Quality Engineer

Position Title: Quality Engineer

NAPCO International LLC has an exciting opportunity at our Brooklyn Park, MN location for a Quality Engineer with a strong work ethic and interest in career advancement. NAPCO is focused on customer satisfaction which has been our top priority for over 100 years. We are a defense contractor searching for a detail oriented, highly energetic, multitasking person to join our team.

On-time, on-budget delivery to customer requirements is NAPCO’s core mission. The Quality Engineer is an essential organizational team member. From project award though delivery, the Quality Engineer shall provide technical expertise, business knowledge and management skills necessary to understand and communicate customer requirements and support business processes that ensure success.

Local candidates only please

Essential Job Duties

• Ensures customer requirement complexities are clearly defined, understood and cascaded down to product delivery teams
• Create inspection requirements, inspection methods, sampling plans, and vendor product acceptance specifications
• Develops process controls and compliance monitoring to support fulfillment
• Evaluates internal capability, assesses competency and performs various training
• Reviews inspection tool requirements and requests for equipment to advance capability
• Supports vendor selection activities and change order requests.
• Create customer submittal documents and represent the company in customer technical discussions.
• Champion of Root Cause Analysis and CAPA to mitigate nonconformance
• Contract Review Support to assure proper flow-down of requirements
• Leads Defect Analysis (i.e. Escapes) metrics to identify areas of improvement
• Facilitate AS/ISO recertification efforts to assure compliance and promote best practices
• Perform customer and supplier audits as subject matter expert, as needed
• Support material disposition decisions to support production
• Lead and/or participate in continuous improvement projects (Lean and Six Sigma projects) throughout organization
• Assists in vendor assessment and improvement initiatives to enhance supply chain performance
• May be assigned other related job duties, as required

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3-5 years’ experience in manufacturing or engineering environment
• High proficiency in interpreting blueprints and converting dimensional measurement into inspection requirements
• Proficiency to interpret customer contracts and other technical requirements documents
• Thorough knowledge of quality engineering/assurance techniques, procedures, instruments, equipment, theories, principles and concepts
• Strong computer literacy, proficiency in Microsoft Office with advanced Excel capability
• Ability to train and facilitate Root Cause and Corrective Action
• Must possess excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills

Abilities:

• Independent leader with strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Possess a high level of analytic ability for problem identification and resolution
• Must have ability to effectively self-motivate
• Advocate risk-based thinking approaches
• Prioritization and management of multiple simultaneous projects
• Work effectively in teams and provide technical influence and leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Operations, or related discipline
• US Government contracting experience
• Experience working in an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system
• Experience implementing continuous improvement techniques in a manufacturing environment
• ASQ Certification, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Certification and/or ISO Internal Auditor Certification

Please contact us if you meet the requirement and want to join our team.