Engineer - Quality

Summary:

To provide the quality-assurance support to the assigned program and/or area to ensure that the product is built in accordance with customer and division quality requirements while maintaining production flow.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review design drawings and changes, operation sheets, process procedures, test procedures, procurement documents, quality manuals, and inspection analyses
• Provides support to his or her assigned operation group including visual aids and inspection analyses
• Serve as “referee” in making “accept” or “reject” decisions.
• Provide support to other departments
• Conduct audits, close out audit findings, and/or create audit findings reports and determine appropriate corrective and preventive actions
• Review quality trends based on quality data system information and interaction with inspectors and production personnel
• Participate in the generation and implementation of defect-reduction programs
• Perform Root Cause analysis and implement corrective action
• Analyze failure, corrective action, and preventive action to respond to customer concerns
• Generate Engineering Change Requests
• Evaluate discrepant hardware determine its disposition or referral to the Material Review Board.
• Interact with representatives from a variety of functional groups as well as within the Quality Assurance Department.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives
• Participate in Material Review Board actions as requested
• Interact with DCAS personnel as well as customer and supplier representatives on quality issues as requested
• May perform source inspections and/or surveys, involving visits to a supplier's facility to evaluate adherence to the company's quality requirements for products or systems.
• May assist the Repair Department in evaluating field returns to identify any failure trends and perform failure analysis
• Communicate effectively (verbal and written) with all contacts
• Accept and adapt easily to change
• Ensure that all activities are consistent with Company Mission Statement
• Operate job-related equipment with or without an accommodation

• Meet physical demands of job with or without an accommodation
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Four-year degree or eight years' inspection or equivalent preferred
• 2 years as an Associate Quality Engineer, or equivalent
• Previous experience as root cause and corrective action focal
• Knowledge of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and some knowledge of chemistry to assist with decisions related to paints, potting, and coating materials and processes.
• Understanding of AS9100 Rev C requirements required; internal auditor preferred
• Proficient in AS9102 completion
• Ability to interpret customers’ quality requirements
• Read, write, and speak English fluently
• Sense of urgency
• Ability to meet frequent short timeline goals and deadlines

Salary : $65,000 - $94,000