Engineer I - Quality

FHLB Des Moines; Simsbury (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc is seeking a Quality Assurance support specialist to ensure purchased parts and manufactured goods meet design and reliability standards. You will apply Six Sigma tools to improve quality, productivity, and process effectiveness across design through manufacturing.

Responsibilities include auditing conformance, reporting trends to management, and driving corrective actions with suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• 0–2.5 years of quality experience or training in manufacturing.
• Experience with Six Sigma and LEAN tools.
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and resolve product and process quality issues using Six Sigma.
• Audit conformance of manufactured goods to engineering and manufacturing standards.
• Provide routine quality trend reporting to management and recommend actions.
• Perform First Article Inspection (FAI) on PCBA, sheet metal, and other components.
• Lead supplier quality activities including audits and evaluations.
• Support New Product Introductions with quality inputs.
• Lead CAPA activities using Agile PLM and drive corrective actions.

Skills

Quality assurance

Six Sigma

LEAN methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Minitab SPC

Job description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you. Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!

Job Description:

This individual will be responsible for providing the quality assurance support necessary to ensure that purchased parts and manufactured goods conform to company standards for design, procurement, manufacture and reliability. Perform complex tasks to develop, apply and maintain quality requirements of products during design through manufacturing. Assist, as directed, in meeting department goals and objectives as established by Management. Implement and facilitate Continuous Improvement activities. This includes quality, productivity and effectiveness improvement in quality and manufacturing utilizing Six Sigma tools and practices.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support operations by identifying, analyzing, and resolving product and process quality issues using Six Sigma methodologies; collaborate with inspectors, suppliers, and engineering to drive corrective actions to completion and improve drawings, specifications, and manufacturability.
• Audit manufactured goods conformance to pertinent Engineering & Manufacturing Standards.
• Provide routine reporting to company management on observed trends in procured material quality and product quality, making recommendations for improvement and corrective action.
• Performs First Article Inspection (FAI) on PCBA's, pre-fab parts, sheet metal parts, Systems, etc. Following workmanship standards/procedures and company spec/guidelines.
• Drive supplier quality activities, including supplier and process audits, evaluation and re-evaluation of suppliers, support of contract manufacturers, and quality oversight during product transfers, new product introductions, and change management activities.
• Participate in New Product Introduction (NPI) meetings providing inputs on supplier/manufacturing quality related items.
• Lead nonconformances, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) using the Agile PLM system in accordance with established quality processes.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 0 - 2.5 years' experience and/or training in Quality; or equivalent.
• Experience in a manufacturing or similar environment, preferably printed circuit board design/electronics assemblies.
• Familiarity with the application of Six Sigma and 8D methodologies and tools to determine root cause and corrective action implementation for internal/external customer issues.
• Experience utilizing current quality and LEAN philosophies, processes, techniques, and methodologies.
• Ability to work independently.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working directly with military and space customers and/or military and space standards and specifications.
• Knowledge of Minitab SPC application.
• Open to gaining additional knowledge via training in the following areas: Auditing skills. (ISO, TL9000, AS9100) Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Lead trainer for IPC-610, J-STD-001, and certifications for internal employees.

U.S. Export Controls Requirements:

This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).

Travel Time: 0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

• Carrying, Crouching, Feeling, Handling, Hearing, Kneeling, Lifting, Noise and/or vibration, Other, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

• 70% sitting, 30% standing. 100% inside.

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.

At Microchip, employees are our greatest strength. As one of the top performing semiconductor companies in the world, we are led by a set of guiding values and a mission to empower innovation to enhance the human experience. We work tirelessly to create a company culture that highlights how important every employee is to our mission.