Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer – Quality Systems

Job title: Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer – Quality Systems

About the Role The Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer – Quality Systems at Copeland is responsible for establishing, deploying, and improving quality systems that support new product and manufacturing process development within advanced manufacturing environments. This technology-focused role defines, selects, and integrates technologies to maintain process capabilities and monitor system health, collaborating across Advanced Manufacturing, New Product Development, Operations, Supplier Quality, and Quality Assurance to mature processes from development through pilot manufacturing and into production, optimizing safety, quality, productivity, and cost objectives.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate and lead quality systems related projects and participate in multi-functional teams to craft, procure and qualify equipment and processes while maintaining project schedules and budgets.
• Perform quality systems installations, qualifications, capability studies, and gage R&R's for assembly and machining processes.
• Perform part inspection system programming applying both manual programming methods as well as applying 3D CAD models to generate programs in the simulated virtual environment.
• Lead and participate in the identification, design, development and implementation of new gauging methodologies and processes with a focus on improved accuracy, reliability, and reduced cost.
• Provide training to other technical personnel of inspection systems and provide technical support in resolving issues that affect production.
• Self-initiate quality planning into early process development, tooling development, and manufacturing technology maturation.
• Align with all required safety and regulatory requirements.

What We're Looking For

• Degree in Engineering Field (preferably Mechanical/ Manufacturing Engineering, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering, Quality Engineering, or Industrial Engineering) or (10+) years of relevant manufacturing work experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of (5) years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Use of 2D/3D CAD programs (AutoCAD, NX, or equivalent).
• Understanding of GD&T principles.
• Ability to simultaneously drive/implement multiple quality systems projects.
• Travel up to 25%.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and proven ability to apply creative thinking to address sophisticated problems.
• Must be able to interpret technical drawings.
• Experience making data-driven decisions.
• Shown digital literacy including MS Words, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with diverse work groups to facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States - Sponsorship for this role will not be provided.

Nice to Have

• Collaboration skills to integrate with multiple levels of the organization.
• Proven understanding of Lean Manufacturing and its methodologies.
• Proven understanding of Six-Sigma and its methodologies including MSA, PFMEA, & SPC.
• Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI) or early-stage manufacturing development.
• Experience in PC-DMIS/MODUS CMM programming.
• Experience integrating quality system in automated closed feedback loop systems.
• Experience in database analytics reporting tools.
• Theoretical and practical understanding of process control.
• Ten (10) years' experience in manufacturing environment.