Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer is the focal point of Dytran Manufacturing and customer satisfaction efforts. Dytran by HBK continues to be a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative sensors, accelerometers, and associated electronics for measuring dynamic force, pressure, and vibration. We offer an extensive product line and full in-house customization capabilities to provide you with a one-stop-shop for your test and measurement needs. We specialize in designing single-axis and triaxial IEPE accelerometers, ultra-high temperature charge mode sensors, high shock sensors, capacitive MEMS sensors, pressure sensors, and digital bus-based sensors.

This role is hands-on manufacturing, maintaining the Quality system elements and driving continuous improvement in an AS9100 and ISO 17025 registered and accredited environment.

Role is onsite in Chatsworth, CA.

Must be a US Citizen. Unable to hire anyone on a visa, permanent resident status or green card.

Job Description:

• Develop, control, and support creation of Quality Management System (QMS) documents.
• Support and conduct Internal Product, Process, and Quality System audits (AS9100 and ISO
• Support second-party and third-party audits.
• Demonstrated experience in mitigating risk, identifying, and resolving manufacturing issues (NCR)
• Work closely with production to resolve manufacturing challenges.
• Assess and disposition non-conforming parts, and assemblies, to support on-time shipments of quality products to customers
• Complete First Article Inspection Reports in accordance with AS9102 requirements.
• Build data packages as objective evidence of product conformity.
• Perform Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigation and monitor the Corrective Action process performance.
• Participate in the Contract Review process to ensure the organization's ability to meet or exceed customer requirements.
• Active participation in defining inspection requirements, acceptance limits, and inspection plans to ensure compliance with customer requirements.
• Identify Continuous Improvement opportunities and lead CI projects to make improvements to processes and quality system compliance.
• Lead and conduct process audits to ensure process discipline.
• Formats and presents daily, bi-weekly and monthly metrics for trends, conditions, yields, and regressions.
• Perform QA oversight function within development projects to ensure compliance with product requirements definition, design process, verification, validation, and configuration management.
• Analyzes data, recommends corrective action and opportunities for improvements.
• Manage supplier qualification, performance monitoring, audits, and quality issue resolution. Monitor and report supplier performance using scorecards and key quality metrics.
• Manage supplier nonconformance (NCMRs), deviation requests, and concession approvals.
• Lead root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities for supplier issues.
• Cross trains inspection staff for multiple flex inspections within the machine shop, welding, assembly, and calibration. Conduct new hires onboarding training.

Professional Qualifications

• Technical college degree (or equivalent) with three to five years of quality engineering experience or seven to ten years of quality engineering experience without a degree.
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• ASQ Certification a plus.
• Familiarity with basic operations of electrical components and mechanical system dynamics
• Advanced computer skills Microsoft Office (Excel and Word in particular)
• Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and processes in a production environment
• Ability to interface with various personnel at different levels of skills, knowledge, and experience
• The ability to speak and write clearly on technical subjects to individuals and groups
• Familiarity with basics of the FEA is a plus
• Familiarity with piezoelectric materials is a plus
• Problem solving expertise and good organizational skills

Personal Skills

• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
• Strong analytical skills & ability to implement process control and statistical techniques.
• Knowledgeable and skilled with metrology control, reliability, and failure analysis tools.
• Able to lead task teams and organize root-cause analysis programs.
• Experience writing and maintaining procedures in support of our quality system.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is highly preferred.
• Experience supplying new product development and release highly preferred.
• Must be a local candidate

Offer

The job will provide you with the opportunity to advance your career alongside some of the best and most passionate technology experts from around the world at a leading company within the testing, measurement and data analytics industry. You'll be a great contributor by working closely with colleagues from various business functions.

At Dytran/HBK, we live up to our three values: being honest, owning, and aiming high. We believe in absolute integrity – that's how we win for stakeholders, the environment, and each other. We believe in teamwork and keeping our promises, to ourselves and to others. Finally, we believe in being bold and positive. This is how we perform at our best and achieve greater success.

Hottinger Brüel & Kjaer (HBK) is a world leader in the fields of sensors, data acquisition and analytics. In addition, we provide services and collaboration for various research and development, production, and operation applications.

Until the end of July 2020, the companies were known as Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM) and Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement A/S, respectively.

HBK is a subsidiary of Spectris plc and employs around 3,000 people worldwide. Our product ecosystem covers all layers, from sensors, electronics to software and collaboration. Our customers range from end-users across the toolchain who focus on analysis and results in virtual testing, physical testing, and monitoring, to our OEM partners and system integrators and customers who integrate our products into their own offering and solution. Our product portfolio is as versatile and varied as our customer base and covers many industries.

We have engineering and production facilities in Germany, Denmark, the UK, Portugal, the USA and China, and are represented in more than 80 countries around the world. We are proud to be one of the top three suppliers globally in our market segments served, thanks to our high-quality products and the commitment of our employees.

Compensation

The pay range for this position is $85,000 to $104,527 annually plus 10% of base salary in yearly bonus. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to the individual's qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as physical work location within the state.

Featured Benefits

We believe that work is what we do so we can enjoy the rest of life. At HBK, we offer Vacation and Paid Sick Leave separately in accordance with California law. New hires in California receive both, plus 11 paid holidays and two volunteer days. We match up to 5% of your 401(k) deferrals—with immediate vesting. Our medical and dental plans are among the best in the country. We also offer tuition reimbursement after six months of employment.

Freedom with responsibility is the framework for HBK employees. This allows for a good work-life balance and a constant development of professional and personal skills in an international and pleasant working environment.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

This position requires the use of information that is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., 'green card holder'), political asylee, or refugee.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States full-time and will not require sponsorship either now or in the future to obtain an employment visa.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Dytran Instruments, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All decisions related to recruitment, selection, hiring, training, promotion,