Gentex Corp. · 2 days ago
Principal Quality Engineer
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$110K/yr - $120K/yr
10+ years expGentex Corporation is a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions. The Principal Quality Engineer is responsible for developing quality methodologies, managing inspection workflows, and ensuring product quality meets customer and regulatory requirements.
Aerospace
Responsibilities
Manage, mentor, and lead all quality technical resources
Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing personnel to ensure quality standards are in place
Develop, establish, and maintain quality engineering methodologies systems and practices which meet Gentex customer and regulatory requirements
Serve as a technical expert to improve awareness, visibility, and communication on Quality initiatives to support departmental functional site division and corporate Quality goals and priorities
Overseeing quality engineering projects of all kinds. Handle deadlines, budgets, and various other managerial asks
Design, implement and evaluate quality assurance processes and sampling techniques, including the reporting of COPQ
Work with all departments to implement process improvements, increase process yields, reduce COPQ, and drive the quarterly continuous improvement meetings
Drive LEAN initiatives for the Quality team including and not limited to; incoming test and inspection plans, including sampling plans and Dock-to-Stock/Ship-to-Stock activities
Lead APQP or Zero Defect Planning, as required
Support NPD and line extension qualification planning and reporting process
Interface with customers, internal business teams and suppliers for non-conformance investigations and CAPAs for component rejects, finished goods failures and product returns
Manage product return/failure analysis process
Optimize the development, analysis, and utilization of QMS data to support continuous improvement efforts and measurements of QMS effectiveness for management review
Interface with customers and design engineering to define & document acceptance criteria for quality plans, and insure their proper execution
Partner with supply chain to evaluate & measure supplier performance
Represent Quality in the NPD process, reviewing design documentation as it relates to requirements, compliance testing and make suggestions relating to quality prior to release of products to production
Lead root cause analysis & corrective action teams, as required
Support Product Compliance (Environmental Compliance (TPP), Safety certification, contract flow down)
Be the site technical quality customer/internal voice
Coordinate and monitor work flow through production cells and QC department to ensure that production schedules and required shipments are being met
Establish or adjust work priorities to meet production schedules
Ensure that all team members adhere to standard work instructions
Performs internal audits in accordance to scheduled intervals. Participates in team problem solving, and RCCA activities
Provide QMS support on behalf of the Quality Manager as needed
Performs other duties as assigned. In performing these duties occasional lifting of parts, etc., is required
Qualification
Required
B.S. Mechanical Engineering or equivalent preferred
10+ years of previous experience with quality concepts, metrics, and problem-solving methodologies, including but not limited to Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, Auditing, SPC, CAPA processes (internal/supplier/customer), COPQ reduction and program management in a quality or manufacturing role
Expert use of Microsoft Office suite in the generation of professional documents and reports
Experience in the use of Minitab, including DOE and trend analysis
Lean manufacturing experience
Preferred
B.S Electrical Engineering a plus
ASQ Certified Engineer a plus
Lean/6-Sigma Green Belt trained, as a minimum, certified desired
Certified ISO9001 Lead Auditor desired
AS9100 Lead Auditor desired
Benefits
Medical coverages
401k
Paid time off
Excellent work schedules including a 9/80 work week
Company
Gentex Corp.
Leveraging a product development and manufacturing history that spans more than 125 years, Gentex Corporation is a global leader in providing innovative protective gear solutions that enhance personal protection and situational awareness for global defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel operating in high performance environments.
501-1000 employees
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