Quality Engineer

mainstreamengr; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mainstream Engineering Corporation in the New York area is seeking a Quality Engineer to lead QA/QC activities across supplier, incoming, in-process and final inspections, while administering the QMS and ensuring ISO 9001 compliance.

The role is hands-on in a manufacturing/assembly environment handling machined, molded, sheet metal, wiring, electronics and other components for military and commercial sectors.

Qualifications

• Requires AS or BS in Engineering, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years of quality leadership experience.
• Minimum 10 years of overall quality experience.
• Deep knowledge of quality and reliability methods for hardware/software in aerospace/defense.
• Experience with QT9 or similar QMS software is preferred.
• US citizenship is required due to ITAR regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and train quality inspectors and the QA/QC team.
• Lead quality planning for new product development with engineering inputs.
• Interpret GD&T per ASME Y14.5.
• Improve inspection procedures and implement proven quality methodologies.
• Perform dimensional inspections and generate inspection reports.
• Administer the QMS software and oversee document revision control.
• Inspect all incoming materials and assemblies; manage supplier quality.
• Maintain quality records for internal and external responses.
• Identify and disposition NCPs and evaluate RMAs.
• Maintain ISO 9001 certification and other required certifications.

Skills

Quality leadership

Supplier quality

QA/QC planning

Documentation control

Education

AS/BS in Engineering or related field

Tools

QT9 Quality Management Software

Job description

Position Summary

The Quality Engineer for Mainstream is responsible for developing and leading all quality assurance and quality engineering activities, as well as overseeing and coordinating several quality inspectors. The QC department is responsible for supplier quality validation, incoming materials inspection, in-process inspections, final product validation and maintaining appropriate records for traceability. The Quality Engineer shall also be responsible for administration of the QMS software and maintaining compliance efforts for ISO9001 and other certifications.

Candidates should be hands-on and be familiar working in a manufacturing/assembly environment dealing with a wide array of products from machined components, plastic molded components, sheet metal, tubing assemblies, wiring harnesses, electronics/PCB, and chemical products for both the military and commercial sectors.

Essential duties include:

• Oversight and training of inspectors in proper techniques and following quality procedures
• Building quality in the new product development process by partnering with engineering to implement advanced product quality planning and developing inspection plans
• Proper interpretation of technical drawing GD&T per ASME Y14.5
• Improving existing inspection/quality procedures and implementing new quality procedures that leverage commercially-proven methodologies and ensuring that the department conforms to these principles.
• Performing accurate dimensional inspections and generate inspection reports
• Administration of QMS software (e.g. QT9)
• Overseeing company-wide documentation revision control
• Inspection of all incoming production material, hardware, components, and assemblies
• Establishing Supplier Quality Assurance, and partnering with the supply chain team to develop proactive supplier risk management process
• Maintaining quality records that document the quality status of incoming material and outgoing products and providing necessary information and cumulative data for internal and external customer responses.
• Identifying and dispositioning nonconforming products (NCPs)
• Evaluating returned merchandise (RMAs) and determining root cause
• Maintaining certification and compliance efforts for ISO 9001, and other required certifications.

Position Requirements

• AS or BS in Engineering, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, or applicable technical field and/or a recognized quality certification program is required.
• Minimum 5 years quality leadership experience.
• Minimum 10 years overall quality experience.
• In depth knowledge of quality and reliability methods and procedures for hardware and software systems as they apply to the aerospace and defense industry.
• Experience with QT9 Quality Management Software (or similar) preferred.
• US citizenship required due to strict ITAR regulations

Mainstream Engineering Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.