Quality Engineer
at Flex-N-Gate

Job Description

Job Duties

• Provide daily quality engineering support to the battery pilot manufacturing line.
• Establish, monitor, and document process and product quality-control metrics throughout battery cell manufacturing.
• Verify that manufacturing processes are operating within established specifications and quality requirements.
• Review production and inspection data to identify trends, process variation, defects, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain control plans, inspection criteria, quality procedures, checklists, and manufacturing quality documentation.
• Support incoming material, in-process, and final product quality activities.
• Ensure proper collection, traceability, and documentation of manufacturing and quality data.
• Investigate non-conforming materials, processes, and battery cells and coordinate appropriate containment and corrective actions.
• Lead or support root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions using structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Support the development and maintenance of PFMEAs, control plans, work instructions, and process documentation.
• Participate in manufacturing trials, process-development activities, and design-of-experiment (DOE) programs from a quality perspective.
• Support battery cell testing, characterization, validation, and correlation of manufacturing parameters with cell performance.
• Support customer quality requirements, audits, and documentation as programs progress toward commercialization.
• Support activities as assigned by Manufacturing Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline. 
• Preferred 2-5 years' of related quality engineering experience, preferably with lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing or battery development. 
• Knowledge of Six Sigma.
• Knowledge of production process, machines, tools, including design and uses.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Proficiency with database applications and administration systems, specifically Microsoft Office and the use of statistical software.
• Ability to work effectively alone and prioritize.
• Must be a highly motivated, service and team-oriented individual with an attention to detail.
• Enthusiasm for challenge and new initiatives are prerequisites.
• Strong analytical ability.
• Supervisory and interpersonal skills are required.
• Troubleshooting ability is required.
• Strong decision making and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated good internal and external customer service skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• GDT/Blueprint reading.
• Engineering specifications and understanding.

Requirements

• Preferred Certified Quality Engineer Certificate
• Preferred 3-5 years' of related work experience.
• Knowledge of Six Sigma
• Knowledge of production process, machines, tools, including design and uses.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Proficiency with database applications and administration systems, specifically Microsoft Office and the use of statistical software.
• Ability to work effectively alone and prioritize.
• Must be a highly motivated, service and team-oriented individual with an attention to detail.
• Enthusiasm for challenge and new initiatives are prerequisites.
• Strong analytical ability
• Supervisory and interpersonal skills are required
• Troubleshooting ability is required
• Strong decision making and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated good internal and external customer service skills
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• GDT/Blueprint reading
• Engineering specifications and understanding