What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer - Mechanical Engineering position at HYDAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION?
Description
HYDAC is a family-owned and operated business with a vibrant and rewarding working environment for our employees across the country. Our goal is to provide quality products, components and services that meet our customer expectations while being committed to the protection and preservation of our environment. HYDAC’s passionate team designs and manufactures a comprehensive line of innovative and reliable solutions optimized any demand our customers require.
Key Behavioral Competencies:
Teamwork: Collaborate with customers, design engineers and production personnel to ensure delivered quality of hydraulic components and systems meet or exceed requirements.
Critical Thinking: Analyze quality information and submit data driven solutions to improve quality metrics.
Communication: Present findings and conclusions to suppliers, customers and HYDAC senior leadership team with a clear, concise, persuasive approach.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive 8D problem solving methods for continuous process improvement and reduction of customer defects including both 0-hr PPM and field warranty claims.
- Support cross-functional teams to implement robust corrective actions and quality system improvements.
- Support development of robust manufacturing processes utilizing the APQP toolset including DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, and SPC.
- Work with purchasing and suppliers to resolve incoming material non-conformances and to ensure proper countermeasures are implemented to prevent re-occurrence.
- Work with project teams to collect customer requirements for PPAP packages for major OEMs and achieve on-time submission deadlines. Resolve any internal or external discrepancies with the customer or internal business partners.
- Interact with customers and maintain customer portals to provide timely response to corrective action, PPAP, and engineering change / deviation requests.
- Work with cross-functional teams to analyze and address internal findings from audits, red-tag process, and first pass yield data to proactively reduce quality defects.
Requirements
Requirements
- BS degree in Engineering, Science or Mathematics.
- Familiarity with APQP methodology and implementation.
- Experience with leading continuous improvement projects.
Preferences
- 3 or more years of relevant Engineering experience.
- Understanding and exposure to Lean and/or Six Sigma concepts a plus.
- Internal auditor experience is a plus.
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