Senior Quality Engineer

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:

• Develop and implement quality standards to meet Quality Management System to assure products meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Lead cross-functional problem-solving teams; use of QA methodologies to manage and facilitate issue resolution including root cause investigations and the development, implementation and monitoring of effective corrective and preventive actions
• Performs routine supplier and plant audits to ensure product being manufactured meets all requirements.
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive process and product improvements in manufacturing plants and at suppliers.
• Work with Manufacturing, Engineering, and PM to determine product specifications and tolerances.
• Participates in various NPI projects to ensure quality is incorporated into product designs and be responsible for preparing all quality-related documentation.
• Support the development of FMEAs, Control Plans, Test and Inspection Plans.
• Establish and maintain control plans to assure critical features are controlled through manufacturing processes.
• Reviews and integrates contractual requirements into all aspects of proposals and program processes and documentation.
• Conducts capability assessments and process validations to support supplier selection activities.
• Provides material review dispositions for non-conforming materials or products.
• Plan, execute, and oversee inspection and testing of products to verify conformance with specifications and deliverables.
• Update company complaint handling system to ensure capture, investigation, and proper documentation of all customer complaints.
• Manage documents related to ISO certification, procedures, standards, customer change requests, ECN, PCN, and/or Work Instructions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 8+ years’ experience in Quality Engineer role in a production environment.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, AS9100 or ISO/TS 16949 QMS standards.
• Experience in reading blueprints and have basic understanding of GD&T fundamentals.
• Experience effectively utilizing statistical methods and statistical analysis tools.
• Experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and various problem solving tools.
• Experience in statistical tools and disciplined problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, A3, DMAIC, Fishbone,5-Whys, 6Ms.
• Self-motivated, proactive and efficient team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to travel 20% - 30% domestically and 10% internationally.
• Must be eligible to work in the US with no sponsorship now or in the future.
• Technical understanding of electrical power systems and electrical power distribution/circuit protection products.
• Six Sigma Green, Black Belt, or comparable certification, preferred.
• Excellent communication skills written, verbal, and presentation skills with effective technical writing skills, ability to speak Spanish is a plus.
• High-energy, results-oriented, self-reliant, team player who can positively collaborate across different business departments and cultures.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience in the electrical-mechanical manufacturing or solar industry.
• Experience in conducting supplier and plant audits.
• Experience in reviewing customer contracts.