Quality Engineer, 2nd Shift

About the role

The Quality Engineer plays a key role in driving continuous improvement and ensuring robust quality processes within a plant-based engine assembly environment. This position coordinates quality objectives across departments, analyzes process data to identify trends and risks, and implements error-proofing solutions to enhance product and process reliability.

Responsibilities

• Cook up quality objectives with cross-functional departments to align goals and ensure consistent execution of quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement by developing, implementing, and maintaining error-proofing and mistake-proofing solutions in the assembly process.
• Keep leadership informed of progress, developments, risks, and pending quality issues through clear and timely communication.
• Drive quality issues to closure by using structured feedback loops, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes.
• Analyze assembly process data to identify trends, emerging concerns, and opportunities for process optimization.
• Use advanced quality tools, including PFMEAs, to ensure robust and capable assembly processes and to mitigate potential failure modes.
• Analyze Statistical Process Control (SPC) data and collaborate with manufacturing engineering to implement process improvements.
• Apply knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) operations to support dimensional accuracy and compliance.
• Facilitate and support others in the execution of quality improvement activities, including problem-solving, audits, and corrective actions.
• Work hands-on in a plant environment with engine assembly operations to monitor processes, validate improvements, and resolve issues at the source.
• Provide guidance and support to new team members on quality practices, tools, and procedures.
• Lead projects or specific quality processes as required, ensuring deliverables meet scope, schedule, and quality expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 2–4 years of relevant experience in quality engineering or a closely related field.
• Working knowledge and expanded professional experience in quality engineering within a manufacturing or assembly environment.
• Strong understanding of key business drivers and how quality performance impacts operational and organizational goals.
• Ability to work independently within established guidelines and policies to solve problems of moderate complexity.
• Experience coordinating quality objectives and initiatives across multiple departments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement error-proofing and mistake-proofing solutions.
• Proficiency in analyzing assembly process data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Hands-on experience with advanced quality tools such as PFMEA for process risk assessment and control.
• Experience analyzing SPC data and collaborating with manufacturing engineering to drive process improvements.
• Knowledge of GD&T principles and practical experience with CMM operations.
• Ability to facilitate and support quality improvement activities involving cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills to keep management informed of progress, issues, and corrective actions.
• Capability to provide guidance to new team members on quality tools, processes, and expectations.
• Ability to lead quality-related projects or processes as needed.

Qualifications

• Product knowledge of transmissions, axles, and engines.
• Experience with SPC, MSA, and PFMEA methodologies beyond basic exposure.
• Prior experience working in a manufacturing environment, particularly in automotive or engine assembly.
• Knowledge of quality engineering activities such as PPAP, audits, and related documentation.
• Experience performing or supporting quality audits and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Familiarity with CMM programming or advanced measurement techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to root cause analysis.
• Able to collaborate effectively with engineering, production, and other functional teams.