QA Engineer

Job Description:

• Manage Incoming QA Team to complete Incoming and First Article Inspections, Customer Returns Verification, and all assignments timely;
• Manage Incoming QA Team to maintain correctness of Incoming QA Inspections documents, reports and records;
• Train, certify and supervise Incoming QA Technicians and Inspectors;
• Interpret reject criteria and evaluate rejected materials at Incoming QA;
• Participate in Material Review Board (MRB) and disposition of Non-Conforming Materials;
• Point of contact for supplier nonconforming materials and work with supplier to resolve the issue and implement effective corrective actions or quality plans to prevent recurrence of nonconformities;
• Organize meeting with R&D, Engineering, Sourcing, Customer Quality, Sales, etc. to resolve ambiguous manufacturing issues or disputes related to supplier materials;
• Work closely with supplier and relevant departments (Purchasing, Sourcing, Engineering, Production, etc.) to close supplier material quality issues and Block Stock status in SAP;
• Review and approve supplier records such as First Article Inspection Report (FAIR), Specification Review Form (SRF), Supplier Corrective Action Report (SCAR), etc.;
• Perform supplier audits to ensure conformance to applicable requirements such as Excelitas, ISO9001, AS9100D and/or Customer Specific Requirements);
• Issue Supplier Corrective Action Report (SCAR) to supplier and follow-up with supplier to monitor progress for timely reply, review and closure;
• Compile and generate Incoming QA & Supplier Quality Performance Report for review and continual improvement in performance;
• Support Sourcing and Purchasing department in communicating/flow-down Excelitas and/or Customer Specific Quality Requirements to supplier, reviewing and approving new supplier selection, evaluation and part qualification;
• Participate in New Product Introduction Process and qualifying of FAI or FAT parts for production.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Industrial, Mechanical or Optical Engineering, or Associate degree or Diploma;
• At least 3 years in a Manufacturing and Quality Assurance environment is preferred;
• Experience working with Supplier Quality Management;
• Experience in New Product Introduction process management and product quality planning;
• ISO 9001 and certified internal auditor;
• AS9100 for Defense, Aviation and Space Industries and/or ISO 13485 Quality Management System is a big plus;
• Statistical Quality Control (SQC) techniques, Geometric Dimensioning & Toleranceing (GDT), Metrology (CMM, Smart Scope, Vision Scope, etc.), Measurement System Analysis (GRR) is highly desired;
• Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, etc. is desirable;
• Attention to detail, Analytical skills, Problem-solving skills;
• ASQ certified Quality Engineer and or ASQ certified Six-Sigma Green/Black Belt is beneficial.