Quality Engineer

Education

Ahigh school diploma is required with experience in quality. Associate degree or bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred but not required.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• 2-5 years of experience in quality control in a manufacturing environment. Knowledge in metal stampings, forming, and welding is a plus
• Ability to read and understand drawing specifications, customer, and regulatory requirements. Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) is a plus
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision while overseeing 2-3 inspectors within the department
• Experience using as well as supervising the use of measuring instruments including calipers, micrometers, height gages, tape measure, and scales
• Ability to oversee that first articles and PPAP’s, work in-process, as well as final inspections are in compliance with customer specifications
• Ability to accurately and neatly complete required paperwork pertaining to customer PSW’s, PPAP submittals and quality requirements
• Ability to oversee the evaluation of incoming material according to specifications
• Must have good organizational skills and a strong attention to detail
• Knowledge of basic computer skills including excel, word, power point, etc.
• Quality Planning and Standards: Establishing and/or maintaining quality assurance (QA) procedures, standards, and metrics, such as ISO 9001
• Process Improvement: Utilizing techniques like statistical process control (SPC), Six Sigma, and lean manufacturing to identify and remove causes of defects.
• Overseeing auditing and compliance: both internal and external
• Root Cause Analysis: analyzing failures, identifying the root cause of issues, and implementing corrective and preventative actions (CAPA).
• Documentation: maintaining detailed documentation, including inspection reports and quality procedures as well as other typical quality engineering functions as needed.

While this list is representative of essential job duties, it is not an all-inclusive list of duties required to perform this role. Other duties may be assigned as needed.