Quality EngineerLocation: KENT, WA, United StatesJob Family: QualityJob Type: RegularPosted: Dec 20, 2023Job ID: 45295Job Descriptionis a global leader in commercial and military aircraft and aeroengine technology. With the addition of , the company collaborates with customers to enable engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.Are you ready to join an industry-leading global company that believes in empowering its employees? Are you prepared to use your inquisitive nature and strong work ethic to help our team solve the world's greatest engineering challenges?A career at Parker is rife with rewards and opportunities. But a career at Parker is not for everyone. Finding success at Parker requires dedication and an insatiable desire to win. We seek very smart people who also have the equally impressive characteristic of humility. We solve our customer's challenges as teams, working together to ask the questions that have never been asked before.Parker understands that solving the world's greatest engineering challenges requires an inquisitive and intelligent workforce, and we invest in our employees to ensure they are the best in the industry. Our global success relies on empowered employees operating in an environment that breeds ideas and solutions, and we take every possible action to ensure this happens.Quality EngineerWe are looking for a talented engineer responsible for overall quality planning for manufactured and purchased products. This position will be responsible for the improvement of processes and technical quality planning, including review of contract requirements, designs, change orders, specifications, and work orders. Will also ensure that our company and sub-tier suppliers comply with customer quality and special process requirements.Functions and Responsibilities* Uses advanced quality and continuous improvement quality engineering principles to enhance product quality, reliability, and acceptance. Suggests and implements improvement ideas covering products designs, system processes, and hardware processing.* Prevents problems by assessing and qualifying the capability of the product design, manufacturing, and preventative action systems* Implements quality plans and monitors detection systems* Evaluates performance of the product design, manufacturing quality and reliability systems* Implements corrective actions and solves problems that affect quality, manufacturability, and product reliability* Provides customer/vendor and management interface on quality, process, and manufacturing systems* Conducts and supports audits on special processes and quality management system* Updates quality system documentation in support of audits and customer requests* Ensure development teams maintain focus on customer quality system and product quality requirementsSkills, Education and Required ExperienceBachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Metallurgy.Prefer 2 years of quality assurance experience.Read and understand drawings, including geometric tolerancing.Fully proficient in developing Quality Plans, Monitoring Quality Performance, and implementing Corrective/Preventative Actions, and Interface with Customer and Third-Party Auditors.Proficient at problem solving and working with Customer/FAA specifications and quality requirements.Must have excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to work with all levels of internal and external personnel.Hands-on with strong mechanical aptitude, and capable of successfully balancing both the technical and administrative aspects of the position.Physical RequirementsSit, stand and/or walk for 8 hours per day. Occasionally lift items that could be up to 25 pounds.Working Co