Quality Engineer

Summary

Join LightForce Orthodontics, a leading 3D printing technology company in the orthodontic space, as a Senior Quality Engineer. In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring consistent product performance and identifying areas for optimization. You will leverage your expertise in continuous improvement to enhance quality and functionality, defining strategies for setting specifications and tolerances. Collaborating with R&D and Operations teams, you will lead the development of new standards and protocols. This position offers the freedom and flexibility to contribute significantly to a growing tech company, advancing the orthodontic profession and improving patient health. You will be responsible for leading projects, conducting testing, providing guidance on product improvements, and developing quality monitoring systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial, mechanical or related engineering discipline required
• Minimum 5+ years work experience in quality, manufacturing, or engineering
• Knowledge of statistical methods/analysis
• Experience in designing production equivalent rapid prototypes
• Performs all activities with a focus on prevention, continuous improvement and customer satisfaction
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Hands on, resourceful and decisive; seeks practical approaches to projects with a bias for action
• Prioritizes work that accelerates progress against business imperatives
• Develops meaningful relationships with team members and collaborates across departments
• Explores possibilities and thinks beyond the obvious
• Able to think beyond own function and consider business priorities holistically

Responsibilities

• Lead projects to develop specifications, and manufacturing control limits, as well as defining manufacturable product design specifications and visual standards
• Conduct testing using existing methods, as well as propose novel test methods, in order to recommend improvements in design & process
• Use experience within product development and production of medical devices to provide guidance and assistance in the development and validation of product improvements and new product lines
• Develop plans/strategies, and implementation of systems to ensure quality is monitored and maintained