Quality Engineer

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Quality Engineer, located in Tijuana.

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer role involves:

What a typical day looks like:

• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Holds up Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.
• Assures data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidates and reports quality results.
• Initiates corrective action requests as needed and tracks to satisfactory completion.
• Assists with development and implementation of quality audits.
• In charge of developing, applying, revising and maintaining quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.
• Explores reports and returned products and recommends corrective action.
• Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement and research of equipment and facilities.
• Approves product, process and equipment qualifications.
• Provides liaison to various regulatory bodies.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Conversational and written English
• Able to use Office system: Word, Excel, Power point, etc
• Responsible
• Communicate and escalate situations on time
• Understand EO and radiation concepts
• Material identification, status, and traceability: Define and distinguish between these concepts, and describe methods for applying them in various situations.
• Material segregation: Describe material segregation and its importance, and evaluate appropriate methods for applying it in varioussituations.
• Material classification: Assess and classify product and process defects and nonconformities
• Kowledge in Quality System concepts
• Understand preventive and corrective maintenance concept
• Identify different measurement tools: caliper, rules, micrometers, spectrophotometers, etc
• Understand differences between Variables and attributes and apply them
• Distinguish bewteen nondestructive and destructive measurement test methods and how should be used
• Understand linearity, linear regression concept
• Understand Quality System elements, including planning, control, and improvement
• Understand customer requirements (Qualoity agreeement, drawings, etc)
• Understand ISO 13485, QSR
• Understand metrology techniques such as calibration, traceability to calibration standards, measurement error and itssources
• Understand repeatability and reproducibility (gage R&R) studies, measurement correlation, capability, bias, linearity, precision, stability and accuracy
• Define, describe, and apply the following continuous improvement methodologies: Total quality management (TQM), Kaizen, Plan-do-check-act (PDCA), Six Sigma
• Define, describe, and apply the following lean tools: 5S, Value stream mapping,  Kanban, Visual control, 8 Wastes,  Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Identify, describe, and apply elements of the corrective action process, including problem identification, failure analysis, root cause analysis, 5 Whys, problem correction, recurrence control, and verification of effectiveness.
• Understand probability distributions; i.e. normal, exponential, lognormal, Weibull, Student’s  disptribution
• Understand Process capability and performance: Cpk, Ppk
• Identify, describe, and apply various preventive action tools such as error proofing/poka-yoke, and robust design,and analyze their effectiveness.
• Understand Design of Experiment concepts (DOE)
• Identify and define various lean tools: 5S, standard operations, kanban (pull), error-proofing, value-stream mapping
• Identify how such analyses can indicate whether a problem is systemic or isolated
• Understand sterile barrier concept

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Pantry vouchers
• Saving Fund
• Christmas bonus
• Holiday bonus
• Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance

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Job Category

Quality

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

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