Quality Assurance Engineer III
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Quality Assurance Engineer III

Company : Safran Seats

Job field : Quality

Location : Gainesville , Texas , United States

Contract type : Permanent

Contract duration : Full-time

Required degree : Bachelor's Degree

Required experience : More than 5 years

Salary range : Based on market rate.

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**Job Description**

As a member of the Safran Seats business, you play a major role in teamwork that provides over one million seats to major airlines worldwide. Our commitment to superior quality, comfort and innovation ensure that you can take pride in doing meaningful work that supports the needs of passengers and crews alike.

No matter your role, you connect and collaborate with your fellow team members to bring state-of-the-art, high value-added solutions to market. Because we are one of the few original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to offer an all-inclusive range of passenger seats for commercial aircraft, you'll do impressive work that supports passengers in a variety of seating options, from economy to first class.

Objective:

Support the quality department by ensuring products and processes, both internal and external, conform to applicable drawings, technical specifications, regulations and customer requirements. Drive activities required to meet cost, quality, inventory, delivery and cycle time objectives throughout the production cycle. Measure performance, collaborate to develop process and product improvement plans, and enforce action measures as necessary to achieve business objectives. Works under minimal supervision or works independently on complex tasks.

Authorities:

This position has the authority to carry out engineering quality assurance responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable regulations.

Main Function Responsibilities:

Product realization process

- Assure shipment of product which meets the customer requirements - ship a product free of defects

- Assure the product-process control according to the customer and company specifications

- Define, monitor and evaluate the effectivity of quality plans and practices and maintain, follow up and control QRQC process

- Collect, analyze and oversee data entry on relevant quality performance indicators, manage quality through quality data using quality tools such as Etq and QMS

- Make qualitative decisions on part conformity with SAFRAN applicable Quality requirements

Corrective and preventive action process / Problem Solving

- Document and follow-up internal and external corrective actions and verify its effectiveness

- Lead/Co-Lead technical root cause and corrective action processes to resolve issues

- Maintain the CA/PA system for internal, external quality issues as required

APQP Support

- Perform FAI/PPAP when required

- Support, elaborate and maintain PFMEA and Control plans to ensure failure-free products and continual improvement

- Support creation and maintenance of Process Flow Diagram (PFD)

- Support Design Engineering on APQP related industrialization requirements

- Perform Validation of new components, processes and tools as required

Support the training process

- Provide on the job training as needed on quality criteria, customer complaints, etc.

**Complementary Description**

- Co-lead with process engineering team, as required to develop/update/improve training modules and support for trainers

Support material acquisition/receiving inspection process

- Investigate and disposition production and supplier non-conformance requests, provide feedback to the appropriate functions with evidence of nonconformity and drive and support internal actions to mitigate issues impact

- Support on components FAI process to receiving inspection as required

Support the continous improvement process

- Actively support the company continuous improvement initiatives and ensure Continuous Improvement objectives

- Lead continuous improvement projects to reach established goals and go beyond

Support the audit process

- Perform internal audits (process, product and flash audits) and provide objective feedback based on audit findings

Support all required audit (customer, internal, external, etc.)

Quality Culture

- Promote Quality Culture

- Perform other duties as assigned by the direct manager

- Provides mentorship and support to junior level Quality Assurance Engineers

**Job Requirements**

3. Qualification Requirements:

A. Education & Qualification Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or related technical field or 12 years equivalent related experience in lieu of degree

- Industrial Bachelor's degree or 12 years of equivalent engineering

B. Work Experience:

- Requires 5+ additional years experience in aerospace industry or equivalent in engineering, or quality positions

- Advanced experience in Implementation of Continuous Improvement

- Advanced e knowledge/process of RCCA

- Advanced understanding of AS9100, APQP

- Must be able to read and interpret average to complex blueprints, drawings, diagrams, tolerance information and procedure manuals

C. Professional Skills:

- Ability to solve complex problems and lead strategically

- Ability to generate and analyze complex data utilizing the MS office tools

- Must be able to work and lead cross functionally

- Must have the ability to generate written communication and operate required office equipment

- Ability to create and perform training requirements as needed

D. Behavioral Skills:

- Ability to solve complex problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

- Good leadership, initiative and execution skills

E. Desirable Aspects

- Autonomy and diligence

- Lean fundamentals, or Certified Green or Black belt

- Spanish and French are a plus

**Specificity of the job**

up to 10% travel per year (training, customer relations)

**Locate your future workplace**

2000 Weber DrTX 76240

Gainesville

Texas United States

Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.