QA Manager - Quality Leadership & Process Improvement

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation seeks a QA Manager to drive quality across product development and manufacturing lifecycles. You will lead continuous improvement, baseline quality metrics, and ensure AS9100 compliance, working with customers, employees, and suppliers to qualify processes and meet standards.

You will direct QA activities, report issues and metrics, and manage MRB/FRB and RCCA processes while pushing productivity across the organization to improve overall quality performance.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelors degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Robust skills in numerical and statistical analysis.
• Ability to direct, oversee and lead personnel.
• Must be a U.S. Person for ITAR Compliance.
• Excellent communication with production workforce, management, suppliers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Establish and enact quality assurance procedures within the QMS across manufacturing, development and business processes.
• Assess current production and inspection systems; develop new solutions to enhance quality control with production managers.
• Direct and coordinate quality assurance personnel and provide oversight during QA processes.
• Develop and report recurring quality issues, audit findings and performance metrics to Management.
• Maintain detailed records of quality assurance activities and issues.
• Enhance performance by analyzing QA data to identify patterns and drive improvements.
• Lead production efficiency by identifying opportunities to improve productivity and implement cost-saving measures.
• Own MRB/FRB activities and RCCA processes.
• Collaborate with customers on issues, corrective actions and inspections.

Skills

Quality assurance

Process improvement

Statistical analysis

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation seeks a QA Manager to drive quality across product development and manufacturing lifecycles. You will lead continuous improvement, baseline quality metrics, and ensure AS9100 compliance, working with customers, employees, and suppliers to qualify processes and meet standards.

You will direct QA activities, report issues and metrics, and manage MRB/FRB and RCCA processes while pushing productivity across the organization to improve overall quality performance.