Quality Engineer

at  Daktronics

Responsibilities:
When you work at Daktronics, you’ll be part of something amazing. We design, engineer, manufacture and support bold, eye-catching digital LED display technology and audio systems.
Our products bring excitement to professional, college and high school games. They attract customers for businesses around the world, and even provide direction for people as they travel, work and play.
As part of the Daktronics team, you’ll have interesting, impactful work with flexible opportunities. You can learn and grow at a company that provides competitive compensation and meaningful benefits – and the people are second to none.
Learn more About Daktronics!
Daktronics, Inc designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of display systems to customers in a variety of markets throughout the world. We focus our sales and marketing efforts on geographical regions, markets, and products. The primary categories of markets include Live Events, Commercial, Transportation, Schools and Theatres, and International. Daktronics manufacturing follows a focus factory concept paralleling these five markets.
This position will be involved with quality systems and will work closely with the Live Events Module Production and Narrow Pixel Pitch Mfg. factory management to identify improvement activities, as well as support long term, corporate quality projects. This individual will report directly to the Divisional Quality Engineer.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Preferred degrees include Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Operations Management, Mechanical Engineering, or similar degree or equivalent from a college or technical school.
• Prefer candidates with electronic assembly manufacturing experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, good organizational skills, and self-motivation are required.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business communications, governmental regulations, industry standards, and technical procedures, drawings, and specifications.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to management, employees, customers, and suppliers.
• Ability to organize workload and prioritize schedule according to company plans.
• Effectively exercise discretion and independent judgment.
• Familiarity with Daktronics products and internal processes and computer systems is preferred.
• Working knowledge/experience in Lean Manufacturing, Quality, and Six Sigma implementation.
• Advanced computer skills to include experience with Word, Excel, Power Point, and digital photo editing.
• Familiarity with the use of various quality tools such as 8-Step, FMEA, DoE, SPC, and various problem-solving tools.
• Physical requirements include the ability to:
• Lift and carry heavy (up to 45 pounds) and/or awkward items.
• Stand and/or sit for the full shift and have full range of motion as required for the position.
• Distinguish and identify colors (wires, paint, etc.) as it pertains to the position.
• Work with some odors associated with a manufacturing environment (paint, solder, welding, coating, etc.).
• Wear all protective equipment as required in work area. Items may include the following: safety glasses, safety shoes/boots, hearing protection, protective garments, etc.
• Ability to travel by air and ground. Valid driver’s license and good driving record. Motor vehicle record will be checked. Ability to travel over night to domestic and international locations.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Daktronics does not sponsor, renew, or extend immigration visas for this position

• Leadership, and Performance:
• Contribute to a high-performance workplace by consistently growing competencies of Customer Focus, Manages Complexity, Being Resilient, Decision Quality, and Communicating Effectively, through desired behaviors.
• Assist with training of Quality Assistant/Technician.
• Work effectively as a team member; make suggestions for process and product improvements; communicate effectively with team members.
• Complete projects with quality work in a timely manner.
• Wear all proper protective equipment as required in work area in accordance with Daktronics Safety Policy and OSHA standards. Items may include the following: safety glasses, safety shoes/boots, hearing protection, electrostatic discharge wear, and others as determined necessary by Daktronics Environmental Health and Safety Department.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed to support the efforts of Daktronics.
• Quality Management Systems:
• Support PTC Windchill Closed-Loop Quality Management; Non-Conformances (NC), Temporary Deviation Request (Variance), Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA), or others as implemented at Daktronics.
• Support compliance with various standards including IPC-600, IPC-610, IPC-620, RoHS, ISO-9001 and others.
• Lead the auditing programs for the factory. Ensure auditors are well trained, audits are documented and that they are being performed on-time.
• Quality Assurance tools and Process Improvement:
• Review and analyze existing processes and equipment operations to improve overall product quality, manufacturing capability, process control, and scrap reduction.
• Analyze and present data/information to support improvement activities.
• Participate in Design FMEA and Process FMEA projects.
• Provide training to work groups on topics such as: 8-Step, DoE, SPC, FMEA, Quality Control Plan, etc.
• Support supplier quality activities such as first article inspections and supplier quality improvements.
• Support lean activities through active participation for those items that may affect quality.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Preferred degrees include Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Operations Management, Mechanical Engineering, or similar degree or equivalent from a college or technical school.
• Prefer candidates with electronic assembly manufacturing experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, good organizational skills, and self-motivation are required.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business communications, governmental regulations, industry standards, and technical procedures, drawings, and specifications.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to management, employees, customers, and suppliers.
• Ability to organize workload and prioritize schedule according to company plans.
• Effectively exercise discretion and independent judgment.
• Familiarity with Daktronics products and internal processes and computer systems is preferred.
• Working knowledge/experience in Lean Manufacturing, Quality, and Six Sigma implementation.
• Advanced computer skills to include experience with Word, Excel, Power Point, and digital photo editing.
• Familiarity with the use of various quality tools such as 8-Step, FMEA, DoE, SPC, and various problem-solving tools.
• Physical requirements include the ability to:
• Lift and carry heavy (up to 45 pounds) and/or awkward items.
• Stand and/or sit for the full shift and have full range of motion as required for the position.
• Distinguish and identify colors (wires, paint, etc.) as it pertains to the position.
• Work with some odors associated with a manufacturing environment (paint, solder, welding, coating, etc.).
• Wear all protective equipment as required in work area. Items may include the following: safety glasses, safety shoes/boots, hearing protection, protective garments, etc.
• Ability to travel by air and ground. Valid driver’s license and good driving record. Motor vehicle record will be checked. Ability to travel over night to domestic and international locations.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Daktronics does not sponsor, renew, or extend immigration visas for this position.

Daktronics is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetics, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or citizenship status. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here