Quality Engineer

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring that quality product is manufactured according to established standards and that all customer requirements are met for their assigned value stream while personifying the “One Team” concept throughout Band-IT. This includes conducting audits of production parts and processes, leading efforts in resolving customer complaints, and owning the corrective action process. Other responsibilities include maintaining and reporting on quality process dashboards, creating inspection programs using CMM and/or vision systems, facilitating the PPAP process, supplier audits, and representation of quality interests in various meetings and teams.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understands all of Band-IT’s quality systems and works to ensure cross functional support of the existing quality systems.
• Leads cross functional teams in problem solving and process improvement for customer complaints; owns validation of implementation of corrective actions and gives timely feedback where required; tracks corrective actions to closure.
• Works with commercial team to understand and complete PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) as required by customer.
• Coordinates SWRs with production to create samples needed for PPAP, and completes sampling/testing as required.
• Works to ensure timely submittal as required by customer.
• Completes annual validations proactively; ensures timely response to all customer requests.
• Owns synergy/inspection files for their value stream and generates updates for the in-process inspection systems risk based thinking.
• Monitors inspection status and SPC results to ensure product conformity and elevates issues to Quality Manager when identified.
• Works on cross-functional teams to create/manage control plans and PFMEA’s for products and processes.
• Leads regular reviews to assess existing control plans using risked based thinking.
• Leads/Participates in the MRB process for product related to the value stream, including dispositioning suspect or non-conforming product.
• Participates in customer care meetings to review customer complaints and develops plans to ensure customer satisfaction by identifying trends in customer complaints and initiating appropriate countermeasures to contain and reduce defects that occur in manufacturing/assembly/material handling processes.
• Conducts process audits in various manufacturing departments to ensure that operators are producing parts to specifications and following established procedures.
• Documents observations and presents findings and action items to departmental supervisor(s), follows-up on action items through completion.
• Creates and documents standard work processes, visual aids, and quality alerts as required.
• Create and execute inspection programs (as well as training other personnel) using CMM, vision system, and other inspection techniques to ensure incoming parts are to print specifications.
• Conducts and maintains Gauge R&R schedule for assigned value stream.

Education & Experience

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, mechanical, industrial, or related field preferred.
• 3-5+ years of experience as a Quality Engineer in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience and knowledge of statistical quality control.
• Experience working with automotive customers and/or knowledge of automotive quality tools including but not limited to:
• PPAP’s
• Advanced Part Quality Planning
• FMEA’s
• Conducting RCCM using tools such as 8D, 5Whys, Fishbone Diagrams, etc.
• Experience conducting Gauge R&R’s.
• Experience with GD&T and measurement techniques.
• Experience/ability to create CMM programs and working with vision systems (example – Keyence).
• Experience auditing internal processes/suppliers to ISO9001, AS9100, IATF 16949 standards preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all layers of management as well customers/suppliers.

Essential Functions:

The physical, mental/visual and work environment demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

• Approximately 40% of the time will be spent on the floor.
• Approximately 10% of the time is spent bending and crouching.
• Requires use of hands and arms at least 60% of the time.
• Lifting requirements are generally less than 10 lbs. Lifting could occasionally reach the company maximum of 65 lbs.

Work Environment:

• Time is primarily spent in a climate-controlled office, with the balance in a shop environment.
• Noise exposure is light to moderate.

Mental/Visual Demands:

• Close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus are necessary to perform the job functions.
• Peripheral vision is required for safety.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Problem solving: The individual identifies and owns resolution of the problems in a timely manner. As well as skillfully gathering and analyzing complex information, while presenting simple solutions.
• Interpersonal Skills: The individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things.
• Relationships with Others: The individual works effectively and relates well with others Including superiors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the Company. The employee exhibits a professional manner in dealing with others and works, to maintain constructive working relationships.
• Communication and Contact: The individual communicates effectively both verbally and in writing with superiors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the Company. The individual uses effective communication for interface with other departments and customers.
• Planning/organizing: The individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.
• Quality control: The individual demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Adaptability: The individual adapts to changes in the work environment, rotates into other functions as required and manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Dependability: The individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Safety and security: The individual actively promotes and personally observes all safety procedures. The individual complies with Environmental, Safety, and Hazardous Communications requirements.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

The compensation range for this position is $64,200.00 - $96,400.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page:

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).

Attention Applicants:

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at for assistance with an accommodation. These contact tools may be used only by individuals with a disability for accommodation requests. Do not inquire as to the status of an application.