Required: Experience in aerospace or automotive industry in a quality, engineering, or manufacturing capacity. Knowledge of AS9100 or TS16949.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
The Quality Engineer has a broad range of duties, including:
• Working closely with Engineering to ensure that designs meet applicable quality requirements.
• Plan and perform internal quality audits and execute action items.
• Lead quality initiatives to reduce scrap and rework by developing and facilitating cross-functional teams.
• Conducting quality investigations.
• Be an active participant in the material review board.
• Provide quality function support by working closely with Sales, Engineering, and Manufacturing to manage customer relations, expectations, needs and satisfaction.
• Independently drive and direct actions with departmental groups to maintain MRB and RMA issues.
• Drive key quality performance metrics: DPPM, OTD, Cost of Quality, Customer Scorecards, Internal Audit Risk and Effectiveness, Supplier Performance, Contract Review.
• Source inspection liaison
• Travel to customer and supplier locations as required.
Required Skills and Abilities:
• Knowledge of aerospace quality requirements and specifications.
• Proven track record of partnering with manufacturing and engineering
• Experience with root cause analysis and corrective action. Experience with formal quality and operations systems.
• Capable of reviewing and interpreting drawings, contracts / PO’s, and applicable processing standards.
• Skilled at performing First Article inspections.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• An understanding of use and application of statistics and SPC.
• Six Sigma preferred
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor Degree in Engineering required
• 1 to 5 plus years working in the aerospace and or automotive industry in a quality, engineering, or manufacturing capacity.
• Previous experience in a high mix, low volume job shop
• Ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D Quality Management System processes.
• Due to ITAR restrictions an export license may be required