Customer Quality Engineer

Kimball Electronics Romania had the start-up in 2015, as a greenfield investment being owner of its new facility building and new equipment!

As distinctive trait of the company's employees, in the first years we are looking for colleagues ready to get out of regular jobs and rather create their own: we are looking for colleagues that are willing to contribute and get involve, are ready to easily slide from one area to another, interested in creating procedural frame and, as a general approach, are not afraid to fail, but either to succeed!

 We invite to go through the role description below and see if it matches your interests!

KERO team

Role:

Quality Engineer is responsible for providing technical expertise and guidance to lead, support and continuously improve the quality planning activities including: Customer activities, assisting in Corrective Action activities, quality reporting, acting as a communication link between KERO and the customer, and pursuing continuous improvement.

Main areas of responsibility:

A. Providing technical expertise and guidance to lead

• Important part of Quality Team and important role in Certification stage of the company
• Sets up production process from quality perspective
• Quality Systems implementation and execution (NPI, MRB, Continuous improvement, Corrective Actions)
• Quality Management Systems (QMS)

B. Support and continuously improve the quality planning activities including:

• Customer activities
• Lead the development and insure the integrity of the APQP documentation set
• Quality reporting
• Assist and lead Six Sigma Green and Black Belt projects for a combined Quality savings

C. Assists in Corrective Action activities

• Collaborate with other internal and external (both customer and supply base) functions to pursue Quality issue resolution
• Acting as a communication link between KERO and the customer
• Pursuing continuous improvement

Candidate Profile:

Studies and experience:

• +5 years’ work experience
• +3 years of experience in a similar role
• +3years of experience of electronics manufacturing
•  University Technical studies
•  Knowledge of ISO 9001, 14001 /TS 16949 requirement and Statistical Quality Control.
• Knowledge of standard quality tools such as: FMEA (Failure Modes Effect Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), 8D, PPAP (Production Parts Approval Process),Control Plan, Pareto analysis, Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R)

 Interpersonal skills:

• Provide leadership to the program teams and, if requested, other elements of the Quality Engineering organization
• Trustworthy – Insures completion of program objectives and able to keep business confidences as required
• Open-minded – Willing to embrace change
• Ability to communicate at all levels and to external organizations
• Ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences
• Ability to teach and share information
• Good presentation skills and phone etiquette
•  Goal oriented and able to lead change
• Takes the initiative
• Willingness to travel
•  English: advanced level