Contractual Glass Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Requisition Number: 76436

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The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for unique customer needs. Consequently, this segment operates in a wide variety of commercial and industrial markets that include display optics and components, semiconductor optics components, aerospace and defense, astronomy, ophthalmic products, telecommunications components and cover glass that is optimized for portable display devices.

Position Summary

The Quality Engineer is a key technical contributor responsible for ensuring product quality, improving processes, and driving cost reduction through standardized, data-driven methodologies including PEX and DMAIC. A central element of this role is the day-to-day working partnership with process engineers across all manufacturing departments.

Key Responsibilities
Quality Systems, Compliance & Auditing
Ensure product quality and compliance to customer, contractual, and internal requirements
Ensure process/documentation changes meet quality, compliance, and productivity targets
Problem Solving & PEX / DMAIC
Lead investigations using PEX methodology and DMAIC framework
Apply 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Kepner-Tregoe, and statistical analysis tools
Engage process engineers in joint investigations
Process Engineering Partnership
Serve as the primary quality partner to process engineers across all departments
Collaborate with process engineers to identify, prioritize, and resolve internal quality issues
Customer Complaints & CAPA
Own full lifecycle of customer complaint investigations through verified closure
Built-In Quality & Process Control
Drive transition from inspection-based quality toward upstream defect prevention
Internal Quality & Nonconforming Material
Lead defect and scrap reduction projects
Training, Capability Building & Data
Identify training gaps and develop targeted plans
Develop dashboards for complaint trends, CAPA performance, yield, and COPQ
Required Qualifications
BS in Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Science, or related field
3+ years in manufacturing quality or process engineering
Proficiency with DMAIC, 8D, and 5-Why methodologies
Preferred Qualifications
Lean / Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, and Cp/Cpk experience
ASQ CQE or CQA preferred

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.  

The range for this position is  $80,011.00 - $110,016.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. 

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