Manufacturing Quality Engineer – NPI/APQP

Duties / Responsibilities

• Lead APQP execution for NPI and NCI programs, ensuring readiness reviews, validation planning, and audit strategies are in place
• Drive proactive quality planning from concept through production launch using Caterpillar APQP and NPI frameworks
• Create and support PFMEA, ensuring early risk identification and mitigation
• Create and maintain Control Plans aligned with PFMEA, process capability, and customer requirements
• Serve as quality lead for new product and capital programs, ensuring design readiness, manufacturability, and error-proofing
• Lead process validation activities including capability studies, production trials, and run-at-rate evaluations
• Collaborate with manufacturing, operations, and engineering teams to ensure process readiness
• Support early production launches, monitor quality metrics, and drive preventive actions
• Lead structured problem-solving and ensure lessons learned are fed back into APQP documentation
• Define and track quality metrics focused on risk prevention and launch robustness

Required Skills

• Technical Skills (Required): Strong experience with APQP, PFMEA, and Control Plans, proven analytical and structured problem-solving skills, experience with process validation, capability analysis, and quality metrics, Ability to drive risk identification and preventive quality actions
• Technical Skills (Desired): Experience supporting NPI and/or NCI programs, Knowledge of error-proofing (Poka-Yoke) and process capability methods, Familiarity with Caterpillar quality systems (AQE, MESA, deviation management), Certifications such as ASQ-CQE or Six Sigma Green/Black Belt
• Soft Skills (Required): Strong cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills, Excellent communication and influencing ability across all organizational levels

The Benefits Of Working At ARi

• Group health, dental, and life insurance coverage
• Vision coverage available on the first of the following month
• Paid time off, sick days, company holidays, maternity/paternity leave, and bereavement
• 401(k) program for all employees meeting specific eligibility requirements