Quality Engineer

Collaboration & Teamwork is necessary to establish good working relationships with product team and when working with other product teams
Strong Communication Skills are necessary when creating proposals and communicating in writing, in such a manner, that it is easy to understand and interpret what and why information is being communicated. Listens attentively without interrupting and/or being distracted by other things
Displaying strong personal Initiative and motivation is vital to achieve desired performance results with projects that support the organization
Strong Oral Communication and Presentation Skills are essential when making oral and graphical presentations to capture the interest and involvement of the audience while developing/delivering a clear and concise message
Deep technical understanding of the process and materials involved, as well as keen ability for continuous learning and improvement of existing processes
BS in Engineering or Technical discipline

Contributes to product development as a sustaining team member supporting Teledyne FLIR’s Product Lifecycle Management
Chairs and administrates the Detector Change Review Board
Conducts product and process qualification planning, testing, and reporting for new designs and processes
Responsible for fielded reliability metrics and reporting and root cause analysis of field failures
Facilitates Supplier, Customer and component qualification
Coordinates containment and corrective action for non-conforming material
Acts as primary Quality and Reliability Representative with suppliers and customers
Leads regular quality status, audits and improvement activities
Conducts Failure/Trend Analysis and Analytical Problem Solving and recommends and implements corrective actions
Generates quality procedures and work instructions as needed
Travels as required to suppliers, customers and/or outside labs as needed
Strong cross-functional activities with Systems Engineering, Customer Service, Production, Process/Manufacturing Engineering, Customers, Suppliers, Executive Leadership

Three or more years working as a Quality, Reliability or Process/Manufacturing Engineer, especially in the infra-red or semiconductor industry
Six-Sigma training and/or certification
Lean manufacturing knowledge
IR detector manufacturing experience
IR detector physics understanding
Quality systems ISO 9001:2015; ITAR/EAR controlled hardware; IATF
Problem solving methodology and failure analysis tools
Statistical process control
Measurement system analysis (Gauge R&R)
Supplier quality development
Optical and mechanical inspection skills
MS Office applications (must be proficient with Excel)
Statistical and reliability software applications – like JMP