Senior Associate, Quality Engineering

Job Title: Senior Associate Quality Engineer

Job Code: 34376

Job Location: Mason OH

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

As a Quality Engineer you will contribute to the success of the team extended program team and the this role you will engage in data-driven improvement and sustainment initiatives. Additionally you will design write implement evaluate and revise quality assurance procedures statistical sampling techniques quality plans inspection and testing techniques and specifications. The Quality Engineer will also work both independently and along team members to provide thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of electrical electro-optical mechanical and technical problems. Successful candidates will have experience utilizing Lean Green Belt techniques and various other quality engineering tools.

Essential Functions:

• Implement interpret and utilize metrics toward process improvement activities.
• Generate and deploy Green Belt tools to act as indicators of quality of items produced and health of the process. Analyze metrics and indicators to determine opportunities for improvement. Early detection and resolution of nonconformance is a key requirement in this role.
• Effectively work as a cost account manager for the quality engineering elements of the program work breakdown structure.
• Interpret and flow down customer quality requirements to programs engineering manufacturing and inspection via Program Quality Requirements (PQR).
• Interface effectively and successfully with customers to discuss and negotiate quality requirements and specifications.
• Understand risk and risk management as an essential part of the quality engineering work scope.
• Utilize sense of urgency to act to prevent or correct problems with products and post-delivery defects.
• Assist in process improvement and process problem solutions on the factory floor.
• Perform quality engineering functions for specific phases of projects and programs to develop plans flow charts inspection methods procedures and standards including FAI detailed instructions check lists sampling plans classification of defects etc.; to assure all products data or services meet specified quality requirements.
• Review Engineering and Manufacturing information on new and revised designs specifications and bills of materials; production tool and test equipment drawings; production and tool plans; operations and routing sheets: production storage and shipping methods and to assure that products meet customers requirements.
• Provide thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems utilizing electrical mechanical and optical engineering abilities.
• Effectively interface and collaborate with Supplier Quality Engineering in customer flow-down and to solve vendor quality problems.
• Apply effective interpretation and application of Quality Standards such as AS9100 IS)-9001 J-Stds etc.
• Act as an advisor in all phases of statistical quality control and Green Belt techniques.
• Lead teams and perform investigations to drive CAPA for nonconformance as well as actively participate in material review. Act as the Quality Subject Matter Expert (SME) on program and design teams.
  • Perform Quality trainings for employees

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering and 4 years of Quality Engineering experience or a combination of 8 years of Quality Engineer Electrical Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer experience in lieu of a degree.
• 2 years or more experience in reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings of complex nature.
• 2 years or more experience with problem-solving tools such as 8D Six Sigma Value Stream Mapping and CAPA.
• 2 years or more experience in working and communicating effectively in a team environment.
• 2 years or more experience working in a dynamic environment with multiple and changing priorities.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Technical Discipline
• Aerospace or Defense Manufacturing experience.
• A working familiarity of AS9100 ISO9001 J-STD Workmanship ANSI J-Standards (Class 3) and IPC Workmanship Standards (Class 3) and TipQA
• Familiarity with CMMI Level 3
• ASQ Certificate
• Electrical Mechanical Engineering and Electro-Optical experience
• Familiarity with complex mechanical inspection and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.

L3Harrisannouncedon January 5th that AE Industrial Partners (AE Industrial) has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in L3Harris Space Propulsion and Power Systems business. This position has been identified as one that will transition to the new standalone company upon closing of the transaction. Until that time L3Harris will continue its hiring activity within this business.