(Fastwater Staffing) Quality Specialist, MRB and nonconformance - Santa Ana/Costa Mesa, CA

Location: on-site, LC1 (OC21), Santa Ana / Costa Mesa, CA. 

What you'll do:

· Manages the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process

· Be fully imbedded within manufacturing process to actively assist in providing resolution, containment, and improvement to nonconforming materials

· Review Manufacturing Work Instructions and provide feedback

· Support in providing clarification or go/no-go decisions to inspectors

· Lead and own the execution of containment of nonconforming items including inspecting to verify non-conforming parts

· Assist in the root cause analysis

· Manage internal triage with engineering teams to support nonconformance dispositions and ensure the investigative tasks are completed in a timely manner

· Ensure data collection and entry is accurate and complete for the MRB process

· Communicate the process performance and quality issues to key stakeholders to drive improvements

· Track and report out MRB metrics on a weekly basis

· Execute vendor return material authorization (RMA) with partnership between Warehouse and Buyers to ensure material leaves the MRB area for suppliers.

· Manage quality containment process for material, tooling, and inspection equipment that are involved in non-conformances impacting production capacity and capability.

· Create inspection plans for incoming material, in-process inspection steps, and end of line inspection, as per direction from product quality engineers

· Train technicians and inspectors to execute inspection plans and data capture in the process.

· Propose, develop and implement quality assurance policies and procedures and review with the product quality engineers

· Review and propose continuous improvement projects for productivity gains, quality improvements, and benefits to Client's quality policy.

· Perform internal audits on processes and procedures, as per direction from Quality Systems Engineer

· Deep dive into data and traceability investigations to identify trends, oddities, inconsistencies, and variation that impacts the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and product quality.

· Stay current with new inspection technologies and techniques and recommend improvements to the inspection process

Required Qualifications:

· Must be a US citizen; must be able to obtain and hold a TS/SCI.

· Associate degree or equivalent in a relevant fields, or equivalent experience in lieu of education

· 5+ years of experience in manufacturing and/or a quality/engineering related role

· Experience in a manufacturing environment supporting HW development and quality management

· Proficiency with computer-aided design (CAD) software and inspection data management software.

· Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

· Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.

· Experience with Calibrated equipment (calipers, micrometers, CMM, Faro arm, OMM, etc.)

· Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings (wire diagrams, work instructions, CAD)

· Analyze inspection results and provide feedback to production, manufacturing engineering, and quality engineering departments.

· Experience using investigative equipment such as x-ray inspection, digital characterization, material certificate of compliance, etc.

· Experience in a facility with AS9100, ISO9001, IATF 16949 or similar QMS standard

· Experience with validation and testing assemblies and their components

· Experience with communicating with suppliers and cross functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

· Technical or Associates degree in related quality/mechanical/aerospace engineering field

· Direct experience conducting First Article Inspection and Report for internal manufacturing

· ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate, or equivalent. IPC-A-610 or IPC-A-620 Certification

· Existing work experience is low rate production manufacturing environment

· Knowledge & understanding of dimensioning and tolerancing as per Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

· Experience with inspection of Electrical and Electronic Components (Power Supplies, PCBs, wire-harnesses)

· Experience with Manufacturing processes and their related systems (Jira, MES, ERP, Teamcenter, CAD)

· Experience with auditing processes and procedures in a manufacturing environment

· Detail oriented self starter with minimal oversight - strong ability to communicate with different cross functional teams