Watchfire · 9 hours ago
Senior Quality Engineer
Danville, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelWatchfire is a company focused on quality engineering, and they are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to ensure that all products and services meet customer expectations. The role involves planning, developing, and maintaining quality systems while also performing root cause analysis of defects and leading continuous improvement initiatives.
Digital SignageElectronicsManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Establish, implement, maintain, and enforce quality system processes that support products in development and production environments
Maintain the document control process and provide oversight and feedback to publishers and users of controlled documentation
Develop and execute test plans and detailed test cases based on requirements and/or customer feedback and prioritization
Provide quality assurance domain expertise to inspection, manufacturing, and test for the Manufacturing teams
Be highly engaged with the product development process to ensure adherence to the NPI procedure, test components and evaluate suppliers, establish and audit to robust process standards, and develop and implement product performance testing to provide for industry-leading quality products
Perform analysis on production defects, field returns, customer complaints, and other relevant data to determine the accurate root cause of failures and develop effective corrective actions to address them
Lead, train, and coach continuous improvement events to solve problems through structured processes and tools like Six Sigma and lean manufacturing
Provide status updates on the performance of the QMS through publishing and distributing appropriate KPIs
Initiate corrective actions, preventive actions, and continuous improvement projects
Qualification
Required
Extensive familiarity with quality processes and procedures and ability to devise methods to enforce quality standards
Have knowledge and experience to support Design for Reliability and Manufacturability, Design for Lean Six Sigma, and risk management
Possess strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well across the organization at all levels
Understand standard mechanical and electrical measuring techniques, including CMM
Understand multi-level Bills of Materials and Manufacturing workflows and processes
Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Demonstrate effective problem-solving skills and the ability to drive to root cause quickly
Be able to constantly identify opportunities to improve departmental processes and procedures to increase efficiency and effectiveness
A bachelor's degree is required; the ideal candidate will have it in a technical field such as Engineering
Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not consider candidates who need sponsorship, now or in the future, to be legally employed in the US. No H1B, OPT, CPT, or other 'temporary work authorization' candidates will be considered
Preferred
Preferred familiarity with ISO9000 Quality Management Principles or experience in an ISO9001 certified organization
Previous supervision experience preferred
Lean Six Sigma, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer or Certified Reliability Engineer a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Company Paid Life/ADD
Voluntary Life/ADD
Dependent Life/ADD
401k with Employer Match
Vacation
Personal Time
Company
Watchfire
Headquartered in Danville, Ill., Watchfire has manufactured electric signs since 1932 and LED signs, using meticulously sourced components from around the world, since 1998.
Founded in 1932
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-07-26Acquired
Leadership Team
Steve Harriott
President and CEO
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Adam Grimes
Chief Financial Officer
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