Quality Engineer

Summary

The Hyperion Materials & Technologies Quality Engineer will perform activities necessary to assure compliance of the production unit quality management system to ISO 9001:2015 standard. The Quality Engineer will engage in improvement activities to support the strategic direction of continuous improvement defined by the Operations management team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor and evaluate supplier, internal, and external quality management system performance as assigned.
• Resolution of supplier, internal, and external quality management system non-conformances through rigorous application of established problem-solving methodologies to determine root cause and identify relevant corrective action.
• Validate effectiveness of root causes taken to resolve non-conformances.
• Facilitate or lead kaizen events related to quality improvement initiatives.
• Support or lead continuous improvement projects approved by Operations management team.
• Administrate internal and supplier audit programs to enforce process discipline.
• Administrate controlled documentation systems to retain organizational knowledge.
• Administrate employee training programs supporting quality management systems competency across the organization.
• Maintain quality management system supporting IT applications such as Oracle Inspection tools, Simco Database, Everest, SharePoint, and WebI reporting.
• Lead or assist in other Operations initiatives, as required.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 

Education and/or Work Experience

• Four-year Engineering degree or equivalent experience in a technical field
• Demonstrated leadership to organize different groups of people towards common goals and objectives.
• Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to plan, implement, and execute a group strategy to achieve local quality goals.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects/tasks with timely completion.
• Demonstrated aptitude for Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Technical Skills/Physical Requirements

• Understanding of general metrology techniques and requirements
• Demonstrated ability to manage supplier & customer quality issue resolution.
• Understanding and application of inspection and testing techniques, including sampling plan
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills including the use of Root Cause/Corrective Action techniques, such as 5-Why’s, Fishbone diagrams, Error-Proofing concepts, etc.
• Applied understanding of Lean manufacturing principles
• Ability to understand blueprints, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Understanding and application of basic statistical techniques, such as DOE, process capability, and GR&R
• Travel generally not required.