Quality Engineer

At Cree, we’re always on. We believe that meaningful change happens through sheer force of will and the determination of a team solving a problem, and we’re unafraid to kick down the door to make it happen.

Lighting is looking for a Quality Engineer who will participate and effectively manage the Corrective and Preventive Action process as well as implement and sustain a Product Monitoring program to continually meet the needs and expectations of our customers in a rapidly growing market.

• Through audits and objective evaluations, ensure compliance and effectiveness of policies and procedures related to Quality System
• As needed, directly manage key quality system elements
• Ability to develop project and implementation plans as well as drive progress within and across departments to meet objectives according to the plan or defined timelines
• Capable of working across and influencing at all organizational levels
• Provide thorough knowledge of quality assurance methods and improvement tools

What you need for success:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and/or Industrial Engineering; and/or suitable work experience
• 4 years of experience leading a Quality Systems function within a manufacturing environment
• Broad knowledge of key business processes including NPI, Manufacturing, Customer Service, Product Reliability, Process Control and Change Management
• Experience with quality system development and improvement (ISO9001, TS16949, ISO17025)
• Project/Program management experience
• Highly skilled in problem solving and root cause analysis methods

Highly preferred skills and certifications:

• 6-8 years of experience leading a Quality Systems function within a manufacturing environment
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Lighting manufacturing experience a plus
• Preferred experience with Oracle ERP
• Strong influencer skills
• Sharepoint/Design experience a plus