Quality Engineer IV

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Function as the voice of the customer regarding quality issues and to represent Laird to the customer.
• Develop working relationships with assigned customers and team members.
• Develop, revise, and maintain Quality documentation as necessary.
• Facilitate and participate in the Continuous Improvement efforts utilizing Quality Tools.
• Facilitate and participate in the Corrective Action process (8D), the MRB (Material Review Board) process, the First Article process, Part Certification process, and the Business System Auditing process.
• Oversee and direct the activities of Quality Inspectors as assigned to achieve quality objectives.
• Monitor partners and suppliers regarding effective and on time failure analysis; review their 8D-reports.
• Advise in Advanced Quality Planning for New Products as required by Project Management
• Advise Departments with Quality System and Product Quality related issues and coordinate the Quality effort.
• Supervise failure analysis of components returned by the customer as required.
• Create quality related reports for internal and external distribution.
• Perform supplier audits, internal audits and participate in customer audits.
• Establish and maintain quality data like PPM, D/P-FMEA, 8Ds, PPAP's, SPC, MSA and others as appropriate.
• Work with manufacturing partners and suppliers regarding their specific requirements.
• Coordinate the PPAP process (including developing, reviewing and approving FMEAs, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, etc. as appropriate) working with all parties involved (e.g., engineering, suppliers/manufacturing partners, operations…) to ensure customer and Laird.
• Provide training on quality related topics to others in the organization.
• Adheres to quality and safety systems or maintenance of quality and safety standards.

Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups
• Ability to work with management to establish and execute project milestones.
• Ability to work toward defined objectives, targets, and goals with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated strength of new product development processes and work flow.
• Works well in a team environment and guides the team as the “expert” in a particular field.
• Demonstrated experience in participating on multi-disciplinary product development teams
• Good knowledge of a particular technical area within the job responsibility.
• Able to work successfully in a deadline-driven, fast paced environment and effectively multi-task multiple priorities in a team-oriented environment.
• Must be flexible and able to adapt to changing requirements and schedules
• Knowledge and experience with TS16949 and ISO9001: 2000.
• Ability to read interprets and analyzes blueprints.
• Advanced Flowcharting ability and procedure analysis.
• Advanced knowledge of statistical process control.
• Ability to use precision measuring instruments.
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related field, Masters Degree preferred.
• 8 or more years of experience