Quality Engineer

Measurement Specialties, Inc., is an OEM manufacturer of sensors and sensor systems for a wide range of industries serving biomedical, traffic monitoring, automotive, aerospace, appliance, security, non destructive testing, and military markets.  Measurement Specialties, Inc. has design, marketing, and production facilities around the world.  More detailed company information is available at our web site:  www.meas-spec.com.  To apply for this job, please email your resume to measresume@meas-spec.com

Job Summary

Perform basic tasks to develop, apply, and maintain quality requirements relating to the development and manufacture of deliverable products. Coordinate & manage failure analysis activities and corrective actions.  This position will be tasked to improve supplier development and provide QA support to customers.

Essential Functions:

• Assist in the development of quality plans, implement established methods for new and existing products for inspection and test procedures
• Identify, investigate and resolve problems with parts, assemblies or material.
• Analyze field failure reports and returns products and recommend corrective action.
• Identify root cause and modes of failure, analyze and present results along with recommendations in a detailed and clear report to management
• Create and organize appropriate documentation and records
• Represent the Quality Department in a variety of quality improvement areas such as the cost reduction projects and the Material Review Board.
• Collect, analyze and report on quality related statistics and metrics.
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve processes and to drive product quality.



Additional Responsibilities:

• Provide coordination and technical support to management and other personnel.
• Prepare and review technical documents, reports and presentations.
• Perform internal and external quality audits as required.

Interactions:

• Responsibility crosses several inter-functional boundaries and includes external customers end-users; Engineering, who specifies the product, Purchasing who orders the parts and supplies, Manufacturing who manufactures the products, Quality who assures compliance and inter-plant manufacturing (China) who provides sub-assemblies. 

Qualifications:

• Must be US citizen or green card holder.
• BS or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of relevant hands-on failure analysis and yield improvement experience.
• Experience in writing and implementing ISO9001

• Knowledge and experience with TS16949 compliant procedures and processes preferred
• Experience with, and working knowledge of, Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and related statistical tools and techniques.  
• Knowledge of PPAP’s, FMEA, and APQP is preferred
• Knowledge of relevant statistical methods.
• Ability to interface effectively internally and externally.
• Ability to communicate quality plans and issues with all level of management and customers (e.g., formal quality presentations).
• Ability to apply various failure analysis techniques used to isolate failures down to the root cause.
• Supplier Quality experience a plus
• Capable of project management, the design and implementation of experiments/tests and problem solving in advanced technology research and development.
• Self motivated, driven personality.
• Must be a team player