Sr. Quality Engineer
3M Health Information Systems
Job Description:
Global Quality Engineer
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Global Quality Engineer for the Advanced Materials and Transportation platform, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
• Supporting quality for New Product Introduction (NPI) teams in the automotive and aerospace industry. Providing input or leading HOQ/DQM, MSA, product qualifications, PPAP, PFMEA/DFMEA, and phase gate quality preparation etc.
• Assuring compliance to 3M Code of Conduct, external regulations, customer requirements, internal requirement, and industry standards (ISO 9001, IATF 16949 or other).
• Supporting existing product evolution and improvement through change management (CMP).
• Analyzing information using statistical techniques to drive data driven decisions by being a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in statistical techniques.
• Promoting continuous improvement and defect reduction through root cause investigation, CAPA, kaizen, 8D, FMEA, MSA and Control Plans.
• Reviewing customer product complaints for timely customer feedback and resolution.
• Supporting global customer account teams and responding to quality inquiries.
• Collaborating with business leaders in supply chain, manufacturing, laboratory, quality, and sales to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
• Providing support to appropriate plant locations to leverage common systems and processes.
• Aligning customer scorecard Key Performance Indicators (KPI) with internal metrics.
• Participating in internal and external quality system audits.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited institution
• Five (5) years combined Quality Engineering, Product Engineering, Strong statistic reporting (Six Sigma) and/or Manufacturing experience within a private, public, government or military environment demonstrating Automotive and/or Aerospace industry knowledge.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
• Degreed Statistician searching for a new career opportunity.
• Experience with LEAN Six Sigma methodology and use of quality/statistical tools
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) certification such as Quality Engineer (CQE) or willingness to obtain.
• Experience demonstrating 8D/5Why problem solving approach/methodology.
• IATF or VDA Certified Auditor in the last 3 years • Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Strong analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Ability to lead and be a contributing member of cross functional global teams.
Travel: May include up to 25% domestic/international
Relocation Assistance: TBD
Location: Shanghai, China
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S.
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
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To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).
The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.
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