What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at Viking Group, Inc.?
Responsibilities
- Serves as primary quality representative in New Product Development launch process, conducting design reviews with respect to Quality requirements of new products, develops gauging plans, control plans and PFMEA.
- Participates, as required, in support of site Engineering Change Notice (ECN) and Manufacturing Change Request processes.
- Develops all types of inspection and testing methods to ensure only materials meeting established specifications are accepted and processed into Operation’s supply chain.
- Defines methods of component layout and gauge design from Quality perspective.
- Designs and/or procures the necessary fixturing for measuring product / component samples.
- Leads the development, execution, and development of preliminary process set-up studies (DOE).
- Responsible for creating or giving direction to Quality technicians to produce quality plans, new visual standards, and new work instructions associated with new product launch or revision of existing products.
- Coordinates with R&D, Engineering, and/or Manufacturing to document on-going measurement update requirements on process prints.
- Participates in, reviews results of, and gives approval to prototype and production sample runs.
- Assists with development and maintaining of receiving inspection process and manufacturing process from a statistical analysis perspective concerning sampling
- Initiates and completes nonconforming material ‘hold’ tag process within Quality Management System.
- Leads and assists the Quality Manager with approval agency in-plant audits, routine inspections, and test activities (UL, FM, ISO, etc.).
- Supports the Quality Management System (QMS) through participation in the Internal Audit program, preventative action communications, and corrective action processes.
- Reads and interprets engineering drawings for inspecting and measuring of product components, associated tooling, fixtures, and finished goods.
- Develops documentation methods for presenting, reporting, maintaining, and archiving of measurement data.
- Participates in administrative-type research duties as requested to support customer requests from a Quality Assurance perspective concerning certifications, conformance, funding models, and agency approvals.
- Responsible for entering critical data for documentation purposes into Quality Assurance department databases and associated company Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool.
- Assist Technical Services department with investigative activities associated with customer returns. Participates in external and internal customer product concerns and initiates corrective action as required.
- Acts in accordance with ISO9001 to support the external customer experience during advanced corporate and quality planning activities.
- Supports statistical process control tasks for the site from a Quality perspective.
- Reviews results of system and product audits by Quality staff and facilitates any necessary preventative or corrective actions.
- Monitors layout activities to ensure product conformity to requirements.
- Provides reports from a Quality Assurance perspective concerning process capabilities for production using Statistical Process Control methods as requested.
- Participates in site problem solving projects, represents Quality department at site meetings, and captures pertinent Quality Assurance documentation as requested by Quality Manager.
- Submits test information as requested, maintains correspondence, and keeps appropriate records per regulatory requirements.
- Participates in defining and executing business unit goals and objectives for scope of Quality Management Systems beyond local manufacturing site as defined by Management.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Salary : $90,000 - $100,000