SR QLTY & RELIABILITY ENGINEER
TE Connectivity
Location: Hampton, Virginia
Job Type: Full time
Posted
Job Overview
TE Connectivity's Quality Control and Reliability Teams ensure product and / or product components comply with specifications and quality standards. They test and inspect products against performance and integrity criteria to ensure product quality and reliability, and to determine the suitability of product release.
This position is responsible for assisting quality with Quality System support by assisting in management of CAPAs, RMAs, Management Review, audits, regulatory submissions and aiding in monitoring the effectiveness of the quality system.
Responsibilities:
- Assist Quality manager in establishing, implementing and maintaining the quality management system.
- Responsible for continual improvement activities to enhance the quality system, such as 5S, Kaizen, Lean methods, etc.
- Validate new equipment, products, or processes. Prepare, run and analyze data for IQ, OQ, PQ, SQ and FMEAs protocols and reports.
- Train operators and engineers in validation activities
- Interface with Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, and Operations to ensure transfer to Production of new products is in accordance with specified requirements.
- Knowledge of APQP including Control Plans, FMEA, PPAP, MSA.
- Provide support to departmental Quality Inspectors as necessary to ensure that products and processes comply with the relevant requirements of the quality management system.
- Create and modify current procedures and instructions.
- Support return product analysis, MRB and complaint systems
- Investigate complaints from customers, suppliers and internal non-conformities. Conduct root cause investigations, determine corrective action, and verify effectiveness
- Develop internal audits to ensure compliance with applicable standards / regulatory requirements
- Represent the Quality Department in a variety of quality improvement areas such as the cost reduction projects, Material Review Board, and continuous improvement
What your background should look like:
Skills, Experience and Education:
- Must be U.S. citizen or green card holder
- Apply knowledge of QA Tools e.g. APQP, FMEA, GD&T, PPAP, and SPC
- Six Sigma Green Belt experience is plus
- Familiar with formal quality system assessments (i.e. ISO 9001, ISO 13485)
- Broad Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and related statistical tools and techniques
- Excellent technical procedure writing skills..
- Ability to analyze and resolve complex problems
- High level attention to detail and accuracy
- Work with cross-functional teams to improve processes and to drive product quality
- Computer skills with inventory and manufacturing software, order processing systems, spreadsheets and word processors
- Up to 25% travel with possible international travel
- 4 year degree or Masters degree preferred
- 3-4 years of experience
- ASQ Certification a plus
Competencies
Compensation:
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $86,200 – $129,200 year (subject to change dependent on physical location)
- Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
- Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
"This position requires access to information which is subject to stringent controls under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, person granted asylee status in the U.S., or person admitted into the U.S. as a refugee."