Quality Engineer
Description
Position: Quality Engineer
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Experience: 5+ yrs relevant work experience
Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
Division: OTTO Motors
About OTTO by Rockwell Automation
OTTO by Rockwell Automation is a global leader in autonomous technology for material handling inside manufacturing and warehouse facilities. With over five million hours of production experience, OTTO autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are trusted in mission-critical operations for some of the world’s most recognized brands. OTTO by Rockwell Automation was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Robotics Companies of 2023. For more information, visit ottomotors.com.
OTTO by Rockwell Automation was acquired by Rockwell Automation in 2023. Rockwell is a global industrial automation and digital transformation technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers – amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility – our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.
About the Job
OTTO by Rockwell Automation is looking for a Quality Engineer to join our team. This position has interactions with internal and external customers for Lifecycle Services & Solutions with a primary focus on Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR). This position will help implement robust preventive quality actions to build quality into product design and processes. In this role working in a matrixed and dynamic environment with creativity, attention to detail and effective communication is key.
In this role you will be working with a dedicated team to lead the organization in improving solutions quality for OTTO by Rockwell Automation and customers. The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative, partnering with multi-discipline teams to establish and drive quality goals and objectives throughout our various portfolios. Ability to effectively engage in a dynamic environment and leverage lessons learned is critical. Excellent interpersonal skills are a must to build effective working relationships across product management, program management, engineering, and manufacturing stakeholders. You will provide ongoing visibility of progress to established goals through the collection, organization, and analysis of product and project data. This position requires experience in hardware development environments and an understanding of hardware Quality Management.
About You
You want to work for a small company that thinks big and dreams huge. You are driven, view work as more than just a job, and are never satisfied doing a job less than 100%. You want to be surrounded by people like you; creative, fun-loving, and passionate about their work. You are motivated by making an impact on your workplace and you thrive on challenging and rewarding problems. Oh, and you have some form of higher education with the common sense to back it up. In this role we are looking for an experienced quality engineer to help further improve our QA and QC processes in our assembly line.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
- Legal authorization to work in the Canada is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
Essential Functions:
- Familiarity with Lean or Six Sigma
- Familiarity with Rockwell Automation products a plus
- Demonstrates ability to team effectively
- Proficiency in software applications (Primarily Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI)
- Good communication – feedback and responses
- Project management skills for customer and product issues
- Develop and implement a quality management strategy to improve the quality of our released solutions.
- Demonstrate collaborative partnerships with peers, leaders, and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with global locations (Examples: Shanghai, Singapore, Monterrey, Richland Center)
- Implement metrics and dashboards to provide ongoing visibility to quality goals and objectives.
- Lead process improvement efforts that drive systemic improvements in quality and customer issue resolution.
- Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) to ensure corrective and preventive actions address systemic root causals and eliminates repeats.
- Facilitate and participate in retrospectives for continuous improvement of products and processes. Promote development and tracking of action items.
- Reads and interprets technical product documentation with understanding of product usage within customer application and environment.
- Performs risk assessment and implements early preventive mitigation action plans.
- Highly resilient; pursues tasks with drive and develops timely actions.
- Focus on prevention, timely issue resolution and develop competency within the team.
- Maintains accountability for high quality performance throughout product lifecycle.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to drive performance results.
Desired Qualifications:
- A demonstrated ability to use statistical and basic metrology tools.
- Familiarity with ISO/ANSI standards..
- Ability to read a schematic, identify mechanical/electrical components.
- Capable of manipulating 3d models and engineering drawings in Solidworks.
- Knowledgeable in developing Quality standards, inspection plans and work instructions
- Practical understanding of mechanical/electrical defects
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Certified Quality Engineer accreditation (ASQ or similar)
- Any of IPC-7711, IPC-7721, IPC-A-600, IPC-9121, IPC-610, IPC-620 training or equivalent
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