Quality Engineer

<strong>Quality Engineer (Direct Hire)</strong><br><br><strong>Sparta, IL</strong><br><br><strong>Job Requisition: 7207</strong><br><br><strong>Description for Quality Engineer:</strong><br><br>Supports ISO/IATF quality control activities in coordination with the Launch Engineer and interfaces with site customer quality engineering, product engineering, and manufacturing staff in order to develop and execute the quality control system for new product launches. Ensures the quality system is in place to assure ongoing compliance with the customer specifications in production. Performs advanced quality planning, development of the gaging strategy and acquisition of the product gage package for launches.<br><br><strong>Responsibilities for Quality Engineer:</strong><br><br><ul><li>Reviews customer inputs: significant and critical characteristics, DFMEA, Warranty and Durability targets.</li><li>Develops the quality plans for prototype parts.</li><li>Supports manufacturing concepts for die casting, machining and assembly operations.</li><li>Supports supplier selection, logistics, and timing/lead times.</li><li>Maintains and improves on plant quality system:</li><li>Leads in developing, documenting and reviewing inspection, quality assurance and calibration procedures.</li><li>Assists in developing, documenting and implementing IATF 16949 quality systems, as needed.</li><li>Assists with IATF 16949 internal audits and follow-up actions, as needed</li><li>Assists with the development and training of inspection personnel.</li><li>Leads in the determination of sampling frequencies and quantities for inspection plans for new and ongoing jobs.</li><li>Involvement with customer visits to and/or customer quality audits when required. This includes providing corrective actions resulting from the audits</li><li>Assists with the development of suppliers' quality programs, as required.</li><li>Issues supplier and internal corrective actions when nonconformity is found. Follows-up on problems and ensures that corrective actions have been implemented.</li><li>Participates in lean manufacturing initiatives and incorporates lean and continuous improvement concepts in work activities and completion of projects.</li><li>Communicates, coordinates and cooperates with all levels of management, team members, suppliers and customers on quality issues.</li><li>Travels to customer's plants to review customer complaints and potential problems.</li><li>Leads automation and computerization of quality functions when justified.</li><li>Jointly identifies problem areas and establishes corrective action with manufacturing personnel to correct and improve product quality.</li><li>Maintains knowledge of inspection tools and the gage calibrations, including providing assistance in maintaining gage R&R studies and capability studies.</li><li>Provides practical knowledge of statistics and SPC and train others in these topics.</li><li>Monitors customer's scorecard using their portals and updates Quality Manager for good and bad trends and for Management Review.</li><li>Reviews customer inputs: significant and critical characteristics, DFMEA, Warranty and Durability targets.</li><li>Develops the quality plans for prototype parts.</li></ul><br><strong>Requirements for Quality Engineer:</strong><br><br><ul><li>Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field.</li><li>At least 2-3 years of manufacturing quality engineering experience.</li><li>SPC training including working knowledge. (Includes Gage R&R knowledge).</li><li>Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing.</li><li>Control Plan and FMEA training or working knowledge.</li><li>Prefer experience with: Micrometers, Height Gage, Calipers, Dial Indicators, Thread Gages, etc.).</li></ul>