Sensing is rapidly becoming the premier technology moving the world forward.  Today’s innovative products increasingly rely on sensors for advanced functionality.  Dytran is a leading manufacturer of high quality, highly engineered sensors for vibration, force, and pressure. Dytran sensors enable our customers to design and validate the incredible products of the future - a great reason to come to work every day.

Located in Chatsworth, California, we are an AS9100 / ISO-17025 certified company serving both aerospace and commercial customers. Our sensing products are found in test labs, flying on aircraft, and on space vehicles providing the data that enables technology pioneers to deliver the advanced products of tomorrow.

This immediate opening is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work with a company that has a stellar reputation for highly engineered products in a diverse and international market.

Summary

The Quality Engineer is the focal point of Dytran Manufacturing and customer satisfaction efforts. This role is hands-on manufacturing, maintaining the Quality system elements and driving continuous improvement in an AS9100 and ISO 17025 registered and accredited environment.

 
Responsibilities

• Initiates corrective action for customer complaints, supplier escapes, systemic rejection issues, and internal audits.
• Acts as first line of defense in handling customer product quality issues and documents responses with cause, containment, and preventive actions.
• Leads root-cause teams on resolving quality issues; facilitates root-cause analysis and failure analysis with 5 why, 8D, or cause and effect diagrams.
• Generates supplier performance ratings and follows up on corrective actions and concerns.
• Tracks aging of response to actions and progress of improvements.
• Develops incoming inspection plans, in process sampling, and final inspection methods and verification protocol.
• Performs 1st articles with precision mechanical inspectors and end item with final inspectors.
• Formats and present monthly metrics for trends, conditions, yields, and regressions.
• Perform quality assurance oversight function within development projects to ensure compliance to product requirement definition, design process, verification, validation, and configuration management.
• Perform QA oversight function withing development projects to ensure compliance to product requirements definition, design process, verification, validation, and configuration management.
• Analyzes data, recommends corrective action and opportunities for improvements.
• Completes customer survey including compliance matrix and clause flow down review.
• Conducts internal audits of processes to the AS9100 and ISO 17025 QMS.
• Monitor suppliers conduct supplier visits, audits, source inspection, and reviews.
• Cross trains inspection staff for multiple flex inspections within the machine shop, welding, assembly, and calibration.

Requirements

• Technical college degree (or equivalent) with three to five years of quality engineering experience or ten years of quality engineering experience without a degree.
• Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering or Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, a plus.
• ASQ Certification a plus.
• Familiarization with AS9100 and ISO17025 practices preferred.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office to include Word and Excel.
• Strong analytical skills & ability to implement process control and statistical techniques.
• Knowledgeable and skilled with metrology control, reliability, and failure analysis tools.
• Able to lead task teams and organize root-cause analysis programs.
• Experience writing and maintaining procedures in support of our quality system. 
• Experience in a manufacturing environment highly preferred.
• Experience supplying new product development and release highly preferred.
• Must be a local candidate.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Health Care Plan: Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance: Basic, Voluntary, & AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Medical & Dependent Care
• Retirement Plan with an Employer Match: 401K & ROTH
• Educational Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: Vacation, Paid Sick Leave, Holiday

ITAR Requirements

This position requires the use of information that is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Dytran Instruments, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All decisions regarding recruiting, screening, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, pay, training, benefits, and other conditions of employment will be made based on valid job qualifications and business reasons. All such decisions will be made without regard to race, color, religion, religious dress practice, religious grooming practice, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected class by federal, state, or local law. This includes consideration of qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance.

Five Top Reason's to Work at Dytran

1. Industry Leader
   • 40 years in service
   • Consistent Business Flow of Work:  Steady Work = Steady Paycheck
2. Growth Opportunities
   • Professional Development
   • Promotional Opportunities
3. Our People
   • Everyone on our team makes an impact and we value their expertise
   • Engaging company culture & Work-life balance
4. Competitive Salary & Benefits
   • Paid Time off
   • Health Benefits & 401K/ROTH with an employer match
5. Innovation
   • Our products take people out of this world
   • Our impact on the world around us is limitless

Come help us build our team and see where the future will take us!