Quality Engineering Manager
Location
Everett, WA | United States
Job description
Thank you for your interest in Korry Electronics !
Our company culture is focused around ownership, transparency, process improvement and trust & respect. We are looking for talented people (like you!) to lead our business to the next level while giving you the opportunity to develop your own career.
We have been at the forefront of the aviation industry since the beginning, creating the first lighted cockpit controls for the military and commercial aircraft industry. The Korry product team continues this tradition as it develops the crew station of the future, providing state-of-the-art switches, cockpit controls, high-performance displays, and night-vision filters. We are passionate about what we do. For more information, please visit .
Join the Korry team and find out why this is such a great place to spend your career!
What You Will Do: The mission of the QE Manager is to provide leadership by ensuring Quality personnel are trained and equipped, and that systems are established and maintained, in order to repeatedly produce quality product that meet and exceed Customer expectations.
The QE Manager reports to the Director of Quality and Trade Compliance overseeing the personnel and systems that ensure conforming product is delivered through every step of the value stream process. This position will require strong interpersonal and communications skills as it will interact directly with customers, suppliers, and all levels of Control Systems leadership.
Primary Responsibilities: - Manage Quality Engineering staff that support product development, production, and Supplier Quality efforts
- Establish departmental metrics and goals in support of organizational strategic goals
- Communicate expectations with personnel by establishing individual annual performance goals and provide the leadership to ensure their success
- Improve competencies in classic RCA tools, such as Ishikawa Diagram, 5-Y, and Pareto charting methodologies
- Improve competencies in classic PC tools, such as SPC, Sampling plan, Gage R&R, and DOE methodologies
- Be a champion for our Quality Policy. Do it right the first time — measure, control, improve
- Foster and promote passion in advancing Lean, continuous improvement, and quality concepts
- Improve the efficacy and effectiveness of the corrective action system, primarily through the implementation by the QE staff
- Promote a “sense of urgency” environment with staff
- Maintain the MRB system, to include establishing efforts to reduce rejections overall
- Establish and maintain a close rapport with production and engineering management
- Lead cross-functional teams in problem solving and corrective action activities
- Work collaboratively with the Repair Station to reduce Warranty costs
- When required, interface with Customers to address elevated issues and concerns
- Prepare and present to various levels within the organization the status of Quality activities
What You Must Have: - Ability to develop personnel through mentoring and coaching, both formally and informally, and most importantly by example
- Versed at developing metrics and implementing actions that make improvements in those metrics
- Skilled in systematized approaches to corrective action, such as 7-step, 8D, Six Sigma
- Expert knowledge in the use and application of MS Excel
- Skilled in charting and flowcharting methodologies
- Practiced in the proper selection and application of SPC tools
- Comfortable in developing and conducting presentations with Power Point
- Strong communications skills, in both oral and written forms
- Comfortable in making decisions in a rapid paced, forward evolving environment
- Unquestionable commitment to, and ability to lead actions in, continuous improvement efforts
- Familiar with conflict resolution techniques
- Ability to independently make judgment determinations, particularly relating to product conformance, while elevating to Senior Management when prudent to do so
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing methodologies preferred
- Ability to be onsite minimum of 4 days a week Monday - Friday
Education and Previous Experience: - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other related discipline
- 5+ years of progressive experience working in a Quality capacity within aerospace industry preferred
- Greater than 3 years’ experience working in a Quality leadership capacity preferred
- ASQ certifications (CQE, CMQ/OE, etc.) a plus
- Must be a US Person
Salary Range Please note the typical hiring range is $120,000 - $180,000 annually. Job offers within the range are based on significant job qualifications and pay equity.
Where We Work: Our headquarters, a 216,000 square foot facility, is located in Everett, Washington. Everett is a great place to live and work; just 30 miles north of Seattle. This thriving community is an aerospace hub! The city, and nearby cities of Mukilteo and Snohomish, offer excellent public schools, fabulous parks, beaches, and safe streets. You can dip your toes in salt water and ski down a mountain all in the same day. Nature is truly right outside your door.
Benefits Package Details for Regular Full-time Employees: - Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with generous company contribution
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) matching
- 12 paid holidays (including a holiday shutdown week)
- Minimum of three weeks paid time off plus one week paid sick time to start
- Tuition reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Short term and long term disability
- Life insurance
- Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Long-term care plan options
- Prescription safety shoe & glasses benefit
- Vanpool subsidy
- Recognition awards
- Employee referral bonuses
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
This position requires either a US Person (as defined in applicable export regulations) or a non-US person who is eligible to obtain required export authorization
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U.S. person means a person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) . It also means any corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization, or group that is incorporated to do business in the United States. It also includes any governmental (Federal, state, or local) entity. It does not include any foreign person as defined in § 120.63 .
Korry Electronics is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, marital status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, childbirth, genetic information, or military and veteran status. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our application process as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact the Human Resources Department at 425-297-9700. Privacy Statement
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