Quality Engineering Lead

The Role

Amphenol Aerospace Operations is seeking a Quality Engineering Lead to work out of its state-of-the-art facility in Sidney, NY.

The key responsibilities of the Quality Engineering Leadinclude, but are not limited to:

• Analyze and discuss quality concerns with manufacturing departments; identify, prioritize, and address all significant and repetitious quality problems
• Initiate and verify the effectiveness of formal corrective actions
• Maintain thorough knowledge of ISO-9001, AS-9100, Amphenol's Quality Manual, and subordinate procedures
• Enforce quality policies
• Maintain working knowledge of products, associated processes, and state of the art inspection techniques like AOI (automated optical inspection)
• Conduct quality audits when appropriate and when assigned
• Take prudent actions to achieve continuous improvement in reducing cost of non-quality and customer returns
• Investigate and disposition customer returns involving product from area of responsibility
• Assign workloads to hourly inspection teams
• Manage hourly inspector work schedules

Location

• Sidney, NY
• 30 Minute Drive from Binghamton, NY
• 20 Minute Drive from Oneonta, NY

Salary: $70,000 - $90,000

The Person

The key skills and qualities of a at Amphenol Aerospace Operations:

• Engineering degree required or equivalent related experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment
• Five to ten years' experience as a Quality Engineer with one to three years' supervisory/lead engineer experience preferred
• Knowledge of statistical methods
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Data3 software
• Ability to understand and apply all types of quality and engineering documents, specifications, drawings, reports and forms, current quality practices, and engineering terminology
• Ability to work extensively with Amphenol's systems, including the AS400 main frame and local network
• Ability to work cross functionally in a smaller, diverse work environment
• Ability to develop and maintain constructive professional relationships with peers and customers
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to travel freely throughout a manufacturing floor environment
• Some lifting and carrying of small loads required (up to 50 pounds)
• Occasional travel to customers and the Mesa & Nogales facilities to resolve, or explain prevention of cited quality issues (15 - 20%)

The Company

With manufacturing sites in Sidney, NY, Mesa, AZ, Nogales, MX, and a Design Center in Pasadena, CA, Amphenol Aerospace Operations has been a leader in designing and manufacturing electrical components for the aviation and commercial airplane industry for over 100 years.

Focusing on serving the needs of advanced and challenging market segments, we pride ourselves on our consistent ability to innovate and provide the markets with new creative solutions.

Working at Amphenol means you are recognized and valued for your contributions because we believe that our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. We support and encourage career development for all employees and have ample opportunities for advancement.

We pride ourselves for being customer-centric, accountable, reliable, and enthusiastic in all that we do. These values are ingrained in each of us and contribute to a culture of teamwork and meaningful work.

Amphenol offers a competitive wage and benefits. The candidate must be able to legally work in the United States; we are unable to provide sponsorship. This position requires access to controlled technology that is subject to US export controls. Qualified candidates must be a US person (including US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) or eligible to obtain required authorization(s) from the U.S. Government.

Amphenol is a proud Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status. We aim to create an inclusive working environment where all employees are respected and treated equally.

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