Quality And Reliability Engineer

The Advanced Quality Engineer (AQE) is responsible for ensuring that products meet the highest quality standards throughout the product development lifecycle. This role involves working closely with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to conduct risk assessments and develop advanced product quality planning methodologies and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

The AQE plays a critical role in maintaining compliance with industry standards and customer requirements while enhancing product reliability and performance

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate Design Review (DR) and Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) reviews through the product development lifecycle.
• Evaluate and document project quality risks
• Implement quality planning and controls for prototype and / or sample builds and manage build records and documents.
• Complete measurement system analysis for inspection systems and gages to be utilized.
• Develop quality control plans
• Work with NPD team to coordinate sample preparation and certification for product verification and qualification testing.
• Conduct and analyze process capability studies in support of Final Tool Approval (FTAR) for all tools and production lines associated with the project using the Comprehensive Tool Approval Report (CTAR), form 5389-DND.
• Review and analyze samples, quality issues and improvement actions during pilot run(s) in preparation for mass production.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action implementation using tools like 8D, Six Sigma, and DMAIC.
• Implement quality controls, inspection gauges, fixtures and inspection procedures (QIP) for production shop floor.
• Ensure Quality requirements are being followed as per 102-123268-DND “DND General Quality Requirements” spec.
• Identify customer and internal quality requirements and ensure they are in the PRD.
• Approve product drawings as required.
• Submit product final inspection / verification report for customer approval. i.e. PPAP, FIR, CVR.
• Provide support on quality related tasks to other sister plants as required.

Education and Experience Requirements

Preferred Skills and Abilities

Soft Skills :