Quality Assurance Specialist

A & E Incorporated; Racine (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

PTO

401(k) with employer match

EAP

Tuition reimbursement

Company perks

Job summary

A&E Incorporated, a fourth-generation family-owned business in Racine, WI, is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to uphold our quality standards and drive continuous improvement across materials, products, and processes.

The role collaborates with Manufacturing and Engineering to perform inspections, calibrations, and documentation, ensuring ISO compliance and defect reduction while supporting a safe, productive work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years' experience in quality for manufacturing operations including machining/job shop environments.
• Technical talent in QA/inspection processes, gauging, fixturing and equipment use is essential.
• Knowledge of GD&T, parallelism/concentricity/true position/roundness and working knowledge of measurement relations.
• Understanding of factory floor activities and interrelationships.
• Basic machine understanding, especially CNC, drilling, milling, broaching, punch press.
• Experience using calipers, micrometers, CMM, pin/thread gauges, and laying out components for measurement.
• Basic time study understanding.
• Able to work independently and collaborate with all levels of the organization.
• ERP experience (Epicor a plus), MS Office and Outlook.
• Must read/write English clearly and follow instructions.

Responsibilities

• Advocate a Quality First production mentality.
• Approve incoming products by confirming specifications and recording dimensional results.
• Document inspection results at first article, incoming and daily floor audits.
• Perform dimensional, visual and functional checks to support Manufacturing and Engineering.
• Complete NCMR reports for non-conforming products and reject defects.
• Create inspection plans independently or with Manufacturing/Engineering.
• Perform quality reviews and testing of new products through manufacturing.
• Conduct capability studies or in-process part layouts as required.
• Recommend modifications to quality/production standards to optimize quality.
• Calibrate gauges in-house and maintain calibration systems.
• Advise on inspection changes and scrap minimization.
• Assist in maintaining ISO compliance.

Skills

Quality assurance

Gauging & fixturing

GD&T

CNC knowledge

Measurement devices

Epicor ERP

MS Office

Time study

Organization

English literacy

Education

High school diploma

QA training

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

CMM

Gauging equipment

Job description

A&E Incorporated is searching for an experienced Quality Assurance Specialist (1st Shift: weekly schedule split between 6:00am-2:30pm and 8:00-4:30pm). The QA Specialist works under the direction of our Quality Manager to meet and maintain the established quality standards for our materials, products and processes. This role performs a variety of inspections, identifies and records quality issues, analyzes data, implements corrective actions and collaborates with the manufacturing team to drive continuous improvement and plan processes to decrease the instances of defects in our products.

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL DO

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advocate a Quality First production mentality.
• Approve incoming products by confirming that all specifications are met and recording dimensional results as necessary.
• Document inspection results at first article inspection, incoming inspection, and during daily periodic floor audits.
• Perform dimensional, visual, and functional checks on products to support Manufacturing and Engineering.
• Complete NCMR reports as necessary for non-conforming products from either external or internal suppliers and reject defective parts or materials.
• Create inspection plans independently or with the assistance and guidance of Manufacturing or Engineering.
• Perform quality reviews and testing of new products prior to, during, and after product launch throughout the manufacturing process.
• Perform capability studies or in-process part layouts as required.
• Recommend modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of existing capability.
• Calibrate gauges in-house and maintain calibration systems.
• Advise on inspection changes, methods of improvement and scrap minimization.
• Assist in maintaining ISO compliance.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

KEY REQUIREMENTS, EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 2-3 years' experience in quality for manufacturing operations which includes a machining/job shop environment.
• Technical talent and experience in the areas of quality assurance/inspection processes, gauging, fixturing and equipment use is essential.
• Knowledge and hands-on skills of technical quality measurement relations (parallelism, concentricity, true position, roundness, etc. and working knowledge of GD&T.
• Understanding of manufacturing factory floor activities and interrelationships.
• Basic machine understanding background is essential, especially in the areas of CNC machines, drilling, milling, broaching, and punch press.
• Experience using calipers, micrometers, CMM, pin and thread gauges and other precision measuring devices, along with being skilled at laying out a component for measurement.
• Basic time study understanding is required.
• Ability to be organized, flexible, adaptable, and multi-task to meet multiple deadlines working under pressure in fast-paced organization.
• Demonstrated capability to work independently and effectively collaborate and communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Computer literate with demonstrated working experience/knowledge in an ERP environment (Epicor is a plus), and proficiency in MS Office Suite and Outlook.
• Must be able read and write clearly and concisely in English and understand/follow written work instructions, product routings, as well as company policies and procedures.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• QA specific training and/or certificate preferred.

WHY YOU SHOULD WORK FOR US

A&E Incorporated is a fourth-generation family-owned business located in Racine, WI, and we've been a trusted partner in the design, development and manufacturing of some of the most respected tool brands in the world for 90 years! We offer our employees a friendly, business-casual working environment and in addition to a competitive salary, our employees are offered health, dental, vision and life insurance, a generous PTO package, 401(k) with employer match, EAP, tuition reimbursement and additional company perks.

• A&E Incorporated is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and providing equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, religion, or any other classification protected by law.