Careers in Quality

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Under the direction of the QA Manager, the Quality Assurance Engineer - Manufacturing will inspect and evaluate materials, products and/or procedures, ensuring compliance with all customer requirements and company quality standards.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Develop standard operating procedures for Quality Assurance processes. Implement and modify procedures to include processing, quality and equipment improvements.

• Develop and coordinate assigned quality assurance programs on a company wide basis. Process and maintain the company Quality Assurance manual.

• Establish raw material and product acceptance criteria.

• Standardize the calibration of inspection and test equipment.

• Assist sales personnel with customer or vendor questions or problems regarding product or raw material quality.

• Review analytical results to determine areas of poor quality.  Assist in the investigation of quality related problems within the company and recommend necessary improvements.

• Maintain all required records to include analytical submission requirements, analytical results and lot traceability and history and prepare reports for management review.

• Train and inform company personnel on quality standards and procedures.

• Keep informed of new technologies or developments in the area of quality.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Chemistry.

• Minimum of 2 years experience in Quality Assurance/Quality Control work environment.

• Prefer an ASQ certified Quality Engineer.

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific technical journals, required customer quality standards and technical procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and other employees of the organization.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of technical information and data furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).  

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction.