Quality Engineer

About the role

The Quality Engineer is a key technical contributor responsible for ensuring product quality, improving processes, and driving cost reduction through standardized, data-driven methodologies including PEX and DMAIC. A central element of this role is the day-to-day working partnership with process engineers across all manufacturing departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Systems, Compliance & Auditing: Ensure product quality and compliance to customer, contractual, and internal requirements; ensure process/documentation changes meet quality, compliance, and productivity targets
• Problem Solving & PEX / DMAIC: Lead investigations using PEX methodology and DMAIC framework; apply 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Kepner-Tregoe, and statistical analysis tools; engage process engineers in joint investigations
• Process Engineering Partnership: Serve as the primary quality partner to process engineers across all departments; collaborate with process engineers to identify, prioritize, and resolve internal quality issues
• Customer Complaints & CAPA: Own full lifecycle of customer complaint investigations through verified closure
• Built-In Quality & Process Control: Drive transition from inspection-based quality toward upstream defect prevention
• Internal Quality & Nonconforming Material: Lead defect and scrap reduction projects
• Training, Capability Building & Data: Identify training gaps and develop targeted plans; develop dashboards for complaint trends, CAPA performance, yield, and COPQ

Required Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Science, or related field
• 3+ years in manufacturing quality or process engineering
• Proficiency with DMAIC, 8D, and 5-Why methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean / Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
• PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, and Cp/Cpk experience
• ASQ CQE or CQA preferred

Pay

The range for this position is $80,011.00 – $110,016.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career
• Matching contributions to 401(k) savings plan; total retirement contributions can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on age and years of service
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid parental leave and family building support
• Fitness programs
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
• Disease management programs
• Paid time off
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Recognition program to celebrate successes and reward exceptional contributions
• Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives aligned with key business results