Quality Assurance Engineer Jobs

Leatherman is the world leader in the design and manufacturer of innovative, high quality, compact, multi-purpose tools. We employ over 500 team members in our 90,000 square feet facility. Please visit our website at: www.leatherman.com

Provide meaningful information about both risk and performance over the entire supply chain through the application of a QMS system, data acquisition, and standardized reporting. Provide Quality Engineering solutions to maximize the benefits or gains to the organization from the Quality Management System and Continuous Improvement activities.

Duties:

• Identify metrology strategies to meet GR&R requirements.
• Contribute to New Equipment Qualification, including definition and validation of inspection methods, and travel to manufacturers to perform runoff validation (FAT).
• Define and implement improvements to the Quality Management System as necessary through creation and revision of controlled Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Identify and implement new metrology technologies in support of current and proposed manufacturing processes.
• Design custom gages and fixtures as necessary to support both legacy and new products.
• Contribute to a plant-wide strategy for process inspection SPC and records; software enhancements and reporting standards.
• Lead and Participate in CAPA projects applying structured problem-solving techniques and root cause analysis.
• Advise QA Technicians for the proper alignment of specific SPC techniques with specific work cells.
• Contribute to Supplier Qualification and Reporting activities, including onsite supplier system reviews.
• Create and develop Acceptance Test Plans which align with quality standards or expectations of the organization.
• Establish and manage plant-wide standards for applying Statistical Process Control including standards for calculating control limits and reporting process capability.

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Five or more years of experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment which provides knowledge of Quality & Engineering Principles such as: process capability, advanced dimensional measurement, SPC, and root cause analysis.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or other related discipline required.