Quality Engineer I

Summary:
Quality Engineers are responsible for introducing, maintaining, and improving quality systems to support the development, introduction, and manufacturing of externally supplied new products, processes, and technologies, as well as the reduction of supplied material scrap. This position is tasked with managing, meeting, and exceeding both internal and external customer expectations. Additionally, Quality Engineers aid in supplier development activities, driving existing suppliers to continuously improve product quality, responding effectively to corrective and preventive actions, and driving quality system improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of quality systems and work closely with design, research and development, quality control, and manufacturing engineering teams on product and process design during the development and introduction of new products and technologies.
• Ensure that customer requirements are incorporated into product functional specifications and lead applicable risk and failure analysis (DFMEA/PFMEA) to ensure functional specification requirements are fully met during design validation.
• Ensure all appropriate documentation is in place before starting production.
• Work with key quality, applications, and manufacturing teams to troubleshoot issues and identify systemic process improvements for an overall reduction of material nonconformance, corrective actions, and customer complaints.
• Manage activities and produce data packages for change control and customer notifications.
• Support the effective use of SPC practices to monitor, stabilize, and improve the manufacturing process.
• Assist in the implementation of best practices for chemical manufacturing.
• Follow guidelines stated in the documented quality procedures and standards.
• Support supplier development activities including questionnaire completion, PCS review, non-conformance management, audits, and other activities as they arise.
• Collect and analyze data to track and report on quality metrics.
• Conduct post-batch reviews to ensure quality requirements are met for completed batches.

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Manufacturing, or Material Science Engineering or related field or
• An equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) Certification is preferred but not required.

Benefits
At Brewer Science, we are a Top Workplace, Certified Employee-Owned, Certified B Corp™, and GreenCircle Certified Zero Waste to Landfill. By joining Brewer Science, you will be eligible to receive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life, long- and short-term disability, identity theft protection, and pet insurance
• Paid leave, including community service leave, wellness breaks, and other special leave
• Employee stock ownership, 401k, and bonus plans
• Educational assistance & employee assistance program