Quality Assurance Engineer Jobs in Kansas

Job Title: Software Quality Engineer Company: CRTechnical Location: Kansas City, KS Description: Excellent Direct Hire Opportunity Nav Aids BSCS/CE/EE, minimum 5 years experience in Software Quality Assurance in an ISO 9001/AS9100 environment with RTCA DO-178B, DO-254 and/or DO-278 experience, C, C++, embedded and Windows applications, RF electronics and Nav Aids exp. preferred, ability to qualify for FAA software DER preferred, $100K +/-

Job Title: Software QA Engineer (Senior Staff) Company: Charles Schwab Location: Overland Park, KS Description: Charles Schwab?s purpose is to help everyone become financially fit.  Through advocacy and innovation, Schwab has worked to make investing more affordable, more accessible and more understandable for all.  For more than three decades, The Charles Schwab Corporation has been an advocate for individual investors and the independent advisors who serve them. At Schwab, we respect the unique differences of our employees, our clients and the communities we serve ? striving to create a consistent and rewarding employee experience.  If you share our enthusiasm for helping others, building trusted relationships, possess high ethical standards, and have a desire to learn and grow, there?s a place for you at Schwab!   Organization Objective/Purpose: Schwab Performance Technologies® (www.schwabpt.com) is the leading provider of portfolio management and accounting solutions to more than 3000 independent advisor firms.  For more than 20 years, we?ve leveraged technology and deep industry expertise to develop powerful portfolio management solutions to help advisor firms manage their practice. Our main product, PortfolioCenter®, features a flexible and scalable solution allowing advisors to efficiently work with multiple brokers and custodians.  We use Microsoft technologies (C++, C#, .Net, MS SQL) to develop products for standalone, 2-tier, and 3-tier Windows platforms.   Brief Description of Role: The Sr QA Analyst/Tester will work closely with developers to test new features and bugs fixes for our PortfolioServices products, as well as provide oversight and direction to other Testers on the team.  The right candidate will have extensive experience with QA best practices, be able to design excellent test plans and test cases, and run tests that can quickly determine if our products are ready for market.  QA people at SPT work very closely with development on an integrated team dedicated to delivering high quality solutions, and the right candidate will enjoy being part of a highly interactive team.   Technical/Functional Qualifications: - 8+ years experience successfully testing web-based applications. - Expert test design skills, with proven track record of designing reasonable and effective tests that can quickly show whether a product is ready for market.- Expertise with test methodologies and QA best practices.- Strong communications, teamwork, and problem-solving skills are necessary.   - Ability to interact and communicate well with business partners and technology teams is required. - Expertise with Micro Focus? SilkTest Test Automation tool is a plus.- Good estimation skills, able to provide reasonable estimates for yourself and others.- Familiarity with RUP and Agile methodologies is a plus.

Job Title: Quality Engineer Company: AGCO Corporation Location: Hesston, KS Description: This position reports to the Quality Assurance Manager. The primary focus of the Quality Engineer role is to develop quality plans for the manufacture of the AGCO family of products, through investigation and problem solving of quality issues. The Quality Engineer represents the quality group in the production areas and works in a business unit team environment. This position works to proactively assist in improving quality, manufacturing and engineering issues. Finally, the Quality Engineer insures compliances to the AGCO Quality Manual, Procedures and Work Instructions. Summary of Duties: • Works closely with plant personnel to assure deliverable quality products. • Serves as a member of Business Unit Team responsible for producing quality products and customer satisfaction. • Monitors and reacts to day-to-day issues associated with quality problems; i.e. manufacturing processes, engineering issues, quality of product, and delivery schedules. • Assists in the design, implementation and maintenance of statistical quality control methods pertinent to Business Unit quality performance. • Oversees the continuous quality improvement performance for the Business Unit and insures that daily process quality audits are conducted and acted on. • Works closely with purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to explore and discover root causes for product, processes and material discrepancies. Monitors and drives improvement as it pertains to 5 Principle Program (Corrective Action). • Must be proficient in the implementation, use of and evaluation of data collections and data-based decision making for performance measurements and actions. • Works with manufacturing assemblies to understand and communicate manufacturing principles conducive to production efficiencies and continuous quality improvement • Coach and mentor hourly workforce, making necessary corrections. • Be a resource to Top Management in the manufacturing processes. QUALIFICATIONS: Education/Certifications: • Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related field. • ASQ, CQE, COA and familiarity with ISO or QS 9000 standard preferred. Experience: • Five plus years experience in quality, design and engineering standards. • Engineering or manufacturing background is highly desirable. Skills: • Must have strong leadership skills and be experienced in leading teams. • Must demonstrate perseverance and goals to constantly strive for continuous quality improvement. • Must be able to analyze and distill problems down to the root cause through effective communication, both internally and externally. We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.