Sr. Engineer - Quality & Reliability - eTeam Inc.

Shift: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM (flexible) - day shift hours.

NOTE: Domestic travel to client and suppliers (to start - possibility for international travel in the future). Temp-Perm assignment for the right match-fit candidate.

We are currently seeking a highly motivated QLTY & RELIABILITY ENGINEER to join the team located within our manufacturing facility, in Hauppauge NY. This is an opportunity to join a team of highly motivated and experienced professionals who are passionate about ensuring the future growth of the business and emphasize TE’s core values of integrity, innovation, accountability, and teamwork. In this challenging and rewarding position in Hauppauge you will support legacy Product / Process development on redesign parts with successful launch into operations, through the
implementation of APQP tools to meet customer ramp-up schedules and by ensuring customer product requirements are met. You will be responsible for reviewing, completing, analyzing, and reporting on deliverables aligned to the manufacturing process.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned Quality Engineer with experience in Aerospace components manufacturing.
Primary responsibilities include:

• Support quality functions and deliverables across multiple legacy projects within Hauppauge working with the engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and quality teams ensuring the design and manufacturing processes are fully aligned to deliver a standardized repeatable process every time.
• Evaluation of customer quality requirements.
• Interface with customers, internal manufacturing sites, and suppliers as required to address and resolve issues as they arise, implementing RCCA methodology.
• Coordination with other core project functions by providing input for project analysis, feasibility studies, design reviews, as well as providing quality deliverables in line with APQP tools.
• Facilitate and lead Project Design Reviews to ensure successful change management and risk mitigation has taken place.
• Introduce project audit of all key deliverables for each value stream.
• Lead and participate with Product and Manufacturing Engineers and Technicians in the resolution of issues using failure analysis (Ishikawa, 5 Why, 8D).
• Develop and apply workmanship standards in the inspection of components and assemblies to assess acceptability.
• Read and review engineering drawings interpreting geometric tolerancing and develop the corresponding quality inspection plans (QIP) for components and assemblies.
• Ensure and review all critical characteristics are identified on drawings and flow through all quality control documentation.
• Assess and identify specific gaging requirements and work with relevant internal quality teams & suppliers to have gages designed, built, and calibrated.
• Read and interpret quality specifications and requirements.
• Manipulate statistical data using programs such as Minitab or JMP.
• Prepare reports and present them to engineering/quality teams at the plant.
• Analysis of quality and process data (ppm, scrap, Pareto, CPK, COPQ, etc.)
• Capability to facilitate and lead Cross-Functional teams in designing and processing FMEAs.
• Continual updating of FMEAs and preparation of Control plans and Quality Inspection plans in case of quality issues, tool, and process transfers.
• Evaluation of quality-related deviations during the First Article Inspection (FAI) process, including supplier deviation, escalation, definition, implementation, and execution of corrective actions.
• Manage safe launch process for relevant projects.
• Support on-time delivery of customer-required documentation according to both customer and client’s standards.
• Support development and implementation of both general and quality-related standards, and procedures inside the organization and training of these requirements.
• Support roll-out and execution of standard tools: FMEA, CONTROL PLANS, QIP, FAI PPAP & Lessons Learned Data.
• Use data-driven decisions for continuous improvement.
• Prepare and report on quality metrics to local site and corporate staff.
• Learn and lead the incorporation of the AS9145 PPAP process into the ADM NPI process.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science or Manufacturing.
• At least 3 years experience in Quality, Industrial, Manufacturing, Design Engineering or New Product Development Engineering.
• Strong working knowledge of FMEA, Value Stream Mapping, Process Flow, Control Plan, MSA, Gage R&R, GD&T, FAI & PPAP.
• Expert in problem solving tools such as 8D, PPSR, 5 why, Kepner Trego, Pareto
• Principles and data analysis, Six Sigma Black Belt or Equivalent is a plus .
• Ability to prioritize issues, analyze situations and implement effective corrective actions.
• Ability to respond to changes in the work environment.
• Systematic and goal-oriented and independent working manner.
• LDFSS Green / Black Belt Certification.

Competencies

• Demonstrated expertise in quality concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience in problem resolution using six sigma and conventional quality engineering tools and methods.
• Demonstrated experience and success in leading teams in problem resolution.
• Ability to plan, establish, and coordinate test and inspection procedures, conduct

• process capability studies, prepare statistical quality control data, and develop
• statistically designed experiments.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, and statistical software packages (i.e., Minitab)
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 or AS9100, AS9145
• Due to ITAR regulations, US citizenship or US lawful permanent residency (green card)

• is required to apply for this position.