Quality Specialist at Cadence Inc – Staunton, Virginia

The Quality Specialist is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and improving company and regulatory quality standards within a production manufacturing environment. This role requires strong knowledge of industry and governmental quality regulations and plays a critical role in ensuring products, processes, and systems consistently meet established quality, safety, and compliance requirements.

• Ensure products and processes adhere to established quality standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements.

• Maintain compliance with industry regulations, certifications, and company quality policies.

• Stay current on regulatory changes that may impact quality systems and manufacturing processes.

• Conduct quality inspections and audits of products, processes, and systems.

• Perform visual inspections, measurements, and documentation reviews to identify deviations.

• Plan, develop, and execute tests to evaluate product performance, functionality, and reliability.

• Analyze test results and identify defects, trends, or areas for improvement.

• Manage and maintain quality documentation, including SOPs, work instructions, and quality records.

• Maintain and update Quality Management System (QMS) documentation to reflect process or regulatory changes.

• Ensure document control practices are followed accurately and consistently.

• Identify, document, and manage nonconformances and quality deviations.

• Perform root cause analysis and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

• Validate the effectiveness of corrective actions.

• Propose and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product and process quality.

• Support validation and verification activities for new or improved processes.

• Validate and document the impact of process changes on product quality.

• Establish, monitor, and analyze key quality performance indicators (KPIs).

• Prepare quality reports and communicate results to management and stakeholders.

• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure incoming materials and components meet quality requirements.

• Conduct supplier audits, assessments, and performance evaluations.

• Provide quality-related training and education to employees on standards, procedures, and best practices.

• Work closely with production, engineering, R&D, and other departments to support a holistic quality approach.

• Assess and manage risks related to product and process quality.

• Collect, analyze, and respond to customer quality feedback and complaints.

• Use customer input to drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.

• Ensure quality processes align with environmental, health, and safety regulations and standards.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work with advanced laser manufacturing technology
• Growth and development pathways within CNC machining operations
• Competitive compensation and benefits