Quality Assistant

Your role and responsibilities:
Inspect and test parts, products, and systems, and assist in developing the necessary capabilities to control products and systems to meet the internal, customer and industry requirements, in a cost effective and safe working environment. This includes supporting or performing Failure Mode Analysis through Quality tools such as 8D on in-house parts or Returned Material (RMA) from the customer field and assist the local quality team in implementing and maintaining a Quality system, including audits, quality reports, controls, training in tools and methods, and monitoring variation through methods like Statistical Process Charts (SPC).

In this role, you will Inspect and test parts, products, and systems, and assist in developing the necessary capabilities to control products and systems to meet the internal, customer and industry requirements, in a cost effective and safe working environment. This includes supporting or performing Failure Mode Analysis through Quality tools such as 8D on in-house parts or Returned Material (RMA) from the customer field and assist the local quality team in implementing and maintaining a Quality system, including audits, quality reports, controls, training in tools and methods, and monitoring variation through methods like Statistical Process Charts (SPC). In this role, you will be on a team of Quality Engineers, Technicians, and Supplier Quality Engineers at the Richmond Virginia site.

You will be mainly accountable for:
Perform incoming inspections and testing on mechanical and electrical parts (i.e.: sheet metal, harness, etc.) from suppliers.
• Utilizes measurement tools or measurement systems (CMM, multimeters, oscilloscopes, etc.) to produce data that reflect the accurate characteristics of materials, products, systems, and processes.
• Create dimensional reports, test, and inspection reports per part specifications including variation results and/or SPC through the help of physical and virtual tools.
• Diagnostic and repair electronic or electric parts, if needed and approved by management.
• Ensure suppliers test reports are uploaded into ABB portals and collect the data to build SPC to promote predictive results.
• Investigate and trouble-shoot product defects or failures in-house or from the customer field to determine root cause and suggest corrective actions through 8D or DMAIC methodology. Provides feedback and advises engineering / R&D on improvement opportunities in product and/or process design.
• Process nonconformance material and work with the Supplier Quality Engineers so that supplier corrects their processes or ABB adjust specifications.
• Evaluate suppliers’ documentation (i.e. dimensional reports) vs. physical deliveries to ensure consistency.
• Assists SQE staff to develop test protocols, work instructions, or checklist as necessary to investigate the integrity of new products, or new functionality for existing products.

Our team dynamics:
You will join a dynamic, talented, and high performing} team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role:
Experience inspecting, measuring, and testing mechanical, electrical and/or electronic parts and generating results reports accordingly.

2 to 3 yrs. of experience in quality/manufacturing environments.

Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Experience working in quality area.