Staff Hardware Quality Engineer

TTM Technologies, Inc. – Publicly Traded US Company, NASDAQ (TTMI) – Top-5 Global Printed Circuit Board Manufacturer

About TTM

TTM Technologies, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of technology products, including mission systems, radio frequency (“RF”) components, RF microwave/microelectronic assemblies, and technologically advanced printed circuit boards (“PCB”s). TTM stands for time-to-market, representing how TTM's time-critical, one-stop design, engineering and manufacturing services enable customers to reduce the time required to develop new products and bring them to market.

Additional information can be found at www.ttm.com

Position Summary:

TTM is seeking a Senior Hardware Quality Engineer to perform quality assurance activities concerned with the engineering of products, materials and processes by performing the following duties. Specific duties, experience and skills required of a Staff Quality Engineer.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs final inspection and selloff, and witnesses testing.
• Answers questions relating to standard practices and procedures.
• Develops statements of work for subcontractors.
• Prepares cost estimates for proposals, proposal sections, and program plans.
• Participates in design reviews and formal customer reviews and audits.
• Performs pre-award physical surveys of vendor facilities as a team member with other departments.
• Reviews and approves purchase requisitions, purchase orders, manufacturing operation sheets, manufacturing orders, drawings, and test and calibration procedures.
• Develops inspection instructions and inspection alerts.
• Acts as a member of the engineering change board.
• Chairs material review board and corrective action board.
• Resolves minor issues between quality engineers and production control and methods personnel.
• Witnesses environmental and operational testing.
• Controls program budgets and develops estimates-to-complete.
• Performs audits of procedures and special processes.
• Develops and maintains statistical process controls.
• Maintains procedures and records of activities performed.
• Acts as liaison Team leader between departments and makes independent decisions to insure adherence to quality and reliability procedures.
• Assist with yearly performance appraisals for staff.
• Single point of contact to Program Teams for all Product Assurance Elements.
• Tracks program budgets, provide work scope and budget for the assigned team members.
• Supports proposals for new jobs and informs team members of the proposal requirements.
• Provides Program Quality requirements for all members of the team.
• Work within a team construct in support of the assigned program. 
• Develops and implements quality procedures.
• Develops and maintains monthly program status.
• Drives process improvements specific to Quality discipline
• Establishes and collects data for metrics reporting, and analyzes results of activities for potentially adverse trends
• Prepares status reports for management and presents status to management and customer as required.
• Generates and tracks responses to internal CARs and supplier CARs.
• Establishes and maintains an effective monitoring program, including the use of PC-based tools for planning, tracking and evaluating performance.
• Performs detailed contract reviews to determine the quality assurance requirements.
• Mentor/train new hires
• Occasional travel requiring overnight stays may be required. Airline travel must be acceptable.
• Ability to communicate effectively with personnel at various levels to address both technical and management issues.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of specialized PC software required by certain projects.
• Familiarity with the PC and Microsoft Suite of software tools (Excel, Word, Power Point)
• Detailed knowledge of MIL-Q-9858A and MIL-STD-1520. ISO-9001, AS9102
• Familiarity with standard electronic test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, meters, counters, frequency meters, logic analyzers, etc.
• Familiarity of Root Cause Corrective Action methodology including use of Root Cause analysis tools such as 5 Whys and Fishbone analysis.
• Must have a background that would permit the U.S. Department of Defense to issue a Secret Clearance, which includes US Citizenship.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from a four-year college or university
• 15+ years related