Quality Assurance Engineer

• Participate in the development of product specifications.

• Identify quality problems or areas for improvement and recommend solutions.

• Collect and analyze production samples to evaluate quality.

• Produce reports regarding nonconformance of products or processes, daily production quality, root cause analyses, or quality trends.

• Communicate quality control information to all relevant organizational departments, outside vendors, or contractors.

• Monitor development of new products to help identify possible problems for mass production.

• Identify critical points in the manufacturing process and specify sampling procedures to be used at these points.

• Create and implement inspection and testing criteria or procedures.

• Document testing procedures, methodologies, or criteria.

• Review statistical studies, technological advances, or regulatory standards and trends to stay abreast of issues in the field of quality control.

• Coordinate the selection and implementation of quality control equipment, such as inspection gauges.

• Generate and maintain quality control operating budgets.

• Instruct vendors or contractors on quality guidelines, testing procedures, or ways to eliminate deficiencies.

• Confer with marketing and sales departments to define client requirements and expectations.

• Evaluate new testing and sampling methodologies or technologies to determine usefulness.

• Review and approve quality plans submitted by contractors. • Audit and inspect subcontractor facilities including external laboratories.