Quality Engineer

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

About Teledyne FLIR Defense

Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors, unmanned air and ground vehicles, sensing devices used to detect chemicals, biological agents, radiation and explosives, and a host of other solutions that help warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.

We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If you’re mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

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Job Summary:

The Quality Engineer is responsible for monitoring and maintaining the overall quality of manufactured products at Teledyne FLIR’s Wilsonville facility. This position will be primarily assigned to a new product with secondary responsibilities associated with the support of smaller, more complex, and more mature products. This role will encompass quality related activities associated with both new product development, such as the development and execution of test procedures and product qualification; and sustaining activities such as continuous improvement.  This role will also serve as the back up OSHA 30 Safety role for the manufacturing floor.

Summary of Responsibilities:

Key Job Duties:

• Lead and coordinate activities associated with new product development, such as product qualification testing (PQT) and first article testing (FAT).
• Lead and coordinate activities associated with customer complaints and out-of-box failure analysis.
• Lead and support various quality management system activities, such as internal audits, continuous improvement initiatives, and management review meetings.
• Develop test procedures and test reports per customer contract data requirements lists (CDRLs).
• Develop and sustain technical quality plans for new and existing product.
• Review and approve drawings / schematics for new part releases and updates via change control process.
• Review sales / purchase orders for quality assurance provisions and requirements.
• Utilize problem solving techniques to identify and document root cause(s) and corrective / preventative action(s).
• Implement statistical process control (SPC) techniques / methodologies and conduct capability studies.
• Analyze data to assess product performance and compliance to appropriate internal and external requirements.
• Establish and communicate quality metrics and goals for assigned product(s).
• Assist the supplier quality team with supplier-lead/driven root cause investigations.
• Assist with proposal / contract related activities.
• Attend daily production meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific / engineering field and minimum two (2) years’ experience in a manufacturing / quality / reliability / test engineering role.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 requirements.
• Ability to read and understand design drawings, and schematics.
• Ability to create formal presentations and test procedure / reports.
• Ability to effectively communicate issues both internally and externally.
• Ability to solve complex non-conformances via the corrective and preventative action (CAPA) process.
• Strong organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to proactively take initiative and complete tasks in a timely manner.

Preferred Qualifications

• Past Experience enforcing OSHA workplace safety regulations
• Working knowledge of LEAN, Six Sigma, and Gage R&R tools / methodologies.
• Working knowledge of SPC methodologies (including statistical analysis applications such as Minitab).
• Working knowledge of FMEA methodologies.
• Working knowledge of military standards.
• Working knowledge of basic SAP functions.
• Previous experience in high-volume product manufacturing.

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

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Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. ​