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Job Description
Elk Grove Village, IL
Job Id:
779
# of Openings:
1
Pay Range: $75,000 - $80,000 per year
Position Overview
The Quality Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring that products and processes meet established quality standards and regulatory requirements. The quality engineer will supervise, and coordinate activities of workers engaged in inspection and testing through processes.
Key Position Responsibilities
- Work directly in QA inspection and testing to ensure that establishment and regulatory standards are met.
- Review inspection reports and confers with QA, production, management and engineering personnel when necessary to solve work related problems.
- Record inspection results by completing reports, summarizing reworks and wastes and inputting data into quality database.
- Train the production team on quality control measures to improve product excellence.
- Monitor the use of equipment to ensure it is safe and discard any that do not meet requirements.
- Review daily hold list.
- Daily report to QM of all quality nonconformance.
- Audit systems based on ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016 requirements.
- Determine quality metrics for all manufacturing procedures.
- Set detailed guidelines on what needs to be checked and what the quality standards are.
- Determine quality metrics for all manufacturing procedures.
- Identify the root cause for nonconforming issues and recommend fixes.
- Prepare reports and corrective actions (e.g. number of defective raw materials per order).
- Review current blueprints and quality documentation.
- Responsible for the completion, coordination, and submission of PPAPs at all levels for automotive and non‑automotive parts, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to customer and quality system requirements.
- Set and track quality assurance goals.
- Coordinate with external quality assurance auditors and technicians to ensure legal compliance.
- Work with internal teams to increase customer satisfaction by improving the quality of the products.
- Perform layered, internal and external audits.
- Coordinate and performance of internal process/product audits.
- Performance process and machine capability studies.
- Support any other quality functions as needed.
- Investigate customer complaints, perform root cause analysis, and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Communicate with suppliers regarding non‑conforming materials to ensure timely containment, corrective action, and resolution.
Critical Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Proven experience as a Quality Engineer or similar role.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management,
both internal and external
- Basic knowledge of all types of tooling and gauges
- Should be capable of reading micrometers, telescoping gauges, calipers, optical comparator, indicators, etc.
- Be able to operate manual equipment.
- Good problem-solving skills, safety practices and attention to quality.
- Computer skills.
- Minimal amount of machining knowledge.
- Basic Math skills.
- GD&T knowledge.
- Maintain a clean and safe work area.
- Knowledge of IATF 16949:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 required
- Experience completing PPAPs
Company Overview
At Thunderbird, the collaborative relationship with our parent and partner companies allows us to better serve our customers – now and in the future. The Thunderbird family of American Manufacturing companies is driven by a mission to provide superior products and services, from prototype to delivery. Our dedicated leadership team's enduring vision is to hold and grow our companies to meet the higher needs of our global customers. We are guided by the unified pursuit of excellence, teamwork, and innovation. Thunderbird enables people to grow, companies to soar, and customers to succeed. #TBManufacturing
Benefits
- 401(k) with matching program.
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 9 Paid Holidays
Thunderbird is a drug and smoke free work environment and promotes safe work conditions.
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Pay Range: $75,000 - $80,000 per year
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