Quality Technical Associate

Quality Technical Associate

Location: Irvine, TX

Client – Pratt and Whitney

Salary – 80K relocation

Responsibilities:

This role will work with the LTTS team and our major aerospace customer to audit and check a standardized process for Commercial Service Contracting with the U.S Government and airline operators. The successful candidate will be an expert in engineering-related measurements and practices and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). The successful candidate will have a solid understanding of part measurement process and tools including advanced measurement and scanning technology. Duties include reviewing processes and auditing scans completed by others. Candidate must have strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail for identifying items on the scan as compared to the engineering print.

This is an on-site position, meaning much of this role will require working out of our customers' facilities located in Irving, TX.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Support the Team Lead as a lead Quality Technical Associate by developing, validating, executing, and maintaining quality processes and checklists.
• Interpret complex engineering drawings with detailed GD&T and confirm if the measurements conducted are compliant.
• Work with customer stakeholders and outside vendors to develop and maintain standards and practices with regards to part set-up, fixturing, and measuring techniques.
• Ability to use standard inspection tools to verify parts meet print or technical manual specifications (calipers, height gages, optical comparators, etc.)
• Execute statistically based sampling plans for inspections and validations.
• Support validations for new and existing processes, and equipment.
• Participate in FAA inspections, ISO Certification and surveillance audits and customer audits.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Review scan data and parts to validate conformance and compliance with established standards.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of GD&T along with blueprint reading skills
• Knowledge of corrective and preventative actions (CAPA), and/or Root Cause Corrective Analysis (RCCA)
• Ability to focus for long periods of time on complex data sets using various software
• Knowledge of control of non-conforming product process activities (e.g., NCMR generation, investigation, MRB review/approval, quarantine cage material control)
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in a team environment.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field, or in lieu of minimum education: equivalent experience in a related technical field.
• Two to Three years of progressive experience related to precision manufacturing and inspection.

Tools/Software/Programming Languages:

• United Robotics Cobot; Polyscope/URScript
• GOM ATOS
• Zeiss; Calypso
• Python