Quality Engineering Technician

About the role

The Quality Engineering Technician serves as a key technical resource for complex nonconformance investigations, product quality concerns, and manufacturing quality issues in a regulated production environment. This role independently leads investigations, drives root cause and corrective action activities, coordinates large and complex sorting efforts, mentors other technicians, and collaborates closely with Quality Engineering and Manufacturing teams to reduce recurring defects and continuously improve quality processes and systems. This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Saint Paul, MN.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations of nonconforming components, assemblies, finished devices, and supplier-related quality issues, ensuring thorough analysis, accurate documentation, and appropriate disposition.
• Independently evaluate complex or ambiguous quality concerns using engineering drawings, specifications, manufacturing procedures, quality records, product history, traceability data, and inspection techniques.
• Author, review, and complete defect and nonconforming material reports (DMRs/NMRs), rework logs (RLs), CAPA-related documentation, and other quality records in accordance with established procedures.
• Lead root cause investigations by evaluating failure modes, identifying contributing factors, recommending corrective actions, and verifying effectiveness.
• Partner with Quality, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Purchasing, Operations, and Engineering teams to resolve quality issues, support troubleshooting efforts, and drive process improvements.
• Lead and coordinate product or material sorting activities, including defining inspection criteria, determining resource requirements, training participants, and communicating results.
• Serve as a technical quality resource by interpreting acceptance criteria, providing guidance on quality system requirements, and escalating issues requiring engineering judgment.
• Identify quality trends and recommend improvements to inspection methods, manufacturing processes, procedures, workmanship standards, and employee