Staff Quality Engineer (Dos Posiciones) (Ciudad Juárez)

Location: Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Job Summary

The Quality Engineer Staff plans or adapts new methods or procedures to control or coordinate all aspects of several projects simultaneously, and works on the solution of related and technical projects. The engineer acts as an authority in a specific technical field, exercising considerable freedom in determining technical objectives. The role involves developing new or improved methods to reduce risks, equipment, materials, processes, products and technical methods. The engineer mentors lower hierarchy personnel and provides advice to upper management on technical matters. Best practices and tools of quality engineering are applied to the effective and efficient development of transfers and maintenance of products/processes throughout the product life cycle, including resolution of complex problems at local or franchise level and the use of risk management to prevent unforeseen failure modes.

Responsibilities

• Under limited supervision, review and analyze the effectiveness of PDCA, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean Techniques and other improvement tools and programs.
• Perform benchmarking to develop more effective methods to improve quality.
• Establish metrics that serve as quality indicators.
• Support the development of quality engineering and ensure compliance of the quality system for the introduction of new products, and manage the product life cycle.
• Review and approve engineering change orders (ECOs).
• Analyze whether current products and processes comply with regulations such as QSRs, ISO13485, etc., including support during internal and external audits.
• Participate in preparation activities for or interactions with regulatory agencies (FDA, JJRC, BSI, etc.).
• Respond to internal or external audit observations.