Program Quality Engineer: PPAP, PFMEA & Compliance

Lou-Rich; Albert Lea (MN); On-site; USD 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lou-Rich is a fully integrated contract manufacturer specializing in complex projects. We provide precision machining, metal fabrication, assembly, and sourcing solutions to a variety of industries, including some of North America’s largest OEMs.

Position focuses on developing systems and documentation to ensure that products and services meet contractual and program quality requirements, reviewing design and test documentation, and supporting customer quality concerns.

Qualifications

• Experience reviewing design, manufacturing and test docs for program quality.
• Ability to perform PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, SPC and related analyses.
• Experience coordinating with customers on quality concerns.
• Develop and maintain program quality system plans.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the review of design, manufacturing, and test documentation to ensure that applicable program or contract quality requirements are met.
• Reviews the program quality performance to provide analysis and obtains corrective actions where necessary.
• Participates in the generation of program-specific quality and test philosophies to ensure compliance with company and customer requirements.
• Participates in the review of customer or contractual documentation (including proposals) to identify and ensure fulfillment of requirements.
• Provides interface and support to customer quality concerns to facilitate responsiveness to customers.
• Establishes and maintains the program quality system plan and documentation to ensure compliance with program requirements.
• Provides technical and advisory support to the prototype area to ensure the development of products in a manner that produces a quality system and documentation which will provide adherence to customer requirements.
• Dispositions discrepant material in a manner that ensures product quality and adherence to program requirements.
• Performs program-specific tasks as required (e.g., customer-required First Article Inspection, PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, SPC, Qualification Test Failure Analysis, etc.) to ensure compliance to individual program requirements.
• Devises, establishes, and maintains a reporting system for program quality to provide visibility internally and for the customer.

Skills

Quality systems

Contract quality

PPAP

APQP

PFMEA

SPC

First Article Inspection

Customer interface

Job description

Lou-Rich is a fully integrated contract manufacturer specializing in complex projects. We provide precision machining, metal fabrication, assembly, and sourcing solutions to a variety of industries, including some of North America’s largest OEMs.

Position focuses on developing systems and documentation to ensure that products and services meet contractual and program quality requirements, reviewing design and test documentation, and supporting customer quality concerns.