Production Quality Engineer

Description

Summary:

The Production Quality Engineer is responsible for assisting in implementation of Plasma-Therm’s Quality system within manufacturing and guided by Plasma-Therm’s core values. Ensuring all systems meet or exceed expectations while adhering to standard system specifications and quality standards. System inspections and audits are performed in a professional and completely unbiased manner.

Provide improvements of product reliability and quality through evaluation and modification of equipment procedures and systems. He/She will largely collaborate with the Manufacturing teams, Materials team, Product and Process engineers. And join the Plasma-Therm Quality and Continuous Improvement dept., consisting of supplier quality, customer quality and continuous improvement functions.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Support the manufacturing process with incorporating quality systems, that support the vision of zero defects to customers.
• Develop and implement in-process inspection criteria for manufactured systems and identify resolutions.
• Support to reduce non-conforming material received by manufacturing due to defects from supplied parts.
• Initiate Root-cause analysis together with manufacturing and other cross functional teams, for permanent Corrective actions.
• Initiate Quality alerts, describing the defects found internally and externally from customers.
• Support manufacturing to perform the acceptance testing procedure (ATP) on equipment.
• Ensure all nonconformities found during ATP have been corrected and closed before ATP is completed.
• Lead the continuous improvement process for updating the ATP checklist’s based on feedback from engineering teams.
• Conduct pre-shipment audits for larger equipment, sub-assemblies and kits.
• Assisting manufacturing with RC / CA process, via 5-Why or other methods.
• Track and trend quality metrics, related to rework, scrap and the overall cost of quality.
• Works on other assigned tasks and projects as required.
• Maintains the highest standard for 5S in the workplace.
• It is every employee’s responsibility to be aware of and adhere to the applicable Safety & Health, Quality and Environmental Process of Plasma-Therm, LLC.

Other Duties:

• Participate in the weekly non-conforming parts disposition review meeting.
• Support the ISO 9001 internal auditing process.
• Support the annual measurement equipment calibration process.
• Identify continuous improvement initiatives within manufacturing.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Strong background in Problem Solving, Process Control
• Experience with electrical systems and mechanical assemblies.
• Bachelor’s degree or 2-year associates degree with appropriate experience as an equivalent.
• 5+ years of production experience.
• Quality management systems and ISO9001 experience.