Quality Specialist for Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting

Location: Costa Mesa, United States; Sta. Ana, United States WHAT YOU'LL DO • Manages the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process • Be fully imbedded within manufacturing process to actively assist in providing resolution, containment, and improvement to nonconforming materials • Review Manufacturing Work Instructions and provide feedback • Support in providing clarification or go/no-go decisions to inspectors • Lead and own the execution of containment of nonconforming items including inspecting to verify non-conforming parts • Assist in the root cause analysis • Manage internal triage with engineering teams to support nonconformance dispositions and ensure the investigative tasks are completed in a timely manner • Ensure data collection and entry is accurate and complete for the MRB process • Communicate the process performance and quality issues to key stakeholders to drive improvements • Track and report out MRB metrics on a weekly basis • Execute vendor return material authorization (RMA) with partnership between Warehouse and Buyers to ensure material leaves the MRB area for suppliers. • Manage quality containment process for material, tooling, and inspection equipment that are involved in non-conformances impacting production capacity and capability. • Create inspection plans for incoming material, in-process inspection steps, and end of line inspection, as per direction from product quality engineers • Train technicians and inspectors to execute inspection plans and data capture in the process. • Propose, develop and implement quality assurance policies and procedures and review with the product quality engineers • Review and propose continuous improvement projects for productivity gains, quality improvements, and benefits to Client's quality policy. • Perform internal audits on processes and procedures, as per direction from Quality Systems Engineer • Deep dive into data and traceability investigations to identify trends, oddities, inconsistencies, and variation that impacts the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and product quality. • Stay current with new inspection technologies and techniques and recommend improvements to the inspection process REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Associate degree or equivalent in a relevant fields, or equivalent experience in lieu of education • 5+ years of experience in manufacturing and/or a quality/engineering related role • Experience in a manufacturing environment supporting HW development and quality management • Proficiency with computer-aided design (CAD) software and inspection data management software. • Ability to work independently and as part of a team. • Attention to detail and strong organizational skills. • Experience with Calibrated equipment (calipers, micrometers, CMM, Faro arm, OMM, etc.) • Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings (wire diagrams, work instructions, CAD) • Analyze inspection results and provide feedback to production, manufacturing engineering, and quality engineering departments. • Experience using investigative equipment such as x-ray inspection, digital characterization, material certificate of compliance, etc. • Experience in a facility with AS9100, ISO9001, IATF 16949 or similar QMS standard • Experience with validation and testing assemblies and their components • Experience with communicating with suppliers and cross functional teams PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Technical or Associates degree in related quality/mechanical/aerospace engineering field • Direct experience conducting First Article Inspection and Report for internal manufacturing • ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate, or equivalent. IPC-A-610 or IPC-A-620 Certification • Existing work experience is low rate production manufacturing environment • Knowledge & understanding of dimensioning and tolerancing as per Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) • Experience with inspection of Electrical and Electronic Components (Power Supplies, PCBs, wire-harnesses) • Experience with Manufacturing processes and their related systems (Jira, MES, ERP, Teamcenter, CAD) • Experience with auditing processes and procedures in a manufacturing environment • Detail oriented self starter with minimal oversight - strong ability to communicate with different cross functional teams