Sr. Quality Engineer

Sr. Quality & Industrial Engineer

Position at Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.

The Sr. Quality & Industrial Engineer has responsibilities that touch all aspects of manufacturing and distribution including procurement, manufacturing, service, shipping and pass through sales. Frequent activities include developing ISO 9001/TL 9000 compliant processes and procedures, developing product quality plans, participating in cross-functional teams, supporting operations on quality related issues, advocating for improvement initiatives and performing internal audits.

Job Duties will include:

• Create incoming, in-process and finished goods test plans
• Create Certificates of Analysis for outgoing product
• Promote and lead Kaizen activities and other quality improvement initiatives
• Oversee and Lead Internal Quality audits
• Oversee and Lead Corrective and Preventive Actions
• Plan, perform and oversee packaging and label audits
• Lead Supplier Quality System Risk Analysis and Improvement
• Facilitate third party product surveillance audits
• Develop and train users on Quality System procedures
• Participate in Cross functional product development and supplier management teams
• Review and approve documents affecting the quality of product in assigned areas of responsibility
• Collect data needed for analysis and reporting

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in a Technical Field
• 7 or more years in a Quality Engineering or related role

The following Experience and Skills a plus:

• Quality Improvement Teams
• ISO 9001/TL 9000 Quality Management Systems
• Internal Auditor Training
• Supplier Quality Management
• Document Control Systems
• Operator Training and Procedure Writing
• Calibration systems
• Fiber Optics
• MS Office Applications, HTML, ASP, SQL and data collection software