What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Specialist position at Invio Automation?
Quality Assurance Specialist
Department: Operations
Reports To: Operations Manager
Reports To: Operations Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Eldridge, IA
THE COMPANY
Invio Automation is an Industry 4.0 automation leader that serves a variety of high-growth end-markets including medical devices & life science, renewable energy, mobility, logistics & fulfillment, and heavy industry. Our Automation Solutions and Automation Technologies divisions work together to deliver Factory of the Future consulting and mission critical R&D pre-validation services that pave the way for a comprehensive suite of automation solutions where accuracy, efficiency, and precision are essential for success. With nine locations across North America and a global network of collaborative partners, Invio Automation’s geographic footprint provides customers with a presence in key markets where local service and support are valued.
Invio Automation’s Solutions division specializes in single station robotic cells, multi-station fabrication & assembly lines, bonding & welding technologies, vision systems, and packaging process. Application capabilities within our Solutions division include thermal bonding, web handling, force plotting, heat staking, high viscosity pumps, precision dispensing, impulse bag sealing, and needle bending. Invio Automation’s Technologies division includes highly differentiated Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) for heavyweight applications, turnkey assembly lines, welding automation, and custom lift-assist & secure tools for safety critical applications.
DESCRIPTION
Our operations team works with the largest companies in the world to transform how things are made. Having a passion for examining “the way it’s always been done” and seeking out a new and better way is a leadership trait we value. This role requires the ability to cultivate a culture of exceptional quality by working with Invio Automation engineering, operations, and outside vendors.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze and interpret engineering drawings and other technical data.
- Visit new/existing vendors to develop relationships to ensure best practices are established and followed.
- Work with corporate purchasing to identify new vendors with capacity.
- Work with current vendors to explain our expectations in terms of quality.
- Work with Invio Automation engineering, operations, and outside vendors
- Work with other Invio Automation engineering, operations, and outside vendors.
- Develop and implement quality standards.
- Develop plans to track and manage company waste.
- Maintain inspection equipment.
- Perform internal quality checks (processing mating parts together/verifying purchased parts fit together).
- Preform internal quality checks utilizing Micrometers, thread gauges, calipers, height gauges, etc.
- Preform inspections utilizing laser tracker and Polyworks to generate inspection reports.
- Inspect print packages prior to release.
- Assist with evaluating machining efficiency.
- Communicate with team members to solve quality issues.
- Work with Invio Automation engineering, operations, and outside vendors.
- team to maintain use of our Tool Quality Checklist for all projects.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be professional, proactive and positive, with internal and external customers and coworkers. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable the individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to comprehend mechanical and controls related drawings to establish operational opportunities for premature wear or failure of made or purchased items.
- Strong attention to detail
- MS Office Tools/Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint required)
- Adobe Acrobat Professional PDF Software – proficient for use of illustration markups; or use of a similar PDF (electronic) markup tool
- Preference given to individuals proficient in the use of 3D modeling software.
- Knowledge of Polyworks or ability to learn
- Knowledge of laser trackers or ability to learn
- Customer Interaction/Customer Service skills required (some positions involve direct customer interface)
- Desire for professional growth as this may lead to other opportunities within our company.
- Open to pursuing roles of increasing levels of responsibility and leadership.
- Willing to attend additional training in inspection equipment and software.
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Good verbal and written skills
- Proven organizational skills
- Ability to prioritize and work with limited supervision
- Ability to explain how and why specific conclusions were reached
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work well under pressure and to remain flexible to changing schedules and demands.
EDUCATION
High School diploma or GED equivalent. Minimum 1 year in a shop environment. Forklift experience required.
INVIO AUTOMATION’S CORE VALUES
- We take pride in the reliability of our team and the difficult problems we solve for customers.
- We deliver real customer value that positively impacts the lives of those around us.
- We are dependable. Relationships and trust matter.
- Our ingenuity and desire to improve lives will complement our suite of solutions.
- We strive to demonstrate that our attention to detail does not start or end with the solutions we engineer and deliver.
- We believe exceptional service is better demonstrated than said.
Salary : $39,900 - $50,500