Quality Engineer III (NH)

GCR Professional Services

Hudson, NH

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$45–$58 Per Hour

JOB TYPE

Full-time, Employee

SKILLS

8D, AS 9100, Aerospace and Defense, Agile PLM / Oracle PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), Atlassian JIRA, Brazing, Business Practices, Business Processes, Cadence, Coaching, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Action, Cost Control, Customer Satisfaction, Document Management, Electromechanical Assembly, Electromechanical Systems, Failure Analysis, Functional Testing, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, IPC Standards, Identify Issues, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Line Balancing, Machining, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Analysis, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing/Industrial Processes, Mentoring, Metrics, Military/DoD Standards, Operations Management, Oracle, Painting (Facilities and Maintenance), Plating Processes, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Capability, Process Control Engineering, Process Development, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Process Improvement, Product Costing, Product Development, Product Lifecycle, Product Support, Product/Service Launch, Production Volume, Productivity Management, Project Planning, Project/Program Management, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Quality Metrics, Regulations, Sales Qualification, Scorecarding, Security Clearance, Soldering, SolidWorks, Statistical Process Control, Supply Chain, Team Player, Testing, Training/Teaching, United States Citizen, United States Department of Defense (DoD), Vendor/Supplier Selection, Welding, Writing Skills, eCos

LOCATION

Hudson, NH

POSTED

3 days ago

Quality Engineer III
(Location: Nashua, NH area)

Qualifications
*The manager is looking for a Quality Engineer who can focus on the end products specifications and quality standards.
*5-7+ years’ experience in a quality engineering role in a manufacturing engineering, operations project management, or quality position for complex electromechanical assemblies and systems.
*BS in a technical discipline.
*Familiarity with the following workmanship criteria: IPC-A-610, IPC J-STD, MIL-STD-883
*Experience working on Defense/DoD related programs is preferred
*Able to demonstrate knowledge of AS9100 rev D and working in aerospace environment.
*Strong leadership skills with the ability to successfully mentor and coach others and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including customers.
*Knowledge of relevant quality standards, methods and practices.
*Knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes such as soldering, machining, brazing/welding, painting and plating.
*Knowledge of line balancing, fault trees and statistical process control would be a plus.
*Experience with Agile PLM (or similar), Oracle, Solidworks, Jira, and Jama software is a plus.
*Outstanding written and verbal communications skills.
*Proven record of initiative, problem solving and the ability to recognize and implement improvements.
*U.S. Citizenship Required (Ability to obtain security clearance, but a clearance is not required for this job).

Preferred Qualifications ("plus", not a "must"): candidate has a good understanding of GD&T requirements. This location produces sensor systems, so any previous experience with sensor systems would be a plus.

Job Overview:.

This is a hands-on role that works with a team of quality engineers, technicians and inspectors that are engaged through the entire life cycle of product, starting during development, continuing with transitioning of product to manufacturing, and then supporting the continuous manufacture of product.

Understand, improve, and tightly execute development, manufacturing and supplier related processes to support delivery of product, improve customer satisfaction, and achieve internal business goals. Plan for and ensure the quality of product through collaborative partnerships with customers, with internal departments, and sub-tier suppliers

Description
During product development, this role participates in guiding the design for quality, manufacturability and producibility, while ensuring project quality plans are compliant to the customers' requirements and applicable standards and regulations. After the initial design and development is complete, transitioning the product to manufacturing is a critical aspect of this role. This role ensures the implementation of the quality plan, becomes a key technical interface between engineering development and the manufacturing team, and provides metrics/feedback to the organization on the NPI process, and leads improvement.

During manufacturing, this role works to improve process capability, repeatability, and efficiency as well as product quality. This is accomplished by working with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers and the customer. This role will focus on delivering quality product that meets customer requirements, identifying opportunities for yield improvement, process improvement, and product cost-reduction methods. An emphasis for this role is developing/improving underlying business practices and processes to enable consistency, efficiency and ability to scale.
This role will participate and/or lead failure analysis in manufacturing and for field failures, develop troubleshooting & repair schemes, develop manufacturing process controls and documentation, interface with manufacturing and quality personnel to train and transfer processes & knowledge for successful volume production launches, and engage with suppliers as needed to drive improvement and implement process controls.

Responsibilities
*Promote adherence to the Quality Management System (AS9100), and drive improvements.
*Prevent defects through use of process, supplier, manufacturing, and quality controls.
*Develop and implement product quality plans, PFMEA, control plans
*Ensure product compliance through a comprehensive set of functional tests and inspections.
*Lead the qualification of new suppliers and internal processes.
*Understand sources of variation in the supply chain, manufacturing & test processes and control them.
*Assist in the evaluation and improvement of manufacturing processes, through lean concepts and Six Sigma, while driving a lean quality culture.
*Lead a robust root-cause and corrective action process, working with engineering, suppliers and customers.
*Oversee the effective review, implementation, and flow down of changes (ECOs) into manufacturing and the supply chain, including material disposition actions.*
*Drive efficient processing of customer RMAs, effective failure analysis, and responsive communication to customers.
*Interface and communicate with customers regularly, providing quality status as required.
*Facilitate continuous improvement of product and process.
*Monitor, measure and communicate metrics on a predicted cadence.
*Prepare and deliver quality reviews with management, peer groups and customers.
*Review customer score cards and ensure alignment of improvement initiatives to customer satisfaction; drive 8D corrective action.

Pay rate range: $45-$58/hour.

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