Quality Engineer

Job Title: Specialist, Quality Engineering Job Code: QEP3 Job Location: Mason, OH Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

As a Quality Engineer, you will support product quality, program execution, and continuous improvement across engineering and manufacturing. You will use data-driven methods to develop, implement, and maintain quality plans, procedures, inspection and testing methods, and statistical sampling techniques. Working independently and collaboratively with program teams and customers, you will help resolve electrical, electro-optical, mechanical, and manufacturing quality issues. Successful candidates will bring practical experience with Lean Six Sigma methods and quality engineering tools.

Essential Functions:

• Develop, monitor, and analyze product and process quality metrics to identify trends, detect nonconformances early, and drive continuous improvement.
• Apply Lean Six Sigma and Green Belt tools to improve process performance and sustain results.
• Develop and maintain quality plans, process flowcharts, inspection methods, first article inspection (FAI) documentation, work instructions, checklists, sampling plans, and defect classifications.
• Interpret customer quality requirements and communicate applicable requirements to program teams, engineering, manufacturing, inspection, and suppliers through Program Quality Requirements (PQR).
• Collaborate with customers to clarify and resolve quality requirements and specifications.
• Review engineering and manufacturing documentation - including drawings, specifications, bills of materials, tooling and test equipment documentation, and production processes - to assess compliance with customer requirements.
• Provide hands-on quality engineering support to manufacturing teams and resolve technical and process issues.
• Lead nonconformance investigations and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities; participate in material review and verify the effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Partner with Supplier Quality Engineering to communicate customer requirements and resolve supplier quality issues.
• Identify and manage quality risks, including actions to prevent product defects and address post-delivery issues.
• Apply applicable quality management and workmanship standards, including AS9100, ISO 9001, and J-STD-001 requirements.
• Manage the quality engineering cost account within the program work breakdown structure.
• Serve as the quality subject matter expert on program and design teams, advise on statistical quality control methods, and provide employee training.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and at least four years of Quality Engineering experience; alternatively, at least eight years of combined experience in quality, electrical, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering in lieu of a degree.
• At least four years of experience reading and interpreting complex electrical and mechanical drawings.
• At least four years of experience applying structured problem-solving and improvement methods, such as 8D, Six Sigma, value stream mapping, and CAPA.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, changing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Lean manufacturing experience and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
• Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience.
• Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, and J-STD-001 workmanship requirements.
• Experience using TipQA.
• Familiarity with Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification.
• Experience with electrical, mechanical, and electro-optical products.