On-Site Lead Quality Engineer, Global Manufacturing

3M; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

3M Corporation in Maplewood, MN seeks a Senior Quality Engineer to lead and support manufacturing quality improvements, root cause analysis and corrective actions. You will maintain the Expanded Beam Optics (EBO) quality baseline, including critical-to-quality characteristics, known risks, acceptance criteria, and quality requirements.

Additionally, you will govern global product-level control plans, inspection expectations, and defect classification standards, and lead periodic reviews using

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, and/or manufacturing (completed and verified prior to start)
• Three (3) years of experience in product and manufacturing quality, including advanced quality planning, process controls, customer issue resolution, manufacturing defect investigation, and product design risk management in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Three (3) years of experience leading or supporting quality improvement and risk management activities, including PFMEA, control plans, change impact assessments, root cause analysis, corrective actions, SPC, and process capability in a private, public, government or military environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead/support manufacturing quality improvement, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Maintain the EBO product quality baseline, including critical-to-quality characteristics, known risks, acceptance criteria, and quality requirements.
• Govern global product-level control plans, inspection expectations, and defect classification standards.
• Lead periodic product quality reviews using data from customers, manufacturing locations, and failure analysis.
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, customer quality, site quality, and metrology teams.

Skills

Quality improvement

Root cause analysis

PFMEA

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality, and/or manufacturing

Tools

SPC

Job description

3M Corporation in Maplewood, MN seeks a Senior Quality Engineer to lead and support manufacturing quality improvements, root cause analysis and corrective actions. You will maintain the Expanded Beam Optics (EBO) quality baseline, including critical-to-quality characteristics, known risks, acceptance criteria, and quality requirements.

Additionally, you will govern global product-level control plans, inspection expectations, and defect classification standards, and lead periodic reviews using