This position is responsible for developing, applying and maintaining quality standards for company products and providing engineering support to the production floor. Also analyzes and recommends corrective action for all returned products.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience/Requirements:
- Minimum three years of process/quality engineering experience with electronic components and assemblies in a high reliability industry
- Possess an in-depth understanding of high-mix/low-volume manufacturing
- Hands on technical experience with SMT assembly processes and requirements, including AS9100/9102; IPC-610; and J-STD-001
- Knowledge and experience performing full/partial FAI's per AS9102
- Knowledge of Corrective Action and failure reporting processes
- Experience with document collection, hardware hierarchy, and specification reviews with customers
- Knowledge of data collection and statistical techniques including ability to implement Statistical Process Control
- Knowledgeable of Lean/Six Sigma principles and application methods
- Knowledge of continuous flow manufacturing using Lean techniques
- Experience with implementing Lean tools/methods (Standard work, 5S, cells, TPM, 1 piece flow, Set Up reduction, Poka Yoke)
- Experience with process improvement changes through Kaizen or other focused methods
- Familiarity with work standards and visual manufacturing instructions
- Excellent skills with MS Office programs
- Experience working with MRP systems and inventory availability analysis
- Strong interpersonal skills and team building skills
- Ability to operate independently or as a team as the work dictates
- Possess or have the ability to obtain a U.S. Government granted security clearance
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Perform as the technical team leader while interfacing with customers and suppliers on product performance
- Serve as the primary contact with customers on quality issues
- Responsible for the development of customer specific Quality Program Plans
- Performs P.O. and SOW reviews to ensure Sypris compliance and/or take exceptions as required to ensure compliance to customer specifications
- Leads the team in manufacturing and production readiness reviews
- Responsible for generating and approving AS9102 FAI's to contract and prints
- Strong participation with program teams in an effort to drive high product quality, continuous improvement, and increased customer satisfaction
- Reviews quality and product data to ensure conformance to specifications
- Analyzes process, product, and component performances to identify continuous improvement opportunities
- Establishes and implements statistical process controls
- Manages, analyzes, and publishes Quality Assurance Performance Reports for assigned projects including process yields, defect/root cause analyses and associated corrective actions
- Leads failure analysis efforts on systemic non-conformances and field returns implementing appropriate corrective action
- Generates procedures, process alerts, deviations, purges, and other process documentation
- Performs MRB review and engage Team/Customer as required to disposition product
- Evaluation, approval, implementation and verification of ECO's
- Designs and implements methods and procedures for testing and inspecting the quality level of products and production equipment
- Analyzes reports and returned products and recommends corrective action
- Evaluates new quality standards as required
- Creates safe launch and control plans for new products
- Prevents defects during NPI builds by performing hands-on inspections and validations as required to ensure that products are built correctly
- Provides guidance and direction for NPI quality tech and other resources to inspect or perform other quality functions during NPI builds
- Evaluates and completes quality section of ECRs
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Sypris Electronics, LLC provides goods and services to the U.S. Government and other prime contractors and is obligated by its contracts with those entities, as well as by various federal laws and regulations regarding security and export control, to restrict access to certain goods, services, and/or any related information. Accordingly, Sypris Electronics has a policy of only hiring U.S. citizens. Upon employment all employees have to provide evidence verifying U.S. citizenship.
Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
Pre-employment drug screening required.
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