Quality Engineer - Reading, PA

Job Overview

The Quality Engineer will develop new product qualifications, analyze defect trends, provide component approval and regulatory agency support, conduct product audits, and investigate and evaluate customer complaints.

A Day In The Life

• Develop new product qualification test plans in accordance with engineering specifications
• Perform life, acceptance, and first production tests.
• Report results at periodic intervals, including: problems, areas of concern, failures.
• Prepare inspection, test plans, and equipment requirements.
• Understand and interpret Engineering drawings, schematics and functional specifications to develop appraisal processes that assure product quality.
• Analyze yield trends and defect data to determine process, component, or design problems.
• Determine process, component, or design problems. 
• Request corrective action and follow-up to measure the effectiveness of action taken.
• ​​​​​​​Provide quality technical support (approval/disapproval) for MDN - Material Deviation Notice, and PPR – Production Problem Report.
• Review Engineering Notices and update test and inspection procedure to conform.
• Provide component approval support for existing products. 
• Provide regulatory agency support to the organization released products.
• Audit finished goods.
• Investigate, evaluate, and report customer complaints.
• Other duties as assigned

What will help you thrive in this role?

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. 
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers clients, customers and the general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. 
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, and ratio’s and proportions to practical situations, SPC.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. 
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Computer Skills: Must have strong Microsoft Office, e-mail and other PC application skills.
• Problem Solving:  Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analysis information skillfully; develops alternative solutions, works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Project Management:  Develops project plans; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress; completes projects on time and budget’ manages project team activities.
• Lean Six Sigma experience required.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of previous experience required. 
• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or General Engineering required.