Your mission is to develop and perform Quality Control tests and procedures for MicroTau microstructured film products. You will be reporting to the Head of Engineering, ensuring MicroTau products have undergone appropriate testing and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Identifying areas for which Quality Control tests are required by prioritising information from sources such as Process Capability Index (CpK) of manufacturing process criteria, failure mode Pareto analysis, Quality Management System requirements and product verification and validation test results
• Developing test and experimental procedures that take into account:
• Acceptance criteria
• Sample size according to target Acceptable Quality Levels (AQL) or other relevant sampling plans
• Required minimum effect size 
• Calibration and maintenance steps 
• Repeatability and reproducibility of procedures and measurement systems
• Environment and conditions of testing
• Quality management system requirements
• Most appropriate step in manufacturing process for test
• Generate Quality Control reports showing trends in test results, and communicate these to the wider organisation as input for product design and manufacturing process improvements. Capture relevant traceability data including part, serial, batch information of devices under test 
• Execute test procedures and complete relevant documentation according to project and manufacturing needs, generating summary reports where required and creating follow-on non-conformance documentation where appropriate. Support the training of other team members to perform the test procedures where appropriate.
• Ability to plan, monitor, and communicate work packages and progress, and escalate any changes identified that modify the timing of key milestones of a project
• Liaising with suppliers of both product materials and testing equipment to troubleshoot, outsource or compare Quality Control test data and inspection tests and conditions

Knowledge & Skills

• Degree in relevant discipline e.g. Science or Engineering
• Experience developing test methods suitable to provide appropriate confidence of the quality of scale manufactured commercial product for use in a regulated environment, taking into account relevant acceptable quality limits, measurement system uncertainty and measurement system accuracy
• Experience in writing experimental reports, in particular ensuring elements such as sample size calculations and justifications, measurement system error, repeatability and reproducibility, and manufacturing and part variation are taken into account. 
• Experience using technical lab equipment - primarily dimensional metrology techniques such as profilometry and scanning electron microscopy, as well as cosmetic defect inspection tools, durability testing equipment and material composition analysis equipment e.g. FTIR
• Experience writing SOPs for equipment use, including maintenance and calibration procedures and troubleshooting equipment issues 
• Experience working in advanced hardware technology manufacturing in scaling and/or startup environments