Quality Engineer- 6 month contract

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Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Who are we looking for?

Pacific Defense is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Quality Engineer with outstanding technical, organizational and communication skills to join our small, elite team working in Sunnyvale, CA. Our high-performance systems are used for a variety of applications such as signals intelligence, secure/covert digital communications, threat detection, RF jammers, radio direction finding. To build these systems, we utilize state of the art hardware components such as FPGAs, SoCs, GPUs, and advanced software and firmware techniques that allow intuitive command and control of systems as well as data collection and processing.

This position ensures that all quality aspects are met, and the end product meets all contractual requirements. Areas of specialization include design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation, process evaluation, reliability review, documentation sign-off, testing support, and detailed inspection.

The selected candidate owns reporting supplier performance and quality to management. Assist in the development and implementation of supplier management programs. Track and qualify or disqualify suppliers according to organization's standards. Maintain successful relationships with supply, engineering, and manufacturing, departments.

Requirements

What You'll Get to Do:

• Create or tailor existing quality planning to administer customer and internal quality requirements to Pacific Defense' program teams and supply base.
• Implement Quality Engineering responsibilities as a member of a program integrated product team (IPT)
• Ensure Quality Engineering engagement in program development, design, test requirements and verification, including the transition of design to production.
• Spearhead and support in securing an incoming raw material verification with IQC inspector and own MRB process.
• The ability to maintain positive relationships with program administration, cross-functional program stakeholders, suppliers, customers, and government representatives.
• Act as the Business Owner of the Supplier Quality Management processes.
• Provide Supplier Performance Data and Quality Statistics to the management.
• Lead supplier quality audits and assure the quality of incoming materials.
• Support in reviewing program specific requirements and verify/validate final product at outgoing inspections
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Operations, Planning, Materials, Engineering, Sales and other critical functions of the company.
• Participate during CCB meetings and take ownership the Quality's ECO review process
• Provide technical guidance for containment and creating record of non-conforming materials (NCMR), and lead communication with suppliers for Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR)
• Develop and maintain supplier key performance indicators (KPI)
• Routinely review supplier quality performance with cross functional team
• Ensures traceability to Configuration Management guidelines
• Support investigations of supplier non-conformance issues

• Clearly communicate status using the established collaboration tools
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Quality, Engineering or Operations with working knowledge of business strategic planning, engineering development, material and service acquisition, production, test, product acceptance and post-delivery support.
• Minimum 3 years' Quality Engineering role from PCB/PCBA industry.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Extensive working knowledge of Supplier Quality Management practices.
• Familiarity with application and adherence to Quality Management Systems ISO 9001 and/or AS9000, applicable experience required.
• Experience with HW and SW Configuration Management.
• Ability to interface well with Product Development Engineering resources.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Effective communicator able to work independently and in teams.
• ASQE, Six Sigma Black/Green Belt or Lean certification a strong plus.
• Working knowledge of Industry and Government Quality Requirements and Standards
• Ability to collaborate with program team members to develop practical solutions to complex problems.
• Working knowledge of Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) / Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA) methodologies, systems and resources.
• Experience in predictive and proactive measures and metrics assessments and supporting actions to improve performance or mitigate problems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

These Qualifications would be Nice to Have:

• DoD industry experience
• Job requires lifting to 45 pounds
• Past or present regular member or chair of Material and Failure non-conformance review boards (MRB/FRB)
• Experience in developing or a member of risk & opportunity management, assessment, mitigation, and capture.
• IPC-A-610, IPC-A-620, J-STD-001 Certified Trainer
• ISO 9001:2015 or AS9100D Lead Auditor
• Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer or Six Sigma Black Belt
• Experience with statistical and metrics software (e.g., Tableau, Minitab)
• Experience with factory systems and software (e.g., Arena, MRP, SAGE)
• Hands on experience working with technicians in a production environment.

Education:

• Minimum requirement: BS in EE, CS, or relevant discipline
• MS in EE, CS, or a relevant discipline preferred.

Benefits

Pacific Defense provides competitive salaries and immediately vested 401K match. We provide 100% coverage options for the employee, and 75% coverage for dependents’ medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premiums, as well as a flexible spending account for incidental health care expenses. We offer paid time off and federal holidays to spend time with family, pursue outside interests, or just get some extra rest.

Pacific Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.