Senior Quality Technician - Laboratory

ZipRecruiter; Statesville (NC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior Quality Technician to lead quality lab operations and ensure high standards in production. This pivotal role involves managing calibration activities, performing dimensional analysis, and supporting engineering teams to meet quality requirements. The successful candidate will drive process improvements, provide training to staff, and oversee validation processes for fixtures and tooling. Join a dynamic team committed to excellence and innovation in quality management, where your expertise will directly impact product reliability and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in quality assurance or quality control roles.
• Strong background in calibration and dimensional inspection.

Responsibilities

• Manage lab activities and ensure quality standards are met.
• Conduct validation processes and dimensional inspections for new parts.

Skills

Dimensional Analysis

Calibration Management

Engineering Drawings Interpretation

Process Improvement

CMM/PC DMIS Operation

Polyworks

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Quality Technician Certification

Tools

CMM

QMS Gauge Module

Diagnostic Equipment

Job description

Job Description

Summary/Objectives: The Senior Quality Technician - Laboratory position is responsible for managing the quality lab and its activities. This includes performing dimensional analysis on new production parts, analyzing part capability during production cycles, managing calibration activities for gauges, and validating products, fixtures, and tooling for engineering and manufacturing departments. The role ensures that quality workload activities meet engineering, production, and customer needs.

Essential Functions:

1. Manage all lab activities and workload requests.
2. Maintain the Lab Scope and calibration manual for the North Carolina Lab, ensuring they are up-to-date through regular audits.
3. Support the APQP Launch team by reviewing customer prints to identify quality requirements and interpreting engineering drawings to determine quality and reliability standards.
4. Manage validation processes for fixtures and tooling, including documentation.
5. Provide training and guidance to Quality and Production employees.
6. Participate in process improvement projects to enhance product quality, reduce costs, and improve performance.
7. Determine process capability for developed processes.
8. Manage calibration systems, perform scheduled calibrations, record results in the QMS gauge module, and maintain cleanliness and records for third-party calibrations and certifications.
9. Conduct validation for new parts and process changes, perform dimensional inspections using CMM/PC DMIS and Polyworks.
10. Perform annual layouts as required.
11. Select products for testing at various production stages to assess dimensions, performance, and mechanical characteristics.
12. Operate diagnostic equipment as needed.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Completing paperwork accurately and timely.
• Communicating with other departments.
• Adhering to company rules and policies.
• Performing other duties as assigned by the Department Manager.

Key performance metrics include on-time calibration, addressing past due calibrations, timely PPAP submissions, tooling/fixture validations, annual layouts, and maintaining the asset folder.