Quality Engineer

Overview

Industry: Aerospace/Defense

Position: Quality Engineer

Duration: On-going contract

Frequency: 40hrs per week

Compensation: $35/hr

Job Description:

• Quality Engineer defines and implements quality assurance solutions to a wide range of complex issues. Ensures a high reliability and proper performance per product requirements. Analyzes reports and defective products to determine trends and recommends corrective actions. 

• Quality System Compliance – includes reviewing customer quality documentation requirements and ensuring supplier and compliance, working with Customers to obtain approval of deviation
•  Sub Detail Component Qualification – Review supplier provided FAI documentation, validate details of FAI docs torequirements, obtain missing documentation and/or work with third parties to perform material validation in lieu of missing documentation.
• Quality Escape vetting and notification – when a quality escape is identified work with Engineering and Customer(s) to understand scope of escape and disposition options.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering

• 5+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or equivalent experience

• Aerospace experience
• Performs assigned responsibilities in planning and implementing quality assurance programs on customer orders. This includes but is not limited to: Inspection plans, measurement methods and recording forms;  Quality assurance systems, methods and procedures;  PPAP Key Quality Element development, i.e Process Flows, FMEAs, Control Plans, Capability Assessments, Production Monitoring;  Statistical methods to control and evaluate process capabilities, where applicable; and Development of quality assurance data packages for customer review
• Coordinates quality activities with customers, suppliers, and third-party oversight bodies as necessary.
• Reviews contractual requirements in specifications and drawings with specific attention to quality requirements and leads the development of compliance matrices for customer acceptance
• Provides leadership in acquiring and implementing improved QA techniques and processes and makes key processes visible.
• Serves as the key owner and monitor for processes within the scope of area of specific responsibility.
• Improves and creates standardized quality processes. Ensures 100% quality and regulatory compliance in accordance with documented procedures for all aspects of functional responsibility.
• Provides subject matter expertise while interacting with internal and external customers as well as suppliers by meeting regularly, responding to requests, and resolving issues as they may arise.
• Assists other departments as necessary in establishing standards relative to ensuring product quality.
• Reviews and approves drawings in accordance with ANSI/ASME Y14.5M 2009 standard, routings, specifications, procedures and similar documents related to assigned projects.
• Prepares and provides detailed quality assurance inputs to such documents.
• Translates customer, regulatory, and code requirements into Manufacturing Work Instructions, Quality Engineering Instructions and Control Plans.
• Reviews, revises or writes inspection procedures.
• Performs internal process surveillances and internal audits.
• Conducts RCCA analysis and closure on customer returns associated with assigned programs
• Reviews, evaluates, and answers customer correspondence.
• Supports in-process Hold/Witness Points at facility.
• Participates in the preparation and maintenance of quality program manuals and related department and divisional procedures. Generates, reviews and processes Quality Non-Conformities, conducts containment, obtains disposition, evaluates root causes, and implements corrective action as required; Prepares program quality inspection plans in conjunction with manufacturing routers; and Identifies potential project quality issues 
• Must be familiar with Model Based Definition & a high understanding in CMM report data.
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