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. We are seeking an Internal Manufacturing Quality Engineer for our Mansfield, OH location.

The Internal Manufacturing Quality Engineer ensures product and / or product components comply with product specifications and quality standards. Confirms tests and inspects products against performance and integrity criteria to ensure product quality and reliability, and to determine the suitability of product release.  Collaboration internally and with customers to resolve requests that arise including but not limited to Root cause, corrective action, 8D Reports, 5Y methodology.  Collaboration with suppliers and Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), to resolve discrepancies that may arise, and complete the return of material process related to said discrepancies. Improve inspection process (consistency, method internal vs supplier).

Job Responsibilites

The responsibility of the Internal Quality Engineer will provide production support, customer support, supplier support, and a back-up Quality Supervisor for inspectors.

• Supports production with discrepancy parts that rise.  Follow through with investigation, Root cause and corrective action, Material review Board (close loop process).  
• Gather data and assemble into presentation document, lead meeting for discussions based on data
• Supplier plant lead (POC) with collaboration with SQE in central team. Lead RMA for returns, deviation requests, supplier investigations feedback 8D - TECHS, Standardizing quality inspection plan updates supplier collaboration compliance discussions,
•  Develops, implements, and maintains quality control systems and standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting testing and evaluating the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products, ensuring finished products conform to government and company standards and satisfy good manufacturing practices regulations.
• Runs routine internal and requested data analysis through spreadsheets, charting, and pareto analysis.  Focusing on internal scrap, turn backs, and customer rejections/requests

• Conducts routine and non-routine analysis of raw materials, in-process items and finished product according to established operating procedures, calibrating, and maintaining lab and analytical equipment.
• Documents test procedures that may include stability program testing and formulation studies for compliance to specifications and prepares investigations, summaries, and reports of abnormalities.
• Completes containment and corrective action necessary to ensure conformity with quality specifications, customer specifications (request) and develops testing and analysis methods and procedures in accordance with established guidelines and revises and updates standard operating procedures as needed.
• Provides technical support to the quality assurance and quality engineering functions by conducting inspections on products, materials, components, parts, etc. at various stages of the production process.
•  Reads and interprets blueprints and specifications, including customer and vendor specifications determining unstated or hidden dimensions from a blueprint and/or mechanical and electrical measuring tools.
• Uses magnifiers. electronic instruments. Calipers, micrometers, snap gauges and special fixtures and verify calibration against standards.
• Develop and assess alternative methods to achieve uniform quality including identifying process variables.
• Sorts materials for nonconformance during containment.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Program teams to ensure quality requirements are met.
• Assist with customer, regulatory, and third-party audits.
• Support risk management activities, including FMEA and process risk assessments.
• Promote a culture of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across the organization.

What your background should look like

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience in Quality Engineering/Quality Lead/Quality Supervisor
• Or extensive Quality related to job description experience will be considered
• Union Experience is a plus but not required
• Ability to read blueprints
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and preferred statistical software.  Must know how to complete data analysis (charts, graphs, Pareto’s)
• Communication with customer/supplier/auditors experience
• Demonstrated expertise in quality tools, practices and procedures.
• Strong interpersonal skills are required.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 or ISO 9001
• SAP Software knowledge is a plus but not required
• Process control knowledge and implementation experience (PFMEA. SPC, CPK, Gage R & R, Control Plans, etc.).
• Successfully worked in a team environment aiding various departments requiring consistent quality assurance systems to succeed
• Ability to influence and drive cross functional teamwork, ability to work well with internal and external customers/suppliers, and with other cultures
• Experience in complying with customer, statutory and regulatory requirements in a manufacturing environment
• Experience conducting internal audits and managing corrective action processes.
• Ability to direct identification of root cause, drive improvement actions and resolve problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to work outside normal working hours to accommodate task completion
• Knowledge of and experience in problem solving tools such as 8D, 5 whys and fishbone analysis
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of quality tools including, but not limited to, APQP,
• FMEA, SPC, 8D, 5W problem solving tools, PPAP and FAI’s.
• Familiarity with configuration management and document control
• Self-Starter, driven to implement change and improvements for the vision of the company, must be organized.
• Perform other duties required by management.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus in the work environment. Characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.