Quality Engineer: Process Improvement & Compliance

Scapa Tapes North America; Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mativ is seeking a Quality Engineer to join our Windsor, CT team. This role supports the Quality Management System and applies quality engineering principles to address product and process issues, ensuring successful design transfers to manufacturing.

You will work on investigations, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional improvement initiatives across product and supplier quality domains. Reports to the Quality Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, or Natural Sciences.
• 5-10 years Quality experience in a manufacturing environment in 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, 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.

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

Root cause analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Communication

Documentation

Education

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

Tools

Minitab

Job description

Mativ is seeking a Quality Engineer to join our Windsor, CT team. This role supports the Quality Management System and applies quality engineering principles to address product and process issues, ensuring successful design transfers to manufacturing.

You will work on investigations, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional improvement initiatives across product and supplier quality domains. Reports to the Quality Manager.