Quality Engineer

About CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense 

CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is focused on the design, development, and manufacture of specialty fluid and motion control products for demanding aerospace and defense applications. CIRCOR products are flying on most commercial and military aircraft, including single and twin aisle air transport, business and regional jets, military transports and fighters, and commercial and military rotorcraft. Other markets include unmanned aircraft, shipboard applications, and military ground vehicles.

Business units are in Corona, California; Warren, Massachusetts; Hauppauge, New York; Paris, France; Uxbridge, UK; and Tangier, Morocco. Parent company CIRCOR International is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is headquartered in Corona, California. 

POSITION DETAILS

Position Summary

The Quality Engineer shall support the business in areas of new product development; process improvement daily production support; analyze and interpret technical data (engineering drawings, QA specifications, purchase orders, etc.) and create shop routings, operations sheets, tools, and other necessary processes and equipment to produce a high-quality product. This also includes QA assignments pertaining to customer quality requirements/clauses that need to be interrupted and information flow down to other internal or external processes.

Principal Activities

• Participate in the Company’s Corrective Action and MRB Boards
• Complies with all company policies/procedures
• Complies with all military and contractual requirements
• Works with quality, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, engineering, and operations personnel to drive continuous improvement in products and processes
• Develops, acquires, sorts and analyzes performance data to identify adverse trends and improvement opportunities
• Assure all regulatory requirements are maintained and kept current (FAA/PMA, UL, AS9100, AS9100, PED, ASME and other related agency certifications)
• Takes a leadership role on continuous improvement teams to drive root cause analyses and corrective action plans
• Prepares graphic presentations of performance trends with action plan summaries
• Participates in product design activities and contract reviews to determine conformance to customer requirements
• Performs quality and reliability assessments for recommended product improvements
• Investigate and respond to Customer's Corrective Action Requests
• Witness tear downs of Customer's Returns and Qualification Units
• Participate and lead MRB activity
• Validate Assembly and Test Procedures, as needed
• Develop Flow Charts, SPC, PFMEA and Control Plans for product families and processes
• Use of Six Sigma Methodology during Root Cause Analyses
• Escort and lead Customer Audits
• Assist Customer Source on issue resolution
• Track Continuous Improvement Projects
• Development of Standardized Work Instructions

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• High ethical standards. Models and supports organization’s goals and values; adapts to changing conditions; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
• Demonstrated aptitude for process improvement and use of Lean and Six-Sigma resources and tools.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills aimed at identifying and correcting the root causes of problems or events, as opposed to merely addressing the immediately obvious symptoms.
• Must be able to perform assembly level tolerance analysis, NDT audits, FAI review, and Purchase Order Review.
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey information and ideas in a variety of media, tactful, confident, at all levels, internal and external.
• Strong metal processing background, i.e., Heat Treating, Surface Finishing, Forging, Casting, etc.
• Solid analytical skills and solution-driven thinking; collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement data. Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; develops alternative solutions; works well in a group problem solving situations; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention; displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions includes appropriate people in decision-making process.
• Displays original thinking and creativity; Meets challenges with resourcefulness; Generates suggestions for improving work.
• Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; strives for continuous improvement of self and processes.
• Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy; enjoys challenges; drives for results.
• Versatility, flexibility and a wiliness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm.
• Must have strong writing, presentation, planning, problem solving, organizational, project management and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of Government/Customer contracts experience
• Familiar with the FAR, DFAR, and Aerospace Customers’ Requirements
• Excellent use and understanding of 5 Whys, Failure mode and effects analysis, 8-D, Pareto analysis, Fault tree analysis, and Ishikawa diagram
• Strong technical writing Skills
• Knowledge of aerospace quality standards including AS9100, ISO and FAR 145
• Must have strong math and statistics knowledge.
• Working knowledge of ANSI Y14.5
• Passion for data, analysis, trends, reporting and technology. Ability to read and interpret documents.
• Ability to write clearly and informatively routine reports, correspondence, and designs workflows and procedures. Presents numerical data effectively.
• Demonstrated aptitude for process improvement and use of Lean and Six-Sigma resources and tools.
• Knowledge of and experience working with customer and industry-specific requirements/standards across the product life cycle.
• Thorough knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Project, and other applicable tools

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering preferred experience in related position will be considered in lieu of degree. Master of Science in Engineering a plus.

Experience: 5+ years of hands-on quality experience in an aerospace or high precision manufacturing environment with high mix / low to mid volume production rates preferred. Extensive machining background in the production of close tolerance highly precision products involving various types of metal alloys preferred. Quality improvement experience with motors, valves and/or gauges preferred.

CIRCOR is an EEO Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities