Quality Engineer

at  Valence Surface Technologies

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education: Bachelor’s Degree (four-year college or technical school) Preferred, Field of Study: Engineering or Chemistry
Experience: 2 plus years of experience in Engineering
6-10 years of experience in Aerospace Chemical Processing
2-3 years Nadcap Experience preferred
CATIA preferred
Computer Skills: Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, Viso, SPC

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 year(s): Engineering

Preferred

EDUCATION

Preferred

• Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field

Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• Understand and execute quality philosophies, principles, systems, risk, methods, tools, standards, organizational and team dynamics, customer expectations and satisfaction, supplier relations and performance, leadership, training, interpersonal relationships, improvement systems, and professional ethics.
• Understand and execute the quality system, including its development, documentation, and implementation with respect to domestic and international standards or requirements.
• Develop and manage quality programs, including tracking, analyzing, reporting, and problem solving.
• Establish, promote, and execute product and process quality, quality principles, including planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling, and measurement systems.
• Maintain a complete knowledge of reliability, maintainability, and risk management, including key terms and definitions, modeling, systems design, assessment tools, and reporting.
• Manage, plan, control, implement, and assure process and/or project application, readiness, and requirements.
• Completely understand and employ problem-solving and quality improvement tools and techniques, including knowledge of management and planning tools, quality tools, preventive and corrective actions, and how to overcome barriers to quality improvements.
• Design and implement methods for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
• Identify, acquire, and analyze data using appropriate standard quantitative methods across a spectrum of business environments to facilitate process analysis and improvements.
• Understand and execute the audit process including types of audits, planning, preparation, execution, reporting results, and follow-up.
• Review customers purchase orders, contracts and change requests and ensure that the necessary criteria and provisions are included in quality and process plans.
• Review suppliers purchase orders and establish supplier quality requirements.
• Compile, write, and deliver training material on quality standards and activities.
• Understand and execute basic calibration determinations and functions.
• Ability to interpret blueprint and drawings.