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Praxis Technology Quality Engineer in Queensbury, New York
Are you ready to work for a company that truly cares about making a meaningful difference in this world?
About Us
Praxis Technology is a manufacturing company that designs and develops titanium parts for medical devices, aerospace and other consumer markets. We create sustainable flexibility that delivers maximum impact to make people’s lives better. It's pretty cool stuff!
We value people that are highly motivated, self-starters open to learning new things every day. We’re looking for people with a good attitude and strong character who strive to be the best at what they do, take accountability for their actions and are determined and committed to get the job done. We’re highly collaborative, innovative thinkers and we need people from diverse backgrounds and levels of experience to join our growing team. We’ve built our workplace on inclusivity, treating everyone with respect and integrity and providing people with the support and space to do their best work.
We are located in Queensbury, NY at the entry way to the Adirondack Park. We offer a location in beautiful upstate New York that has easy access to Vermont, Montreal, New York City and Saratoga Springs to name a few! If you are interested in four season living at it's finest, Queensbury is for you! For additional information on what you can expect living in Upstate New York, please click the link below!
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Our purpose is growing a great place to work, built on innovation. We do so by embracing the five core values of Praxis:
Team Player
Driven to Improve
Genuinely Care
Dependable
Own It
What we can offer you:
In addition to being part of a locally owned & operated business who values treating everyone with integrity & respect, we offer the following benefits to our full-time employees:
Employee and/or Employee + Child(ren) medical insurance for just $1/month!
Comprehensive Dental + Vision
401k Retirement Plan that we match up to 3%
Basic Life AD&D Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Paid time off - 18 days first year (pro-rated)
Paid holidays – 9 days
Annual Performance Bonus Potential
Quarterly Bonus Incentive Program for hourly staff
Employee Profit Sharing
Tuition Assistance
Position Summary
Reporting to Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer plays a crucial role in ensuring the production of high-quality products while maintaining and improving our quality management systems to meet regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate must be able to work independently and as a team, have a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and strong commitment to quality.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Perform root cause investigations of non-conformities and customer complaints; implementing corrective and preventative actions to prevent recurrence.
Lead Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) to continuously improve the quality management system.
Support the calibration program by ensuring proper calibration requirements for new equipment and gages, timely completion, and assessing the impact of out-of-tolerance events.
Create and implement effective quality controls by establishing monitoring, sampling, and inspection methods.
Support supplier quality, issuing supplier corrective action requests and participating in supplier audits.
Participate in risk management activities to identify and mitigate potential process and quality risks.
Lead and participate in the development and implementation of quality systems, records, and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, standards, and company policies.
Support validation and qualification of new equipment and processes ensuring it meets industry standards and regulatory requirements.
Conduct measurement systems analysis (Gage R&R, Attribute Agreement Analysis, etc.) to ensure capability of measurement and test methods.
Support internal audits to assess the effectiveness of the quality management systems.
Support external audits from regulatory bodies and customers.
Identify, champion and support continuous improvement projects in quality, productivity, and/or safety.
Serve as a subject matter expert in quality assurance on cross-functional teams ensuring compliance to the compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, standards, and company policies.
What You Must Bring to This Role
Minimum three (3) years experience working in a Quality Department in a manufacturing environment.
Experience within Medical Device, Aerospace Industry, or other regulated industries preferred.
Working knowledge of measurement techniques, root cause analysis, corrective and preventative action
Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to collaborate with and support all levels of associates
Demonstrated ability to assess priority, complete tasks, and work independently
Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, organized and effective technical writing
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field (preferred)
Working knowledge of ISO 13485, QSR, GMP, AS9100 (preferred)
Experience in writing production, quality and safety procedures and/or qualification protocols and documents ( preferred )
Experience in supplier quality control (preferred)
Experience supporting Internal and/or external audits ( preferred )
Working knowledge of statistical techniques, and data ( preferred )
Working Conditions & Physical Efforts
Work is performed in a Production environment
May be required to lift up to 50 lbs.
Ability to stand or sit for a prolonged period of time
Visual functions being those of acceptable or corrected near vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with associates, leadership & suppliers
Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or operate equipment
Moderate exposure to physical risk
Praxis is an equal opportunity employer
Department
Quality
Employment Type
Full-Time
Minimum Experience
Experienced
Compensation
65,000 - 85,000 DOE