General Electric Company

Lead Quality Engineer

General Electric Company$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent production quality experience (7 years if no degree)
  • 3+ years in Production Quality
  • Knowledge of U.S. Government contract restrictions for technical data
  • Broad understanding of quality tools and methodologies
  • Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead non-conformance reviews and track metrics
  • Develop countermeasures to minimize losses
  • Drive quality process improvement projects
  • Train and audit shop employees on quality standards
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance quality metrics
  • Mentor shop personnel and align with manufacturing engineering
  • Apply RCCA methodology to analyze and prevent issues
  • Manage configuration management and inspection processes

Benefits

  • Onsite work supporting first shift production
  • Opportunities for professional growth and mentorship
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams on innovative projects
  • Involvement in continuous improvement initiatives
  • Access to quality tools and methodologies for career development
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
The Lead Quality Engineer - Responsible for design control and risk management as part of cross-functional teams working new product introductions. The role requires mastery of quality tools as well as functional quality skills. This role includes both Quality Assurance and Quality Control, such as the quality assurance of products and manufacturing processes, as well as conformance in manufacturing, incoming goods control, and product inspection. This position is onsite supporting first shift Production.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Lead non-conformance reviews and maintain NC metrics.

  • Develop new countermeasures under guidance and/or in a team setting to reduce losses.

  • Identify, create, and drive projects to improve quality processes within the plant.

  • Train and audit shop employees and processes to ensure conformance and competency.

  • Work with cross functional teams to drive quality improvements by monitoring metrics, defining problems, working projects, and communicating the results.

  • Mentor shop personnel & partners with manufacturing engineering team to consider quality & Lean/Six Sigma when developing quality plans and improvement projects.

  • Consistently apply RCCA methodology; Proactively analyze data and implement controls to prevent re-occurrence. Perform/lead RCCA team(s).

  • Manage configuration management and process controls including inspection plans, first article inspections, quality plans, GD&T, etc.

  • Engage and support the customer as required.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 7 years of experience in Production Quality)

  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in Production Quality

  • This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens.  GE will require proof of status prior to employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Broad understanding of Quality Tools such as RCCA, PFMEA, Gage R&R, and 6M analysis.

  • Understanding of process capability measurements & triggers to enhance (CP, CPk, FTY). Partnering with manufacturing engineering to identify process improvements.

  • General knowledge of APQP.

  • Understanding of MRB processes.

  • Experience interacting with Customer Quality Teams.

  • Strong oral and written communication skills

  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Ability to influence others and lead small teams.

  • Effective problem identification and solution skills.

  • Proven analytical and organizational ability. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute projects.

Desired Characteristics

  • Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

About General Electric Company

GE Healthcare provides medical technology, intelligent devices, and care solutions. They offer medical imaging, information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies. GE Healthcare's mission is to improve patient care and outcomes by providing innovative healthcare solutions. Their technologies are used in hospitals, clinics, research institutions, and pharmaceutical companies worldwide to diagnose and treat various medical conditions.

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168,000 employees
Market Cap
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Industry
Net Income
$5.7 billion
Founded
1892
5 Year Trend
-9.1%
Revenue
$79.6 billion
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