What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at IperionX?
We are currently seeking a Quality Engineer to join our team at IperionX's Titanium Manufacturing Campus in the Southern Virginia Technology Park. In this role, you will ensure our products exceed shareholders’ expectations through inspections, statistical analysis, and implementation of our Quality Management System to enhance efficiency and product quality. You will oversee daily lab operations, including promoting our robust safety culture, managing testing priorities, ensuring quality control, supporting equipment maintenance, and reviewing quality data.
Requirements and Qualifications
Required:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in quality, preferably in an engineering role.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical, Materials Science, Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering or other relevant engineering/technical discipline.
Preferred:
- Team oriented individual with strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong background in statistics, Six Sigma green belt or higher preferred.
- Experience working in Lab Information Management Systems (LIMS).
- Firm understanding of Quality Management Systems.
- Experience in quality role supporting heavy industry, manufacturing or chemical processing, metals experience preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems with the use of data to make quality-driven decisions.
- Familiarity with quality testing equipment, such as ICP-OES and other chemical content analyzers, SEM, metrology tools, etc.
- Familiarity with part dimensions and tolerances, and engineering drawings.
Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
- Support a robust IPX safety culture by staying up to date on safety trainings, wearing proper PPE, and following safety policies.
- Support the development and implementation of industry leading quality management systems (QMS), such as nonconformance, management of change, product certification, internal/external audit, root cause analysis, corrective action, etc.
- Solve complex technical problems with supporting data analysis.
- Collaborate on final product quality certification program by reviewing customer specifications and implementing requirements and control review of final products/processes.
- Oversee the quality lab and lab technicians to ensure safe work, expedient turnaround and high precision measurements.
- Build and manage SOPs, lab information management systems (LIMS) and other data management systems.
- Actively support and collaborate with production, maintenance, and engineering teams to increase and maintain quality of our products.
- Collaborate closely with R&D teams to transition new processes to production levels and support early-stage processes by creating test plans, quality controls, etc.
- Contribute to efforts to achieve and maintain ISO 9001 and other appropriate certifications for the plant.
- Train and advise IPX teams, as needed, to educate the teams around proper sample collection, handling, testing, statistical analyses, reporting, sample storage, documentation requirements for certifications, etc.
Benefits:
- Industry-leading medical, dental and vision insurance benefits
- 401(k) plan and company match
- Paid time off
- Competitive pay and strong opportunity for career growth
Prior to the start of employment, IperionX will conduct a background check and a drug screening.
About IperionX
Titanium metal is prized for its strength, light weight, and corrosion resistance. These properties are ideal for applications in the aerospace, defense, medical, automotive and consumer electronics industries. Titanium’s problem is its high cost. The standard way to produce titanium metal, the Kroll process, was invented over 70 years ago, is complex, energy intensive, and expensive. IperionX has revolutionary technology to produce titanium metal at significantly lower energy, cost and carbon emissions. Our goal is to fundamentally transform the titanium industry. We are currently scaling production at our Virginia Titanium Manufacturing Campus, comprising the Titanium Production Facility and the Advanced Manufacturing Center. Additional information about IperionX can be found on our corporate website (www.iperionx.com).
IperionX is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
