Quality Engineer III

Summary: Aerospace Quality Engineer with expertise in ensuring compliance with AS9100, customer requirements, and industry regulations throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. Skilled in root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) process improvement, and drive product reliability and customer satisfaction. Experienced in supporting aerospace manufacturing, supplier quality, audits, and failure investigations while promoting continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support production and quality team in quality and process control for prototype, NPI, and sustaining products through quality control plan of front end (PCBA) and back end (Box Build).

• Created the quality checklist for inspection for production inspectors.

• Use quality tools to analyze quality data and conduct a periodic quality meeting with internal team and customer for process improvement.

• Lead cross-functional problem-solving team and implement quality tools & techniques to overcome barriers to continuous quality improvements.

• Continually looks for improvement and makes appropriate recommendation.

• Manage DMR, MRB, RMA, and CAPA processes to ensure they are compliant with company procedures.

• Oversee the Corrective Action/Preventative Action (CAPA) process for your assigned customers. Initiate CAR/8D to internal team or supplier and follow up until it is closed.

• Review customer data for quality clauses and conformity and respond to customer quality feedback.

• Support incoming inspection and provide the guidance for key characteristics & AQL.

• Perform risk assessment for quality process including FMEA.

• Work with process engineer and other team for product & process validation (IQ, OQ, PQ).

• Ensure the production floor is compliant with company ESD procedure or ANSI/ESD 20.20 standard.

• Create and maintain QMS documentation to meet the company, regulatory and compliance requirements.

• Perform annual internal audits for ISO 9001, FDA, and/or AS 9100. Generate the internal audit reports.

• Issue Quality Alert and lean/participate in Purge process.

• Ensure that all production critical supplier issues are resolved in a timely manner, and corrective actions are implemented correctly.

• Monitor and drive PPM issues with the supply base in addition to helping them achieve “Dock to Stock” in accordance to the vendor performance system.

• Support all corporate and site 6S objectives.

• Establish a collaborative working relationship with all departments. Maintain company quality and ethical standards.

• Perform all other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field preferred

• At least 3+ years of related experience required in a quality organization working preferably within a manufacturing environment preferred.

• Experience in quality improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma

• Certification to IPC-600, IPC-610 & J-STD-001 is a plus

Job Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to apply IPC-A-610 standard requirements

• Ability to apply J-STD-001 standard requirements

• Ability to apply IPC-600 standard requirements

• Continuous Improvement

• 5S

• Lean Manufacturing

• Kaizen

• Lean Six Sigma

• Root Cause Analysis

• Value Stream Mapping

• Proficiency in commonly used and specialized software

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, including advanced skills with Excel

• Demonstrated ability to work in high paced and changing environments

• Written and verbal communication skills

• Basic computer skills

• Knowledge of interpretation of designated specifications with an ability to interpret all customer documents and related specifications.

• Ability to communicate with all levels within the organization

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Predisposition to teach leaders a zero-defect mentality

• Ability to weigh and manage priorities

• Skilled at synthesis and analysis

• Detail oriented

Due to ITAR and / or CUI compliance, this position requires candidates to be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident.

Benefits Offered: Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage; company-paid basic life/AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance; voluntary supplemental insurances, flexible spending accounts and employee assistance program (EAP). Sick Leave, Vacation Time, and company-paid Holidays are also provided as paid time off. NEOTech also provides a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan option with a company match.

NEOTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

NEOTech has a long-standing commitment to maintaining a safe, quality-oriented and productive work environment. We also want all employees to perform their duties safely and efficiently, in a manner that protects their interests and those of their co-workers. We recognize that alcohol and drug abuse pose a threat to the health and safety of NEOTech employees and to the security of the Company’s equipment and facilities. For these reasons, NEOTech is committed to the elimination of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the workplace. Candidates being considered for hire must pass a pre-employment background check and drug test which include screening for illegal drugs and marijuana.