Position Summary: The Quality Engineer has accountability and shared responsibility to ensure quality systems and processes are aligned and support the growth and improvement targets of the company. Winchester's go to market strategy centers around its technical capabilities, customer service, and product reliability. This role will support the Quality Manager, work with engineering, operations, business development, and finance to achieve the productivity, quality, cost, and profitability revenue growth targets. Specifically, in this role, you will drive technical investigations, conduct DOE, FMEA, process auditing, measurement system analysis, and use standard quality techniques to champion defect elimination and closed loop process improvement. You will be involved in the validation of new products and process launches and provide input on product reliability and compliance to promote advanced product quality planning.
Qualifications & Requirements:- BS degree required and 3-5 years of quality experience, Material Science engineers or similar preferred
- Proficiency in quality, six sigma and lean manufacturing techniques, design for manufacturability, design for assembly, measurement system analysis, design of experiment, and failure mode and effects analysis techniques in a design and manufacturing environment
- Ability to direct quality resources to develop and implement test and inspection programs to meet customer, industry, regulatory standards across the manufacturing site
- Analytical thinker with demonstrated technical ability to perform root cause analysis, prepare and implement action plans, lead technical improvement initiatives
- Commitment to Winchester's values of accountability, collaboration, and empowerment
- Compiles and uses data, databases, ERP systems, spreadsheets, etc. to communicate and contribute to enterprise-wide initiatives and drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Ability to measure components and assemblies specified to tight tolerance
- Ability to measure process yields, report them, and drive improvement initiatives based on that data
- Experience with process auditing preferred
Are You Our Next ACE?- Accountable for advanced product quality planning, nonconforming material trend analysis and corrective action planning, and production process auditing, use their findings to propose and assist in administering best practices across the organization
- Assess customer, industry, and regulatory requirements, developing tailored quality plans to ensure compliance
- Execute audit plans to ensure adherence to customer, industry, and regulatory standards
- Drive a customer-centric, total quality culture, participate in NPI projects, internal auditing, FAIs, source inspections, RMAs, CARs, and general customer service as required
- Champion the Winchester culture, fostering a strong organization
- Collaborate across all levels of the organization, as well as our supplier and customer base as needed in a way that leads by example, holds people accountable and utilizes data to make informed decisions
- Empowered to support and maintain quality systems to capture, monitor, and manage product and process quality, aligning with the company's tactical and strategic business goals
- Assist in developing and monitoring business process performance metrics/indicators, making recommendations and supporting process improvements
- Participate and perform FAI, material review boards, and internal audits, in collaboration with operations Follow uniform processes for FAI/qualification of products and processes for both internal and external customers
- Support the Quality Manager in addressing customer-related quality issues, including failure analysis and corrective actions, in conjunction with other functional areas
- Maintain a robust corrective action process incorporating Six Sigma, design for manufacture, design for assembly, failure mode and effects analysis, MSA, DOE, reliability analysis,and lean manufacturing principles
- Represent the product group during customer, supplier quality, ISO, and related audits. Identify, develop, and support processes and training programs as required by the Quality Manager
- Ensure compliance with customer, industry, and regulatory standards, including export regulations
- Drive continuous improvement, common processes, and company values to support growth and improvement targets, alongside other assigned responsibilities
Systems You'll Use:Pay Transparency: Winchester Interconnect Corporation is committed to pay transparency. The pay range for this position is $85,000 - $100,000 (DOE) per year, plus incentive compensation. Exact salary will be contingent upon your experience, education, skills, and any other factors Winchester Interconnect Corporation considers relevant to the hiring decision.
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