Quality Engineer
Standard Nuclear · Oak Ridge, TN · Yesterday
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement quality controls to ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet product specifications and regulatory requirements.
- Lead root cause investigations for nonconformances, process deviations, and quality events.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and verify effectiveness.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen manufacturing quality, reliability, and efficiency.
- Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to improve processes, documentation, and inspection methods.
- Support new product introduction and process development by integrating quality requirements into production workflows.
- Support inspection and verification activities, including receiving, in-process, and final inspections of materials, components, and assemblies.
- Verify that manufacturing work is performed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, and procedures.
- Review inspection results and evaluate nonconformances for disposition.
- Support calibration and maintenance of inspection tools and measuring equipment.
- Audit and support supplier quality activities, including review of material certifications, inspection reports, and supplier documentation.
- Coordinate with procurement and engineering teams to ensure supplied materials meet technical and quality requirements.
- Maintain quality documentation, inspection records, and traceability in accordance with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
- Support document control programs and ensure procedures, forms, and work instructions remain current.
- Audit readiness and quality program implementation as manufacturing operations scale.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 3+ years of experience in quality engineering, quality assurance, or manufacturing engineering within an industrial or regulated manufacturing environment.
- Experience working with quality systems such as NQA-1, ISO 9001, AS9100, or similar regulated standards.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
- Experience performing root cause analysis using structured methods such as 5 Whys, Fishbone, or similar tools.
- Hands-on experience with inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, gauges, or other measurement equipment.
- Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain teams.
- Experience working in nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, or other regulated industries is a plus.