Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer assists the Quality Assurance Manager with developing standards within the department as well as the managing of processes, manufacturing methods, and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with Customers, Sales and Engineering on APQP activities for new program.
• Review GD&T, SC's, KPC's, and gauging methodology with customers on new programs.
• Work with suppliers & customers on quality concerns. Conducts investigations on non-conformance and recommends corrective action to prevent reoccurrence.
• Work with Manufacturing to solve in-house quality concerns, review nonconforming product and recommend disposition.
• Interpret detailed blueprints, work orders, engineering specifications, and routing sheets to determine production standards and tolerance limits.
• Determine quality improvement parameters by identifying statistical methods relevant to manufacturing processes.
• Establish statistical confidence by identifying sample size and acceptable error; determining levels of confidence.
• Develop sampling plans by applying attribute, variable, and sequential sampling methods.
• Analyze data by completing hypothesis, normal distribution, and process capability analysis tests.
• Prepare reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and making recommendations.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establish personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participate in professional societies; maintaining American Society of Quality Control Certified Quality Engineer qualification.
• Practice safe working methods.
• Communicate with management any deviations of tolerances and quality.
• Assist in addressing and resolving production problems causing deviations from existing standards.
• Lead and/or assist in Corrective Actions and Root Cause Analysis.
• Write complex CMM programs using PC-DMIS and calypso software
• Coach/train Quality Inspectors as needed on CMM, gaging, procedures, etc.
• Complete all required records and paperwork.

• Research, develop, and coordinate new inspection methods and practices with the Quality Manager.
• Determine pass/fail on visual criteria under magnification and understands and can operate microscope.

Qualifications:

• Must possess a solid to higher technical understanding to support innovation and help initiate Process Improvement.
• Ability to operate optical comparator and related peripherals, micrometers, indicators, calipers, height gage, etc. Understand the care and use of pin gages, thread gages and gage blocks.
• Understand complex dimensioning systems and can identify Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance ("GD&T") symbols.
• Ability to use Microsoft programs, such as Outlook, Excel, Word, and Access.
• Understanding of AS9100 and ISO9000 Quality Management Systems and Standards.
• Ability to perform PPAP, Gage R&R, SPC, FMEA, & PCAR's a plus.
• Ability to read and interpret complex documents such as blueprints, routings, work orders, engineering specifications, and safety regulations.
• Ability to write technical documentation.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Education and/or Experience:

• Associate degree and/or high school diploma with a minimum of 15 years related experience or a combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to regularly stand and use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls.
• Ability to frequently walk, talk, or hear.
• Ability to occasionally sit, stoop, kneel or crouch.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work that is involved in this position.