Position Summary:
The Quality Engineer provides technical line support to ensure product quality is built into processes. Primary focus will be to maintain Advanced Ground System Engineering’s (AGSE) quality system and provide support for process improvements to prevent discrepancies from occurring.
Responsibilities: Essential Duties:
- Establishes quality standards for products and processes and suggests modifications meant to prevent defects in components or final products.
- Collaborates closely with cross functional teams, including product design, product management, technical services, and production, to identify and mitigate quality risks.
- Reviews and approves protocols, reports, and specifications and other documentation.
- Audits production processes, raw materials, or suppliers/vendors to ensure that established quality standards are met.
- Conducts root cause analysis using internal principles and standards for defects, non-conformities, or other quality failures.
- Able to complete and present technical analysis and assessments.
- Performs process impact assessments and product risk assessments as needed.
- May be responsible for ensuring compliance with formal external quality standards, such as ISO 9001.
The job function listed is not exhaustive and shall also include any responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.
Expertise: Knowledge & Skills:
- Requires full working knowledge of relevant business practices and procedures in a professional field.
- Uses standard theories, principles and concepts and integrates them to propose a course of action.
- Work under minimal supervision. Relies on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish assigned goals.
- May periodically assist in orienting, training, and/or reviewing the work of peers.
- Judgement is required in resolving complex problems based on experience.
- Contacts are primarily with department supervisors, leads, subordinates, and peers.
- Occasional contact with external contractors/vendors.
- Incorporate innovative quality control methods.
Potential Base Range:
72,000-117,000
Qualifications:
Expertise: Combination of qualifications, education, firsthand experience, and training, preferred.
Work Location: Santa Fe Springs, CA. 100% Onsite work. No remote nor hybrid availability for this role.
Required:
- Bachelor's degree or 6-8 years related experience and training prefer.
- Onsite role. No hybrid nor remote work available for this role.
- Ability to work Monday through Friday, and overtime as required.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employees are regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Employees work under typical office conditions, and the noise level is usually quiet to moderate. However, in certain assignments, an employee may work near moving equipment and be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, biological hazards, airborne fumes, outdoor weather conditions, and loud, prolonged noise.
What We Offer
Advanced Ground Systems Engineering (AGSE) offers an excellent benefits package, which includes healthcare, a 401(k) plan, and tuition reimbursement. To learn more about AGSE and our products or services, please visit us on the internet at www.agsecorp.com
AGSE is required by law in certain jurisdictions to include a pay scale in the job posting for this position. "Pay scale" means the salary or hourly range that AGSE reasonably expects to pay for this position; it is neither a promise nor a guarantee of the compensation that the successful candidate will receive. The pay scale for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that AGSE considers in making compensation decisions, including, without limitation: skill set, experience, and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that it is not typical for AGSE employee to be at or near the top of the pay scale for their role - especially as a new hire - and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Subject to the foregoing, the current pay scale for this position is $ 72,000- 117,000$ per year.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $72,000.00 - $117,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work Location: In person