. Quality Engineer to join their innovative Engineering teams. This role provides quality engineering services to cross-functional project teams involved in New Product Development, Product Support, and Value Engineering. The primary focus is to serve as a Quality & Reliability expert, leading advanced quality and reliability activities to meet project objectives, including supplier development, time-to-market, cost, and performance. The position requires strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and proactive execution skills. The role involves working with global teams, up to 20% travel, and representing the Accessories Quality & Reliability team on NPD teams. Responsibilities include developing and revising Quality Policies and Procedures, establishing systems for data collection and analysis, leading supplier development activities, developing QC mitigation strategies, coordinating quality planning, ensuring manufacturing process stability, and monitoring field product reviews.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent field
5 years of related work experience
Strong background in statistical analysis and methodologies
Working knowledge of quality/reliability applications such as Minitab and ReliaSoft
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma
Auditing
Plant Quality
PowerBI
Test Development

Responsibilities

Lead and direct the advanced quality and reliability activities of project teams to successfully meet Project Quality/Reliability Objectives as well as project goals including Supplier Development, Time-To-Market, Cost, and Performance.
Serve as a Quality & Reliability expert to the business and projects teams, with minimal supervision.
Work with global teams in Asia and Mexico to execute NPD, Product Support, and Value Engineering projects.
Serve as the representative to the Accessories Quality & Reliability team on NPD teams alongside Marketing and Engineering counterparts.
Effectively capture and communicate risk and lead alignment towards mitigation and closure.
Research, develop and revise Quality Policies, Procedures, System Instructions, Engineering Standards and Work Instructions that govern the operations of the Quality Engineering Department and Quality-related activities of the Corporate Office and the Manufacturing Facility.
Establish and maintain a framework and systems for collecting and analyzing product performance, statistical process control, conducting gauge repeatability and reproducibility studies.
Write standards and procedures governing the conduct of these activities including the data to be collected, reporting methods, etc.
Formally lead and capture Supplier Development activities for all NPD projects to ensure stable processes and the manufacturing quality products in a mass production setting.
Work with the global quality teams to develop QC mitigation strategies for high-risk specifications.
Coordinate quality planning activities such as auditing, inspection, and control plans (incoming, in-process and outgoing) that drive user need CtQ requirements through product specifications and into manufacturing processes.
Collaborate with US, European, and Asian-based manufacturing and supplier representatives to ensure operational readiness of new product launches.
Ensure manufacturing process stability and capability through the use of advanced statistical methods; including Six Sigma methods, and Ppk and Cpk analysis and interpretation.
Use advanced statistical analysis to recommend process improvements and value engineering ideas.
Participate in the evaluation and selection of suppliers.
Able to call, lead and conduct global, cross-functional team members with the following participants: New product development engineering, internal/external operations/suppliers, quality, and supply chain.
Provide technical guidance to the PRC and US-based supplier quality teams.
Identify and work on process improvement opportunities within the Quality/Reliability Department, beyond the core project teams.
Monitor, investigate, and report field product reviews, utilizing various user feedback data streams to determine overall product health and assess risk of product quality.
Collaborate with Engineering and Marketing to translate customer needs into product requirements and specifications.
Support the product design process including benchmarking and testing of concepts & prototypes.
Develop and execute test procedures to validate product specifications and ensure Quality and Reliability readiness.
Lead Risk Assessments (Design and Manufacturing) during the product development cycle.
Perform reliability analysis, using advanced statistical techniques including Weibull, ANOVA, and other statistical tools.
Interpret and present advanced statistical data to a cross-functional team in a concise format.
Perform failure analysis, and recommend solutions with corrective action, as required.
Proactively seek out quality improvements for new and existing products.