QA Engineer

Product/Manufacturing/Quality Engineer BYaskawa America, Inc. seeks Product/Manufacturing/Quality Engineer B. Duties include troubleshooting and performing root cause analyses of failures and creating corrective action plans for systemic and daily quality issues and component failures; inspecting, segregating, and modifying components or finished goods inventory; analyzing products and advising on the authorization or restriction on the use of suspect products for production or sale to customers; evaluating the impact of suspended product decisions on production stoppages and customer requirements; planning and ensuring the implementation of new products from the design phase to volume production; creating and ensuring project launch schedules; coordinating regular launch status meetings; preparing and controlling all product related master data; creating manufacturing work instructions and implementing line balancing; advising the design team regarding manufacturability; training employees; coordinating the construction of engineering prototypes; responding to requests for customer specified product; evaluating product design to develop the necessary production procedures and processes; establishing customer promise dates; maintaining processes to assure product quality; analyzing quality data and trends; creating product quality performance reports for customers and for internal use; interfacing with customers to determine root causes of product failures; communicating corrective actions to customers; designing and implementing factory equipment; creating factory layouts and incorporating new equipment; designing and approving packing methods for shipment of products according to International Safe Transit Association guidelines; investigating and analyzing product and process changes; creating and overseeing engineering change order implementation within the Supply Chain and Production groups; participating in ISO and customer audits; assisting with external audits that relate to certification agencies such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Conformite Europeenne (CE), and Technischer Uberwachungsverein (TUV); supporting communication with auditing agencies and customers to resolve open issues; planning and leading supplier audit teams and evaluating or approving new suppliers for use; conducting regular supplier quality meetings to evaluate overall supplier quality; preparing and controlling departmental budgets for production related capital projects and factory expense; managing capital implementation projects according to budget; identifying and implementing opportunities for continual improvement, including cost reduction, process improvements, design changes, component substitutions, supplier changes, and labor savings; providing cost analysis in the form of return on investment, breakeven analysis, and annual total; reviewing supplier requests for design changes to evaluate their impact on product design and authorize appropriately; and participating in company-sponsored activities, including the employee suggestion program, quality training, and the safety committee.Job Site: 1067 Johnson Drive, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089. Salary: $91,146-$97,000/year. Requires Bachelor's or foreign degree equivalent in Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, or related field. Requires three years of experience in the job offered or in engineering manufacturing. Requires experience performing root cause analysis of manufacturing issues and drafting corrective action reports; preparing documents for production planning and scheduling and ATP; preparing paperwork to document material needs; product data management; reading mechanical drawings and electrical schematics; standardizing costing with suppliers; and conforming to ISTA product packaging standards. Domestic travel required up to 10%.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.