Quality Engineer

Responsibilities Provide timely support to customers’ plants upon requests. Assist all areas of Supply Chain, tooling, machining, injection molding, Packaging and Outgoing Quality implementing the necessary processes and controls to assure the quality expectations of the product, for North American operations. Coordinate quality activities among China, Vietnam and North America Plants. Perform quality engineering activities and at the same time coordinate the Quality Engineering actions to develop, implement and improve quality specifications, test methodologies, validation test protocols, and sampling plans for products and processes. Develop, Implement and Improve the Quality Control Plans, FMEA process. Interpret product specifications according to drawing, application, international or government standards and customer special requirements; translate these specifications and requirements to all personnel and implement the adequate inspection methods, acceptance criteria and controls to assure compliance. Be the main responsible for the on‑time and effective completion of the NPI process for new Products, Processes & Customers and for Intercompany Transfers. Implement and monitor Quality Metrics to improve the Quality levels, Customer Satisfaction and Cost of Quality. Maintain an active communication with Customers to respond and address all concerns and inquiries when related to Quality and facilitate continuous process improvements. Implement and effectively use Statistical Process Control tools and methodologies. Promote within all the departments the prevention culture over detection; eliminate unnecessary, redundant or inefficient inspections and prioritize elimination of 100% inspections. Be the main responsible to assist on External Customer’s and Certification QMS’s Audits. Coordinate the implementation, evaluation, maintenance and improvement of all company’s QMS’s. Education and Experience Requirements Bachelor’s Engineering Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or equivalent. Must have written and conversational English capabilities. Sound and working experience managing effective Root Cause Analysis & Problem Solving tools and techniques such as Drill Deep & Wide, DOE’s, Cause & Effect, Pareto Charts, 8D’s, etc. Demonstrated hands‑on experience on Statistical Process Control tools. QMS Auditor experience as a minimum on ISO9001. Experience working with Lean Manufacturing Tools and Techniques. Demonstrate outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with all levels of the organization as well as with the Customers. Verifiable achieved goals on the development, managing and improvement of Quality KPI’s. Good computer and presentation skills; able to deliver presentations to the management team. Travel flexibility at short notice. The ideal candidate must be self‑motivated, analytical, hands‑on, critical thinker, team player, able to work in a fast paced environment, goal oriented and with good cost management skills. #J-18808-Ljbffr