Sr. Quality Engineer

What you’ll do:

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Designs, coordinates, and implements highly complex process sampling systems, procedures, statistical techniques, and quality systems.  Develops process improvement and cost control programs throughout the plant.  Performs review of customer/industry/internal specifications to ensure processes meet/exceed requirements. Provides technical support to operations, customers, and suppliers as needed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

•    Provide technical support to both internal and external customers and suppliers as needed.
•    Participates in continuous improvement activities in targeted areas.
•    Executes the Quality Assurance strategy to ensure product flow consistent with established industry standards, government regulations and various customer requirements.
•    Function as Lead Auditor to perform quality system audits at suppliers and internally to assess compliance to AS9100/ISO 9001 standards.
•    Hosts and supports Internal, Customer, Supplier, FAA, EASA, UK CAA and 3rd Party Audits as required.
•    Works collaboratively with applicable internal functional teams to improve key metrics. Actively support Cost-Out, Scrap/Rework reduction and improved First Pass Yield site goals and objectives.
•    Analyzes organizational quality metrics and performs periodic reviews to evaluate results and recommends action plans to Quality Manager to close gaps at an operational level.
•    Contributes in using problem solving techniques and determining containment and Corrective Action solutions with applicable verification methods.
•    Contributes in the design and implementation of quality assurance training programs and conducts training in quality-related topics.
•    May participate in product development gate review meetings with launch activities including identification of customer expectations ensuring that Quality requirements and flow downs are understood and to help drive compliance.
•    Apply engineering and manufacturing technical knowledge to help improve supplier activities that can help Eaton’s quality, delivery and cost performance objectives
•    Completes Quality Engineering assignments with minimal supervision.
•    Define, specify, and implement quality standards and procedures for manufacturing and inspection processes.
•    Ensure that product shipped meet internal and external customer requirements.
•    Host Source inspectors and/or Customer Auditors as needed.
•    Formulate and implement quality assurance procedures, policies, and standards.
•    Act as the liaison with all Federal officials and Customers.
•    Maintain and keep current files of pertinent Federal Aviation Regulations, specifications, certifications, Repair Station manual, procedures and Airworthiness Directives.
•    Process nonconformances and customer submittals per MRB procedures.
•    Function as Lead Auditor to perform quality system audits to assess compliance to AS9100/ISO 9001 standards, FAA/EASA/CAA regulations  and CASE requirements
•    Contribute in the design and implementation of quality assurance and Repair Station training programs and conducts training in quality-related topics
•    Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
•    Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
•    Minimum of three (3) years of work experience within Quality function or Manufacturing in the Aerospace industry.

•    Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
•    Knowledge of FAA/EASA/CAA regulations (e.g. 14 CFR Part 145, 14 CFR Part 21, etc.)
•    ASQ Certified Quality En