Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer
We are mission critical
Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first startup to combine agility, speed and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality. Around 1600 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Germany, USA and Finland) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humankind and enabling the exploration of the world and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leader in selected satellite products and for constellations in the New Space sector. Beyond Gravity also uses its space knowledge for applications outside of space technology: The high-precision products have already been used in the semiconductor industry for more than 20 years.
This position will act as a main internal project interface in respect to process and product quality.
Job Responsibilities:

• Support the development of Acceptance Data Packages per customer requirements and milestones, generating elements related to product build documentation reporting, for example non-conformance reports (NCR), first article inspections (FAI) to AS9102, root cause corrective action (RCCA) forms such as 8D's and 5 Why's.
• Manage and own non-conformance (NC) documentation completion and closure within SAP utilizing supporting quality assurance specialists (QAS) aligning with customer required milestones.
• Lead for identifying containment, RCCA and recurrence prevention for processes and facilitating hardware resolution with the technical responsible groups via the non-conformance review board (NRB) process.
• Lead corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities via the NRB process in alignment to customer required milestones - requires ability to interpret customer and internal models / drawings, specifications, and statements of work in defining NC's.
• Support quality inspection (QI), QAS and supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) functions in support of interpreting product definition requirements for inspection, either in-process or received components.
• Prepare production related metrics for quality reporting and apply data analysis to improvement projects in reduction of loss and increased production throughput.
• Support the development and changes to process based key inspection points (KIP's) and mandatory inspection reports (MIP's) with in the flow of manufacturing work instructions, standards, design prints and customer contractual, industry flow downs.
• Ability to create, update and utilize FMEA's for risk identification and process improvement activities

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from ABET accredited university - aerospace or mechanical majors preferred; Associates degree and / or relevant work experience considered in lieu of.
• Three to 5 years minimum years of experience in aerospace design, manufacturing, or quality functions; relevant background in industries of similar customer and regulatory requirements considered.
• Ability to operate and meet milestones in a dynamic manufacturing condition with changing priorities for current production volumes, customer changes and plant expansion for new business models.
• GD&T knowledge per ANSI Y14.5 and Y14.41
• Experience using industry recognized core quality tools: FMEA, SPC, MSA
• Experience with using MES / ERP systems for manufacturing controls and reporting.
• Strong PC skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, etc... required
• Must be able to travel both international and domestic as required with extended travel to Switzerland a possibility for initial training.
• SAP knowledge, experience is considered a plus.
• AS9102 First Article experience considered a plus.
• CAD, analysis, or math software experience considered a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; an ability to develop documentation clearly conveying non-conformances and process history for internal and external use is a key position requirement.
• Ability to work in cross functional team and international settings.

Beyond Gravity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other categories protected by law.
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