SMC Corporation of America

Quality Control - Lead Quality Engineer

SMC Corporation of America$80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical or technical engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Proficient in project management principles and documentation.
  • Skilled in organizing and facilitating problem-solving teams using statistical methods.
  • Understanding of GD&T and tolerance related to design intent.
  • Familiar with industrial processes and controls, including FMEA.
  • Proficiency in using various inspection equipment in laboratory environments.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret customer requirements to deliver desired outputs.
  • Communicate technical direction to customers and internal teams.
  • Analyze data using management system software, including KPIs and SPC data.
  • Oversee quality system development and process improvement.
  • Coordinate technical support for customers.
  • Lead teams through defined tasks and processes.
  • Mentor coworkers in quality practices and problem-solving.

Benefits

  • Support for professional development and training opportunities.
  • Travel opportunities for training, customer support, and trade shows.
  • Mentorship opportunities within the company.
  • Engagement in special projects related to the Quality Management System.
  • Dynamic work environment with varied responsibilities.
Full Job Description
PURPOSE This role is to provide quality engineering, continuous improvement, and documentation support within the organization. This position requires creativity, innovation, mechanical systems design capability, product evaluation, and research. A successful candidate will be competent in the aspects of design and problem-solving utilizing engineering first principles, as well as leading people and overseeing complex processes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Interpret internal and external customer requirements to meet desired outputs.
• Communicate technical knowledge, specification, and direction to internal and external customers.
• Create and analyze data utilizing corporate management system software that include value stream KPIs, performance

metrics, SPC data, failure analysis, CAD models and product documentation.
• Assist in oversite of quality system development.
• Complete required tasks for defined/undefined processes. Recognize need for additional process controls when process

could use improvement.
• Coordinates technical support for both internal and external customers.
• Provide supplier quality assurance solutions, including supplier quality improvement, selection and

assessments and corrective action follow-up.
• Lead a team to accomplish given tasks or processes.
• Travel for the purpose of training, customer support, or trade shows. (Less than 10%)
• Coordinate implementation of inspection and test procedures on the production floor, including training.
• Monitor compliance to Quality System requirements through internal auditing and corrective action follow-up.
• Provide guidance on the resolution on non-conforming material.
• Support and understand statistical process-control methods for engineering, production, and warehouse processes.
• Coordinate resolution of customer product complaints.
• Support the ISO 9001 based Quality System.
• Develop and implement cost of quality measurements to focus organization on continual improvement
• Coordinate customer complaints/requirements including supporting customer quality initiatives, visiting customer

facilities to resolve issues and/or support QA requirements.
• Mentoring coworkers.
• Overseeing specialty accounts and/or processes such as coordinating internal audits, facilitating special customer

requirements etc)
• Ability to lead other quality personnel.
• Assist with leading special projects within the company related to the QMS
• All other duties as assigned to support company goals.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Capacity to work indoors in an office, laboratory, and/or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time.
• Capability to lift objects or equipment weighing up to 40 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Physical aptitude to use basic hand tools in a laboratory and/or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to travel and/or attend meetings domestic and internationally outside of normal business hours.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor's degree in a mechanical or technical engineering discipline or, the equivalent in appropriate education and

experience as determined by management utilizing internal SMC career development criteria.
• Proficient understanding to apply project management principles, methodologies, and documentation.
• Proficient in organizing, training, and facilitating problem solving teams using statistical based, process improvement

methods.
• Proficient understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Competent understanding of tolerance as it relates to design intent.
• Competent understanding of common industrial processes and/or controls.
• Competent understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) processes.
• Proficient at managing time to plan and execute multiple duties effectively.
• Proficient understanding of common assembly processes.
• Proficient in understanding schematics.
• Proficient in basic inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (Calipers, micrometers, flow meter, voltmeter, etc.)
• Competent to utilize advanced inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (microscopes, CMM, contour/roundness

measuring instruments, etc.)
• Ability to provide quality planning input to new product introduction and special project teams
• Proficient ability to communicate utilizing corporate office software.
• Proficient ability to take verbal and/or written direction on tasks, training, or departmental / company policies.
• Proficient ability to communicate, in English, with internal and external customers tactfully and professionally.

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