What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at Thaler Defense Systems (Thaler Machine Company)?
Position Summary:
The Quality Engineer at Thaler Defense is responsible for ensuring that products meet all engineering, customer, and regulatory requirements throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. The Quality Engineer leads root cause investigations, drives corrective action initiatives, and challenges existing processes to continually improve quality, efficiency, and cost. Working in close partnership with manufacturing engineers, operations leadership, value stream teams, suppliers, customers, and shop floor personnel, the Quality Engineer ensures alignment of processes, controls, and quality expectations across the organization. This role also creates and presents actionable Quality metrics, supports continuous improvement activities, and serves as a subject matter expert for quality processes and procedures.
Essential Job Duties:
- Interpret engineering drawings for machined part inspections.
- Perform or validate AS9102 First Article Inspections (FAI)
- Ensure manufacturing processes and controls align with Quality and Engineering requirements.
- Develop effective quality control plans that validate product quality throughout the process.
- Drive problem-solving activities and challenge the status quo through root cause and corrective action investigations.
- Create, evaluate and present Quality metrics that deliver actionable information.
- Work closely with manufacturing engineers, value stream leaders, operations leadership, customers, vendors and shop floor personnel to drive quality alignment.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives for quality, efficiency, and cost.
- As needed, direct efforts of team members in meeting quality objectives and product quality deliveries.
- Serve as one of the SMEs for quality processes and procedures, providing training and guidance to associates regarding quality.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality engineering, or equivalent work experience in related discipline.
- 5 years of proven success working in quality engineering, quality control, or similar field.
- Experience with Aerospace and Defense quality management systems, including AS9100, ISO 9001, and ITAR a plus.
- Experience interpreting technical drawings, including GD&T. Experience with precision machining manufacturing is a plus.
- Previous experience using quality tools (e.g., Pareto analysis, cause/effect diagrams, process mapping, RCCA).
- Ability to comprehend and translate external and internal requirements into effective work instructions.
- Solid organizational skills, ability to deliver on action plans.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with ERP systems; experience with Infor Syteline a plus.
Email updated resume to Tracey.Dykes@ThalerDefense.com