Career Opportunity

Quality Engineer

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Engineering

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Location

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

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Salary

$80,000 - $100,000

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Job Reference

250798

Job Description

The Quality Engineer is responsible for supplier management and providing technical support to manufacturing, including leading or supporting quality investigations and continuous improvements projects.


Production Support

  • Lead or provide cross-functional team support on resolution of quality issues, including returns, complaints, and internal non-conformances.
  • Guide cross-functional teams using quality tools and techniques to determine root cause and develop corrective actions.
  • Strong technical writing skills to document investigation reports and support updates and/or creation of procedures.
  • Lead training as needed to support quality objectives and culture.
  • Champion a culture of continuous improvements to drive customer satisfaction and achieve business and plant objectives.

Supplier Quality

  • Support quality audits, corrective actions, and facilitate supplier changes and qualifications.
  • Lead incoming quality initiatives and support resolution of vendor quality problems. Assist with developing incoming inspection tools and testing (e.g. FAIR, PPAP).
  • Lead supplier quality initiatives or continuous improvements projects.

Regulatory Compliance

  • Ensure compliance within industry standards and regulations, including IEC, ISO9001, ISO13485, AS9100.
  • Lead or support internal and supplier audits and facilitate corrective actions as needed.
  • Support customer and third-party audits as needed.
  • Assist with regulatory projects including UL certification and ISO accreditations.
  • Assist with environmental and safety regulatory compliance to RoHS, REACH, Conflict Mineral, IEC, OHSA.

Continuous Improvements and Project Management

  • Ability to lead Quality Plans or Continuous Improvements projects, meet deliverables, and demonstrate effective project management skills.
  • Strong technical writing skills with the ability to create project plans.
  • Support focused quality activities including process control, root cause analysis, corrective actions, documentation and execution of systems, and inspection.

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in engineering or related field with 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing.
  • 2-3 years of experience working in electronics manufacturing environment or the equivalent combination of education and experience. SMT experience a must.
  • Intermediate knowledge of quantitative methods and tools, including SPC, process capabilities, and design and analysis of experiments.
  • Advanced expertise with problem-solving tools to investigate, document and resolve quality issues.
  • MS Office experience required. Experience with advanced Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) change management, ERP, and metrics a plus.
  • Electrical, mechanical, and statistical aptitude required.
  • Strong oral and written communications skills are required. The ability to represent in a professional manner to customers, auditors, vendors, and other outside contacts is required.
  • Able to work in a fast-paced environment with quickly changing priorities to ensure superior customer satisfaction.
  • Self-motivated with proven ability to apply innovative solutions to problems.
  • ASQ engineer certification desirable.


Job Responsibilities

Quality Engineer opportunity with an established engineering and manufacturing company in the Eden Prairie, MN area. This role is heavily focused on Quality Systems processes compared to a typical Quality Engineer role.

Must Have:
– Experience with quality investigations (RCA), including leading CAPA and nonconformances
– Experience performing internal audits (preferably to AS9100 and/or ISO 13485)
– Technical writing skills for quality systems, supporting procedural updates and investigations
– Strong communication skills and the ability to lead or facilitate investigations and projects
– Experience with ISO standards: ISO 9001 required at minimum, AS9100 and/or ISO 13485 preferred

Nice to Have:
– Receiving inspection experience (quality plans, FAI experience preferably to AS9102, sampling plans)
– Project management experience (continuous improvement and quality plans)
– Validation experience as a reviewer, with occasional leadership of software validation
– Experience supporting external audits (front room/back room)
– Familiarity with quality and SPC techniques and tools

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