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Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Engineer

📍 Wichita, KS 🕒
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📍 Wichita, KS
Employment
💼 Full-Time Direct
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📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities

Perform APQP process in-order to identify risk and mitigating risk using tools such as PFD,PFMEA and CP• Collaborate with stakeholders - Present recommendation for risk mitigation• Track the recommendations from inception till the implementation and their results• Participates in design and product reviews to ensure that producibility, inspect ability, reliability,safety, Quality System integrity, and business process management objectives are met• Performs such research as benchmarking to industry standards; analyzes and compilesperformance reports and process control statistics to determine and improve process capability orproduct quality• Performs root cause analyses• Recommends and supports the implementation of corrective actions that are necessary to reduceor eliminate nonconformance to design specifications

Requirements:• 2+ years of related experience is required• A Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program isrequired• A full spectrum leader with demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams• Demonstrated ability to:o Ensure Risk Management activities (APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA) are executed according tostandards and procedureso Ensure program contract requirements are flowed down internally and to suppliers,ensures compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alertrequirements• Experience representing Quality Assurance at different program reviews and review boardsincluding Program Configuration Control Board (PCCB), Program Corrective Action Board(PCAB) and Material Review Board (MRB)Preferred Qualifications:• 5+ years of related experience (preferably in Aerospace or equivalent manufacturing industry)• Review and approve design documentation (Qualification Reports, Drawings, ATPs, BOMs, etc.)• Ability to review and approve production documentation (assembly instructions, MOs and reworkinstructions)• Knowledge of:o Automated Manufacturing Systems (AMS)o RCAA tools like 8D, 5-Why Analysis, Casual Tree Analysis, and data analysiso Six Sigma, PFMEA, Control Plans, and SPC (within APQP / PPAP) would be anadvantageo AS9100 as well as regulatory authority approval and certification requirements• Excellent communication and PowerPoint presentation skills• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Packages – Outlook, Word, Excel, and Access• Working familiarity of Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP)• Lean and six sigma certification• Competent in Root Cause Corrective Action and ability to perform conformity checks.• Strong ability to read drawings, procedures, First Article Inspections (FAI) and understandcontracts.• Must be willing to travel• Additional knowledge of Statistical Process and Control (SPC), 6 Sigma and GeometricalDimension and Tolerance (GD&T)• Technical or Engineering Degree

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