Quality Engineer, Senior

Position Summary: Ensures that quality control procedures adequately evaluate products. Determines if current methods and techniques result in meeting reliability standards or require modification. Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place. Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment. Designs and analyzes inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications. Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements. May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality. May be certified in lean and six-sigma quality engineering methodologies. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Generate, perform, and monitor internal and external audits 

• Conduct root cause analysis and corrective action activities 

• Assist with customer quality audits and answer corrective action requests as assigned 

• Complete and correct internal procedures, as changes to requirements are received 

• Interact and communicate with all levels of the business to better understand the products and what is the best/proper way to produce them 

• Assist with recording quality system metrics 

• Analyze customer/industry specifications to review against internal procedures 

• Develop and perform training on internal quality system 

• Perform equipment Calibrations and to ensure industry compliance 

• Evaluates the merit of customer returns, coordinates with customer service and external customers, to determine root cause and corrective action 

• Operates as company designee for verification of internal and external test results  

• Develop standard operating procedures within department. 

• Other duties as assigned  

Qualifications: 

• Experience and Education:  

• Bachelor’s degree with 5-7 years of experience, or a Master’s degree with 3-5 years of experience.   

• Technical Skills: 

• Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner or develop alternative solutions 

• Proficient in the use of all Microsoft Office programs and Windows operating system 

• Ability to thrive in a changing, fast-paced growing and dynamic business 

• Detail oriented and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills 

• Excellent organization skills and attention to detail 

• Physical Requirements: 

• Extended screen time 

• Long periods of sitting 

• Potentially long hours 

Supervisory Responsibilities: None.  

Travel Required: Minimal 

Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.  All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.  

To perform this job successfully, the employee(s) will possess the skills, aptitude, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.  Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety to themselves or others.  The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.  This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.