Quality Engineer

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Performs duties relative to customer validation projects.

· PFMEA’s

· Process flow diagrams

· Control Plans

· Measurement system analysis studies

· Records material & performance test results

· Initial process studies

· Equipment IQ/OQ/PQ

· Master machine validation schedule

· Quality Management System Management

§ Assist with Corrective preventative actions and VOE

§ KPI creation & implementation

§ Develop Key Metrics to identify quality trends

2. Implement and ensure conformance to Manufacturing and Quality Control plans and related specification requirements.

3. Review audit results and findings to determine the best course of action for corrective countermeasures and future risk mitigation.

4. Using Risk Management techniques such as PFMEA, Control Plans, and SPC to ensure the continued adequacy of the Manufacturing Plan and its application to producing acceptable product quality while meeting product cost goals.

5. Interface with supporting departments to maximize product producibility.

6. Focus on improving the process capability of key manufacturing processes, including machining (grinding, lathes/mills, deburr) and special processes (heat treat, plating).

7. Facilitate effective and timely root cause and corrective action to maintain product losses within budgetary requirements and correct the cause of related Customer complaints and dissatisfaction, meet costs, manufacturing losses, and non-conformance reduction goals. Oversee all over corrective action activity and provide direction to meet goals.

8. Facilitate training of newly deployed quality processes to required personnel.

9. Provide effective corrective action to control losses using 5-Why analysis and other problem-solving techniques such as PFMEA.

10. Provide input to optimizing inspection methods.

11. Co-ordinate with Engineering, Quality Control, Maintenance, and Shop Supervision in resolving technical problems.

12. Control of processes related to tool design, N/C programming and implementation of new equipment, both manufacturing and inspection/testing, as well as providing cross-functional involvement and Quality Engineering support to production.

13. Establish standard work to create a level of excellence that must be attained by Management and Production to continually meet the customer requirements for product integrity at optimal Quality cost.

14. Prepare monthly Quality metrics to support CAPA Board, Management Review, and Quality Reviews.

15. Assist in identifying and disposing of nonconformances and prepare a collective analysis of new and recent nonconformances with a primary focus on those requiring customer MRB review.

Qualifications and skills required and/or Preferred

1. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent.

2. Manufacturing Engineering/Precision Machine Shop environment; thorough knowledge of Quality principles, materials & processes, including assembly & test experience.

3. Strong preference for CQE (ASQ) and CQA (ASQ).

4. QA field as applicable to methods & procedures related to military & commercial standards; knowledge of GD must possess proven capability & initiative to function in a high technology environment; ability to interface with administration, management and customers.