Advanced Quality Engineer

Job Overview

TE Connectivity’s Quality and Reliability Engineering Teams analyze the ability of product and production systems to comply with customer and contractual requirements through established reliability factors. They design, recommend revisions, and install quality control systems, develop and document analytical methods for verifying the reliability of products and their components and conduct analysis on relative reliability regarding cost, structure, weight, maintainability, facility of production, and availability of materials and equipment. Our teams develop, implement, and monitor company environmental safety programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations and recommend corrective actions if necessary. They are responsible for policies and practices to comply with applicable government regulations and industry requirements related to product environmental compliance, the implementation and management of technical and testing standards and specifications, quality control and reliability programs governing materials, products, and processes, resulting in the optimization of material and labor, as well as failure analysis, root cause, corrective action, and customer communication.

Overview: TE Connectivity Data and Device Business Unit seeks a dynamic and proactive Advanced Quality Engineer to support the new product design center. In this role, you will develop the Quality System for New Products and product changes from component to assembly within a Product Development team. You will also monitor and guide the Product Development team to ensure Advanced Quality Planning is used in the development process.
You will facilitate the AQP tools, manage and mitigate project risk, manage initial customer requirements, and audit NPI projects. You will be involved in NPI complaint investigations, collecting documents and in-process records, conducting postmortem reviews, and ensuring effective implementation of a control plan for NPI shipments, supplier development, and management. You will collaborate with the final manufacturing location, facilitate training, and share best practices and lessons learned.

Responsibilities:

• Organize and facilitate reviews for Design Review (DR) and Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (DFMEA).
• Implement quality planning and controls for prototype and sample builds and manage to build records and documents.
• Complete measurement system analysis for inspection systems and gages to be utilized for the project.
• Review and analyze samples, quality issues, and improvement actions during the developing stage.
• Involve and drive for design verification before design freeze and product qualification testing before Gate 5 of the project.
• Conduct and analyze process capability studies supporting Final Tool Approval (FTAR) for all tools and production lines associated with the project using the Comprehensive Tool Approval Report (CTAR).
• Implement quality controls and documentation needed for the production shop floor.
• Monitor process capability and oversee ongoing corrective actions as required.
• Review and approve the measurement and cosmetic inspection.
• Support the customer and quality system audit as required.
  

What your background should look like:

• BS in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• Three years of experience in a Manufacturing Background
• Understanding of ISO9001 Standard
• Knowledge of Quality Tools
• Strong Problem-Solving Skills
• Strategic Analysis
• Strong Communication Skills

Pluses:

• Background in Cable Assembly or Connectors
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

Competencies