Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Evaluate the field reliability of all NPI programs. Conduct adequate testing to identify field failure risks during the development phase.
• Develop, execute, and analyze DVP&R (Design Verification Plan and Report) test plans to ensure product reliability and performance throughout the NPI process. 
• Define the production quality flow for every NPI program prior to its transfer in high-volume manufacturing.
• Ensure a complete technology transfer to high-volume manufacturing to make sure the volume ramp is a success.
• Provide timely and accurate project status, documentation, and training.
• Support in-line and end-of-line inspection and functional test activities.
• Perform gauge capability, GR&R (MSA), tool matching, and measurement uncertainty studies for metrology equipment.
• Work closely with engineers from different teams on continuous improvement activities, solving metrology and yield problems, and improving overall product quality.
• Maintain documentation required based on customer, regulatory, and system-level requirements.
• Lead failure analysis, root cause understanding of the failure, and analyze field exposure risk in the event of a failure.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

Experience/Education

• Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or other related Engineering discipline preferred.  Strong fundamentals in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering is required.
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience, with strong consideration of new graduates with significant lab or testing-related thesis work.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Hands-on testing experience, ideally in reliability, quality, or NPI (New Product Introduction) Engineering, with a focus on electrical, mechanical, and thermal testing.
• Experience with DVP&R (Design Verification Plan and Report) testing.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, including GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing). 
• Basic data analysis and visualization skills; ability to record, validate, and present test data. 
• Experience or knowledge of DOE (Design of Experiments). 
• Strong organizational skills and a detail-oriented mindset.
• Able to adapt to changing requirements in a fast-paced start-up setting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong work ethic, and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with MSA (Measurement System Analysis), gauge capabilities, and tool matching. 
• Experience with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) and PPAP development experience.
• Experience in high-volume manufacturing is highly desired.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, presentation), with the ability to discuss technical materials with a wide range of audiences including customers
• Self-starter – not afraid to get your hands dirty, take the lead, wear different “hats” depending on the day in a fast-paced startup atmosphere
• Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Working Conditions/Hours: 

Salaried Exempt

Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment – 

Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run/maintain machines

PPE-

May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump-caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures.