Job Title: Quality Engineer
Location: Oxford, CT
Duration: Direct Hire Opportunity
Shift: 1st Shift
Pay: $75,000-$95,000/Year
Note: Those who can work on W2 without any sponsorship are only encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and maintain quality control processes to ensure compliance with industry standards, customer requirements, and regulatory guidelines.
- Perform statistical process control (SPC) analysis and recommend process improvements to enhance product quality.
- Organization of metrology lab to ensure accurate project commitments and equipment scheduling.
- Interface with external customers to address their needs as related to product quality concerns and data requirements.
- Research validity of customer requests to return product.
- Lead root cause/corrective action/effectiveness verification activities.
- Develop, test, and implement effective and efficient product measurement methods / related quality records.
- Analyze product quality performance using statistical tools and methods.
- Assist with tool qualification and part approval activities, including first article inspection, capability studies, data analysis, PPAP documentation and formal report preparation and submittal.
- Assist with process validation activities, including product measurement and data analysis.
- Lead Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility study, shrink study, and PFMEA activities.
- Lead/conduct quality management system internal audits.
- Assist with development and implementation of ISO QMS documentation and required records.
- Attend and provide input during print review meetings & fixture design meetings.
- Lead/conduct quality management system internal audits.
- Provide training and guidance to production teams on quality standards, inspection techniques, and best practices.
- Work closely with production, engineering, and supply chain teams to address quality concerns and implement process enhancements.
- Coordinate special projects as required.
- Other duties as assigned by the Quality Supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related field Preferred - Not required with relevant experience.
- 2+ years of experience in quality engineering within a plastics manufacturing environment.
- Familiarity with injection molding, extrusion, or other plastics manufacturing processes.
- Medical Molding and ISO-13485 knowledge strongly desired.
- Full Quality skillset including IQ/OQ/PQ, GD&T, Root-Cause, Corrective Actions (CAPA), etc.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally.