Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer opportunity in Huntington Beach, CA

Family-owned for over 75 years, Precision Resource is a leading global supplier of precision metal components and assemblies using cutting edge technology, including additive and fineblanking production methods. We provide solutions to quality, cost and production challenges for market-leading customers in industries such as automotive, heavy duty, medical, aerospace, electronics, tools, hardware, military and defense.

We offer:

• Benefits package including health, dental, life and vision insurance
• 401(k) with match and profit sharing
• Annual bonus based on division profitability
• Vacation and flexible paid holidays
• Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition reimbursement and paid training
• Work with an established team of long-term employees

To learn more, visit www.precisionresource.com/careers/

Position Summary

The Quality Engineer has “cradle to grave” quality system responsibility over a specified group of products.  

What You’ll Do

• Participate in all cross-functional Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) teams and issue status reports.
• Administration control required to ensure all applicable elements and phases of the APQP process is accomplished.
• Completes all applicable PPAP elements.
• Completes and issues ISIR and first article reports, as required.
• Initiates initial and revised PPAP elements (as applicable) for each family grouping of customer numbers or individual customer number as applicable.
• Creates and revises inspection instructions and quality records.
• Determines measurement and test equipment needs.
• Verifies inspection and tests feasibility.
• Creates inspection instructions utilizing correct metrology.
• Utilizes correct sampling plans and/or SPC subgroup sizes at proper sampling frequencies.
• Creates correct visual inspection methods and aids.
• Carries out the policy requirements as mandated in the Precision Resource Quality Manual and administers all applicable quality procedures as related to the applicable product line.
• Audits inspection functions to ensure full compliance to all applicable polices, procedures and work instructions.
• Processes customer returns and quality concerns. 
• Processes requests for deviation as directed by MRB.
• Issues customer status reports.
• Review sample size, sample method, verification of inspector’s findings and description adequacy.
• Issues status reports and corrective action forms for major, critical, or repetitive non-conforming issues. 
• Initiates EN-007 form to make corrections and changes to tools and processes.
• Conducts new supplier qualification surveys and periodic and special supplier audits.
• Surveys new suppliers to determine if qualifications are adequate to add company to “Approved Supplier” list. 
• Conduct periodic and special supplier audits as required. 
• Trains and monitors inspector performance. 
• Audits processes, equipment, and personal performance against the control plan for conformance.

What You Bring

• Associates degree or technical certification in manufacturing.
• 5 years quality engineerin