Senior Quality Assurance Technician

Overview

Perform a variety of duties to determine that materials, products and/or processes are in accordance with specifications and requirements.  Perform standard inspections.  Make visual, dimensional, electrical, or mechanical inspections of materials, processes, assemblies, or sub-assemblies.  Serve as subject matter expert for CMM Operations and Programming.  Use a variety of precision measuring equipment.  Refer deviations from specifications to appropriate personnel.  Maintain records pertinent to function.

Responsibilities

• Responsible to evaluate the quality of parts being manufactured
• Perform hands-on inspections of manufactured and purchased parts
• Calibrate manual inspection tools and equipment – maintain calibration database.
• Read blueprints, welding symbols and engineering drawings and compare against completed parts to assure manufacturing accuracy
• Perform mathematics to determine why products do not conform to standards
• Recommend drawing changes to engineers for simplicity or ease of understanding
• Evaluate extent of product non-conformances and determine disposition of purchased product, work in process and finished goods.
• Communicate and follow up with suppliers regarding inspection processes
• Provide input in decisions on programming, equipment and software and act as subject matter expert for the CMM
• Using advanced knowledge and application of CMM Programming skills will create CMM programs for new and existing parts
• Ability to perform advanced troubleshooting on the CMM and work with vendors to resolve CMM mechanical or software problems
• Provide support for New Product Development and Tool Design with respect to programming and fixture design for new parts
• Conduct full layout inspection for PPAPs / RPAPs / ISIRs
• Provide training on CMM Operation and Programming as needed
• Experience with Dimensional Measuring Tools such as Micrometers, Calipers, Height and Radius Gages, Pin Gages, Thread Gages, Plug Gages, and Optical Comparator
• Set priorities for other techs as needed
• Must be hands on and proactive about correcting problems

Qualifications

• Technical certificate or associate degree is preferred.  Minimum 5 years inspection experience in a manufacturing environment and minimum 5 years CMM experience, including programming, is required.
• Experience with arm style CMM is preferred as well as PC-Dmis and/or Polyworks softwares. 
• Experience with ISO 9001, calibration and non-conformance systems is required. Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing is preferred. 

Skills and Abilities: 

• Read, analyze, and interpret a variety of information, such as technical procedures, business correspondence, and governmental regulations furnished in written, oral or diagram form. 

• Create business-level written correspondence and verbally present information to internal and external customers. 

• Requires job related software skills including MS Office and Adobe Acrobat and the ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment.  

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

•  Environment is a modern production facility with heat and air conditioning.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around, sit, stand, use hands to finger, handle, and touch; reach above shoulders and talk and hear.  
• The employee is required to operate pallet jack, hoist, and hand tools.
• The employee is required to lift up to 25 pounds regularly; up to 50 pounds occasionally, with higher weights requiring assistance