Job Description

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Quality Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining and

supporting supplier quality assurance efforts to ensure that products and services meet

drawing and purchase order specification requirements for mechanical components and

assemblies. Responsibilities include performing quality engineering tasks associated

with supply chain quality assurance in support of new product introduction, current

product supply chain maintenance, supplier oversight, and strategic supplier selection.

This individual will review and provide input for supplier selection activities including

supplier evaluation, quality systems audits, new purchase order supplier kick-offs and

coordinating supplier process capability programs for new and current production

components, assemblies, and special processes.

Key Duties

 Develop quality plans for new product introduction that include general and by

part number PO flow downs, FAIs, Source Inspections, supplier production

sample inspections, incoming inspection plans, etc.

 Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections and drives

supplier continuous improvement processes

 Work with suppliers to ensure that they understand contract compliance,

engineering documentation, FAI process, nonconformance process, RCCA

process, workmanship standards, etc.

 Develop suppliers to assure successful achievement of supplier quality

metrics.

 Lead on-site audits, evaluate prototypes, and review and approve supplier

corrective actions

 Review and Approve supplier first article inspections

 Work with shop floor management to identify failure modes and drive supplier

improvement.

 Ensure timely processing of any product non-conformances found at incoming

inspection.

 Identify and eliminate cost of quality drivers including scrap and rework within

manufacturing.

 Certify supplier processes for critical parts by ensuring adequate process control

plans, inspection plans and Process of Record baselines

 Partner with service team to participate in failure analysis activities, compile data

and reduce product failure modes.

 Drive CAPA associated with poor product quality through the supply chain to

ensure that any findings or non-conformances are addressed quickly.

 Summarize and present product quality data to management team on a monthly

basis.

 Define inspection processes, requirements, frequency and sampling internally

and through sub-tier.

 Drive improvements at key and critical suppliers to ensure high quality incoming

materials.

 Provide support to incoming inspection department.

 Willing to travel up to 10% domestic and international when required.

 Advocate for lean, 6S and safety.

 Supports Rohs/REACH/TSCA compliance activity.

Basic Qualifications (including education and experience required)

· Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical field and a minimum of 5

years of appropriate industry experience

 Proficient technical expertise and knowledge including precision machining of

components, sheet metal fabrication, component special processes.

 Proficient with ISO 9000 / AS9100 Standards, 6 Sigma tools, Statistics.

 Ability to read blueprints and understand industry and military specifications.

 Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication, writing and computer skills.

 Audit experience on ISO 9001 or AS9100 standards.

 US citizen required.

Required Competencies

 Possess thejudgmentnecessary to present recommendations for action to

others when decisions are outside responsibility.

 Results orientedwith the drive necessary to continuously look for ways to

improve the effectiveness of operations, processes, procedures or services.

 Persistentand relentless when pursuing solutions to problems.

 Critical analytical thinkerwho applies logic and sound reasoning to determine the

facts of the situation and identify root cause.

 Creative thinkerwho will develop creative approaches to problems.

 Ability tocommunicateeffectively when speaking and writing so that others can

understand a situation and take appropriate action.

 Demonstrates thehonesty and integrityrequired to do the right thing while

adhering to strongly held principles and values.