A Day in Your Life at MKS:

As a Quality Engineer at Ophir Optics /MKS Company located in Bucharest, Romania you will partner with MKS Ophir Precision Optics Manufacturing to lead the Quality activities for key customers and internal projects. In this role, you will report to the Quality Manager.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Work closely with the Optical Fabrication team, drive a Culture of Zero-Defect Quality
• Lead problem-solving initiatives for customers complaints, including root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions using 8D problem solving methods.
• Ensure timely resolution of customer-facing quality issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Implement and maintain SPC methodologies across key manufacturing processes to ensure product quality and process stability. Work with production and manufacturing engineering teams to analyze process data, identify trends, and drive corrective actions.
• Use SPC insights to proactively address process variations and optimize yield.
• Lead and execute internal audits to ensure compliance with ISO-9001, customer requirements and internal quality standards.
• Review and update QMS procedures/ work instructions as per ISO 9001-2015 guidelines
• Continuously interface with Operations, D&E, and Production Support teams to implement proactive improvements to quality
• Collaborate with procurement and supplier quality teams to ensure incoming materials meet specification.
• Lead PFMEA and related control plan activities
• Travel Requirements: Up to 10 % of Travel is required
  
  

Skills You Bring:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, material science, or equivalent discipline
• 3+ years of QA Engineering experience working in fast paced manufacturing
• Experience with Quality and Reliability methodologies and tools such as SPC, SFIC, PPAP, 8D, FAI, FMEA, DMAIC, Gage R&R, DFx, DOE, Six Sigma, etc.
• Knowledge of ASME Y14.5-2009 geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Comprehensive understanding of ISO 9001-2015 Quality System Standards
• Optical drawing notation and specification standard, defining optical component tolerances, material properties and surface quality.
• Experience with Lean, 6S, zero-defect manufacturing processes, inspection methods, and tools, with focus on continuous improvement
  
  

Preferred Skills: (Optional)

• Experience with thin film coating
• Experience with optical components fabrication, grinding, polishing, metrology
• Knowledge of process development with SQC/SPC