Quality Co-Op

Job Description

This position will give you the opportunity to build on your academic skills and gain valuable hands on experience in a manufacturing environment.  Our Quality Co-Op will support various engineering activities in product development, field service, product quality, productivity improvement and engineering or technical innovation. 

Responsibilities:

As an extension of our team, you will gain experience in a collaborative and diverse learning environment; participate in various projects by working on cross functional teams and support our plant to include but not be limited to:

• Assist in the day-to-day support of engineering operations for assigned department
• Learn and understand the engineering operations in assigned department
• Assist in troubleshooting quality issues and implementing corrective actions
• Develop and implement solutions for quality issues for consumers.
• Interface with plant Engineering, Production, Quality and Planning teams, as well as outside technical support vendors
• Identify improvement opportunities, develop solutions and review with Senior Engineering Lead
• Conduct Design of Experiments; create reports from learnings and present data to stakeholders
• Run laboratory tests on product returns and design test fixtures as needed.
• Assist with product reworks and organize plant inspections.
• Compile, prepare and present data for project updates and technical presentations to plant leadership and/or management
• Assist in 50 first programs for new product launches.
• Other projects as assigned

Qualifications

• Must be have a Bachelor’s or Masters in Engineering. Preferably Mechanical Engineering
• Must be able to work a minimum 40 hours per week. 
• Must be willing to rotate through different business departments and locations
• Problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of formal problem solving methodologies
• Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Knowledge of MS Word software; Excel spreadsheet software; SAP inventory software, & MS Outlook software