Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Brooklyn, NY | Chicago, IL | Remote

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Since 2013, our founding mission at StrongArm Technologies has been and remains to keep the world’s Industrial Athletes™ proud, protected and productive. We achieve this through our pioneering FUSE safety wearables and the actionable ergonomic data they provide to individuals and management across numerous job types, industries and operating environments. 

The Industrial Athlete™ is the beating heart of everything we represent and strive for here at StrongArm - the essential, frontline workers of the world who put their bodies on the line to perform a critical job function that positively impacts lives beyond their own. But that responsibility doesn’t come without its consequences. Far too often, preventable workplace injuries lead to lost shifts, missed paychecks and threatened livelihoods. That, to us, is unacceptable. 

In order to most effectively prevent injuries in a given operational environment, we work closely with each client across many dedicated and leading-edge teams, including client services, data and engineering, IT security and others. Each safety program is tailored to the needs of the workers on the ground and the managers who oversee them, including what types of safety wearables and attachment options will suit them best, and the look and cadence of the safety reports that we’ll provide. The result is an actionable and scalable safety solution that seamlessly becomes part of a facility’s daily routine and is proven to prevent workplace injuries by as much as 64% across hundreds or thousands of Industrial Athletes.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

As a Manufacturing Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for leading and driving all product supplier quality engineering for NPI and sustaining projects through the product development process lifecycle. Drives supplier development, continues improvement, PPAP workbook approval (i.e. First Article Inspection measurement data, CMF requirements, Control Plan, Material data sheets, Safety data sheets, Material & Compliance certificates, Supplier Audits, IQC, OQC, OBA, develops and report Supplier Quality), and KPI (defects, issues list, defect Pareto, supplier capability studies Cp/CPk, 8D root cause corrective actions, statistical analysis of quality data.

You must be able to thrive in a fast-paced design culture and enjoy holding responsibilities solving challenging problems.

Our working environment is focused on fast, iterative, and human-centered design and as a result, we're highly collaborative and agile. Our open office environment is people-focused - we joke, have fun, and enjoy each other's company when we can, but aren’t afraid to roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty to get things done. We are looking for driven and open-minded engineers with exceptional analytical abilities who can wear a number of hats from electrical engineering, embedded engineering, software design, software development, system architecture.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and implement manufacturing and test processes for StrongArm sustaining and NPI projects
• Engage the Supply Chain as a technical resource and leader during the entire product lifecycle
• Monitor, test and report on quality of products.
• Inspection of raw materials, components, mechanical systems or final products.
• Ensure product and process quality targets are met by designing test methods, establishing standards and driving continuous improvement projects with StrongArm manufacturing partners and key commodity suppliers
• Develops and report Supplier Quality KPI (defects, issues list, defect Pareto, supplier capability studies Cp/CPk, 8D root cause corrective actions, statistical analysis of quality data
• Collaborate with Data Centers to continuously reinforce quality standards and to improve the end-to-end process
• Drives supplier development, continues improvement, and PPAP workbook approval (i.e. First Article Inspection measurement data, CMF requirements, Control Plan, Material data sheets, Safety data sheets, Material & Compliance certificates, Supplier Audits, IQC, OQC, OBA
• Work with product lifecycle tools to create BOMs, approve engineering change notifications, drive quality excursions, and conduct factory audits

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical, Industrial engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years experience in product development, manufacturing processes, and test/debug methodologies for embedded platforms
• Knowledge of embedded hardware architecture and technologies
• Analytical mindset with ability to adapt to changing environments and tasks
• Must be located in Brooklyn (NYC) or Chicago area
• Must be able to travel to Contract Manufacturer site in NY
• 25% travel is required
• Experience with Quality audit techniques, ISOs and AQL Inspection Sampling
• Experience with Advance GD&T, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, is a plus
• Data analysis with advanced statistical skills
• Experience using quality tools and methodologies in a manufacturing and/or engineering environment, is a plus
• Problem solving and communication skills
• Flexibility and adaptability to work in a dynamic environment
• Master’s degree in Electrical, Industrial engineering, or equivalent is a plus

StrongArm Technologies is an equal opportunity employer