What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at Kawasaki Robotics USA Inc?
Summary: The candidate will work with stakeholders across engineering, manufacturing and product support organizations to spearhead end-to-end product quality activities and process improvement initiatives. The candidate will play a critical role in driving Quality at the product and process level ensuring best practices and delivery of a high-quality products with the assigned team.
Responsibilities:
- Investigates product failures, determines root cause, generates containment, plans and implements corrective actions
- Collaborate with engineering, customer program management, and supply chain on quality defect resolution
- Performs error code analysis and troubleshooting, data compilation, analysis and presentation
- Troubleshoots electrical and mechanical failures and malfunctions and reports findings
- Performs failure analysis and drives 8Ds to closure
- Analyzes NC trends, yield, QPPM and generates quality scorecards
- Initiates CIPs and process improvement projects and completes them in alignment with org. vision.
- Analyzes current and future needs then generates and releases relevant work instructions and quality procedures.
- Analyzes identified processes in detail using lean tools (i.e. VSM) to identify problem areas and potential solutions.
- Conducts internal and external factory audits
- Executes and completes special projects as required
- Supports and lead process improvement activities in cross-functional environment to help improve quality
- Writes reports and present project status
- Interfaces with (customers) on deliverables and manages programs
- Performs other assigned duties as instructed to help accomplish departmental objectives
Required Skills:
- Expert in quality engineering with background in robotics and/or semiconductor equipment
- Strong knowledge of reliability modeling and apportionment
- Solid understanding of GR&R, HALT, HASS, F47, ESD, EMC, and ISTA testing
- Proficient with instrumentation and computer tools for data collection
- Must be able to interpret engineering drawings and specifications
- Must be able to multi-task, adapt to change and work within a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
- Strong project management skill
- Solid knowledge in digital system development building process workflows, tasks, and notifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
Preferred skills:
- Oral/written Japanese language skill is a plus
- Solid understanding of the SEMI standards
- Certification in MES, Six Sigma Black Belt, Digital Manufacturing & Design Technology (DM&DT)
- Possess negotiation, interpersonal, and partnering skills: must be able to work well within teams and effectively influence internal/external stakeholders
- Expert in quality engineering with background in QMS implementation, improvements and rollout
Years of experience: 3-5 years direct experience in Quality engineering or 0-1 years with graduate degree
Education: Minimum of B.S in ME, EE, IE or Manufacturing Engineering. MS preferred.
Certifications: CQE and CRE
Travel: Must be willing and able to travel domestically/internationally 3-5% of the time
Salary Range: $90K-$120
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Salary : $90,000 - $120,000