Quality Engineer

Job Title : Quality Engineer

Pay Rate : Up to $62 / hr. (DOE)

Location : Hudson, NH

Zip Code : 03051

Area Code : 603

Job Type : 4+ month Contract

9-80 A|1st Shift|08 : 00 AM|N

A Quality Engineer job opportunity is available with our client in Hudson, NH. In this role you will be responsible for working with a team of quality engineers, technicians and inspectors that are engaged through the entire life cycle of product, starting during development, continuing with transitioning of product to manufacturing, and then supporting the continuous manufacture of product.

To be considered for this role you will have a BS in a technical discipline, 4 + years experience in a manufacturing engineering, operations project management, or quality position for complex electromechanical assemblies and systems. Ability to obtain security clearance.

Quality Engineer Job Duties

• Understand, improve, and tightly execute development, manufacturing and supplier related processes to support delivery of product, improve customer satisfaction, and achieve internal business goals.
• Plan for and ensure the quality of product through collaborative partnerships with customers, with internal departments, and sub-tier suppliers.
• This is a hands-on role that works with a team of quality engineers, technicians and inspectors that are engaged through the entire life cycle of product, starting during development, continuing with transitioning of product to manufacturing, and then supporting the continuous manufacture of product.
• During product development, this role participates in guiding the design for quality, manufacturability and producibility, while ensuring project quality plans are compliant to the customers' requirements and applicable standards and regulations.
• After the initial design and development is complete, transitioning the product to manufacturing is a critical aspect of this role.
• This role ensures the implementation of the quality plan, becomes a key technical interface between engineering development and the manufacturing team, and provides metrics / feedback to the organization on the NPI process, and leads improvement.
• During manufacturing, this role works to improve process capability, repeatability, and efficiency as well as product quality.
• This role will focus on delivering quality product that meets customer requirements, identifying opportunities for yield improvement, process improvement, and product cost-reduction methods.
• An emphasis for this role is developing / improving underlying business practices and processes to enable consistency, efficiency and ability to scale.
• This role will participate and / or lead failure analysis in manufacturing and for field failures, develop troubleshooting & repair schemes, develop manufacturing process controls and documentation, interface with manufacturing and quality personnel to train and transfer processes & knowledge for successful volume production launches, and engage with suppliers as needed to drive improvement and implement process controls.
• Prevent defects through use of process, supplier, manufacturing, and quality controls.
• Develop and implement product quality plans, PFMEA, control plans
• Ensure product compliance through a comprehensive set of functional tests and inspections.
• Lead the qualification of new suppliers and internal processes.
• Understand sources of variation in the supply chain, manufacturing & test processes and control them.
• Assist in the evaluation and improvement of manufacturing processes, through lean concepts and Six Sigma, while driving a lean quality culture.
• Lead a robust root-cause and corrective action process, working with engineering, suppliers and customers.
• Oversee the effective review, implementation, and flow down of changes (ECOs) into manufacturing and the supply chain, including material disposition actions.
• Drive efficient processing of customer RMAs, effective failure analysis, and responsive communication to customers.
• Interface and communicate with customers regularly, providing quality status as required.
• Facilitate continuous improvement of product and process.
• Monitor, measure and communicate metrics on a predicted cadence.
• Prepare and deliver quality reviews with management, peer groups and customers.
• Review customer score cards and ensure alignment of improvement initiatives to customer satisfaction; drive 8D corrective action.
• Promote adherence to the Quality Management System (AS9100), and drive improvements.

Knowledge / Skills / Experience / Education

Belcan is an equal opportunities employer. EOE / F / M / Disability / Veterans

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