Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Support production quality initiatives by ensuring manufacturing processes consistently meet quality standards and customer requirements.
• Investigate quality concerns, nonconformances, and production issues, driving containment actions, corrective actions, and long-term preventive solutions.
• Lead and facilitate structured problem-solving activities using root cause analysis methodologies.
• Serve as the primary quality liaison between manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, quality, and other cross-functional teams.
• Cookordination quality activities within assigned manufacturing areas to support operational and business objectives.
• Analyze internal and external quality performance data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate quality performance metrics, dashboards, charts, and reports to stakeholders.
• Support implementation and compliance of quality systems, procedures, and standards.
• Lead or participate in continuous improvement initiatives, Kaizen events, and quality improvement projects.
• Cookordinate and support quality-related training activities for production teams.
• Aid with documentation, audits, and compliance activities related to quality management systems.
• Drive a culture of quality awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Associate degree in Engineering with 2+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Quality Inspection certification or equivalent quality experience with 2+ years of quality inspection experience.
• Experience working in a manufacturing, production, quality, or engineering environment preferred.
• Experience utilizing structured problem-solving methodologies such as: Root Cause Analysis, Nonconformance Investigations, Kaizen, 5W2H, Fishbone Analysis, Corrective and Preventive Actions.
• Strong understanding of technical specifications, manufacturing processes, and quality standards.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience working with quality metrics, dashboards, reporting tools, and performance analytics.
• Ability to maintain organized quality documentation and records.
• Nice to have: Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification, Six Sigma certification or quality improvement training, experience supporting ISO quality systems and audit activities, manufacturing quality engineering experience in high-volume production environments, experience leading Kaizen events and cross-functional improvement initiatives.