Quality Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Quality Engineer Date: 10/23/2020

Department: Quality

PRIMARY ROLE:

The Quality Engineer will provide quality assurance support to the product development team, resolving bugs, defects, and other potential issues and ensuring that products meet customer specifications.

Inspects, tests, and adjusts new and reworked tools, dies, gauges, jigs and fixtures for conformance to specifications such as dimensions, tolerances and hardness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews design plans, process procedures, test procedures, and quality manuals to understand the scope, requirements, and function of products.
• Ensures products meet the organization’s and customers’ quality and product integrity requirements.
• Supports product development or operations team by providing analysis and expertise throughout the inspection process.
• Identifies root causes of problems in the production process; recommends and/or implements corrective measures.
• Analyzes data to identify trends in product quality or defects with the goal of mitigating and preventing recurrence and future defects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Computes angles, radii, and other unspecified dimensions of work piece.
• Positions work piece on surface plate and lays out reference points and center lines on parts.
• Measures angular dimensions, radii, contours, clearances, thread lead and other specifications.
• Tests units for fit of moving parts and mechanical functioning.
• Tests parts for hardness.
• Inspects, adjusts and verifies accuracy of gauges and measuring instruments for conformance to specifications.
• Examines defective parts to determine cause of defect and recommends changes or modifications.
• Determines salvageability of defective items.
• Measures surface finish of part.
• Inspects first run parts and assemblies.
• Writes reports regarding inspection and testing results.
• Draws enlarged part details for use on optical comparator.
• Inspects parts for flaws or internal fissures with ultrasonic equipment or fluorescent lights.
• Generates creative solutions and translates concepts and information into images.
• Develops project plans, coordinates projects, communicates changes and progress and completes projects on time and to budget and manages project team activities.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree or five to seven years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Extensive knowledge of or the ability to quickly learn the organization’s production processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to serve as a liaison with developers, project managers, and customer support.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or vendors/subcontractors.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, peers and employees.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Knowledge of Contact Management Systems, Database software, Internet software, Inventory software, Manufacturing ERP software, Project Management software and MS Office applications.
• Ability to use good judgment.

• Physical Demands:
• Ability to lift and move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to continuously sit, stand or walk.