Quality Engineer

SWM International; Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mativ Holdings, Inc. in Windsor, CT is seeking a Quality Engineer to support the Quality Management System and guide design transfers to manufacturing.

You will apply quality engineering principles to address product and process issues, and help ensure successful new or changed products from design to production. You will work with R&D, manufacturing, suppliers, and audits (ISO 13485, ISO 9001, AS9100) to drive corrective actions, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement, using tools like

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, or Natural Sciences.
• 5-10 years quality experience in a manufacturing environment with ISO 9001, ISO 13485, or AS9100.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical information.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to solve problems using tools such as fishbone, pareto charts, C&E matrix, DOE, control charts, sampling methods, and process capability.
• Ability to comprehend and apply principles of statistics with demonstrated application of statistical theory and sampling plans (e.g. SPC, Cpk/Ppk, PPAP, AQL, OC curves, etc.).
• Use of Minitab for statistical analysis.
• Strong attention to detail in document/report technical writing.
• Ability to articulate with senior staff, customers, and suppliers.
• Ability to train staff to new/revised instructions or test methods.
• Practical experience of successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the investigation of complex quality investigations, including application of statistical methods and analysis to include trending of complaints as a tool for ensuring effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Effectively resolves manufacturing issues and/or field complaints in cross-functional team environment.
• Determines and manages disposition of non-conforming product.
• Ensures with R&D and Manufacturing Teams that manufacturing and design documentation is accurate, complete, and fully conforms to specification/procedures, including approval of verification and validation deliverables per design and development policies.
• Utilizes risk mitigation tools such as PPAP, PFMEA, MSA, pFMEAs, and Control Plans.
• Develops inspection techniques and procedures to ensure product integrity to design specifications. Responsible for the writing, approval, and implementation of inspection procedures.
• Provides support in the evaluation and management of internal and external supplier quality.
• Provides quality engineering support for cross-functional product/process continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean Six Sigma projects.
• Proactively reviews past product performance to determine improvement opportunities
• Assists in compiling regulatory documentation as required by customers and design control procedures.
• Supports internal/external audits (ISO 13485, ISO 9001, AS9100, Customers).

Skills

Statistical analysis

Quality engineering

Documentation writing

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, or Natural Sciences

Tools

Minitab

Job description

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world.

Our Quality Engineer supports Mativ's Sustainability & Adhesives Solutions (SAS) Function. This individual will help to support the Quality Management System, applies quality engineering principles to address product and process issues; ensures successful new and/or changed products/processes during design transfer to manufacturing. Develops an understanding of complaint investigations and root cause analysis for effective corrective/preventive actions. Works on a wide range of quality problems related to Quality Engineering, Quality Systems, Product & Process Quality, and Supplier Management. Provides guidance / support to the department QC and QA inspectors to facilitate QMS and / or quality issues. The location of this role is in Windsor, CT and reports to the Quality Manager.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the investigation of complex quality investigations, including application of statistical methods and analysis to include trending of complaints as a tool for ensuring effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Effectively resolves manufacturing issues and/or field complaints in cross-functional team environment.
• Determines and manages disposition of non-conforming product.
• Ensures with R&D and Manufacturing Teams that manufacturing and design documentation is accurate, complete, and fully conforms to specification/procedures, including approval of verification and validation deliverables per design and development policies.
• Utilizes risk mitigation tools such as PPAP, PFMEA, MSA, pFMEAs, and Control Plans.
• Develops inspection techniques and procedures to ensure product integrity to design specifications. Responsible for the writing, approval, and implementation of inspection procedures.
• Provides support in the evaluation and management of internal and external supplier quality.
• Provides quality engineering support for cross-functional product/process continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean Six Sigma projects.
• Proactively reviews past product performance to determine improvement opportunities
• Assists in compiling regulatory documentation as required by customers and design control procedures.
• Supports internal/external audits (ISO 13485, ISO 9001, AS9100, Customers).

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, or Natural Sciences
• 5-10 years Quality experience in a manufacturing environment in compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 13485, or AS9100.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical information.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to solve problems using a variety of tools such as fishbone, pareto charts, C&E matrix, hypothesis testing, control charting, DOE, sampling methods, and process capability.
• Ability to comprehend and apply principles of statistics with demonstrated application of statistical theory and sampling plans (e.g. SPC, Cpk/Ppk, PPAP, AQL, OC curves, etc.).
• Use of Minitab for statistical analysis.
• Strong attention to detail in document/report technical writing.
• Ability to articulate with senior staff, customers, and suppliers.
• Ability to train staff to new/revised instructions or test methods.
• Practical experience of successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Preferred

• Familiarity with Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tapes standards and procedures in a quality control environment to include laboratory testing.
• Lean/Six Sigma experience a plus.
• ASQ CQE certification a plus.

Competencies

• Good verbal and written communication skills

WHAT WE OFFER

Mativ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable.

ABOUT MATIV

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers' most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company's two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers' products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.