Senior Machining Quality Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Machining Quality Engineer to join our team. The Senior Machining Quality Engineer ensures manufacturing processes and products consistently meet quality standards while driving continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate is an analytical problem-solver with a strong quality mindset and a passion for operational excellence.

Position Summary: The Senior Machining Quality Engineer (SMQE) provides expert-level quality engineering support for manufacturing operations and new product launches to ensure products and processes meet or exceed customer expectations. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining quality controls, resolving production quality issues, leading root cause and corrective action activities, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. The SMQE partners with cross-functional teams to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of products, processes, and services while supporting operational and customer performance objectives.

Working Environmental Conditions: Predominantly operates in an office or home office environment. However, position may need to walk frequently through shift on concrete in production areas. May be exposed to moderate heat, light dust, fumes, cold temperatures, and noise. Adequate hearing, eye, and footwear protection is required in production areas.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but provides oversight of processes and workflow.

Responsibilities

• Maintain primary responsibility for the creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Control Plans.
• Analyze scrap and rework data, identify trends, and drive corrective action activities.
• Lead 8D problem-solving activities related to machining-related customer zero-mileage claims and assembly/end-of-line test failures.
• Lead New Product Launch activities within the designated area to ensure engineering requirements are effectively translated into supplier and internal manufacturing processes while maintaining the required quality standards.
• Utilize and advance quality and statistical methodologies, including Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Design of Experiments (DOE), to identify root causes and implement effective corrective actions.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement projects that enhance key performance indicators (KPIs) and customer metrics.
• Review and approve engineering drawings for implementation within the designated area.
• Lead quality approval activities related to manufacturing process changes and capital equipment projects.
• Participate in non-conforming material reviews, Material Review Board (MRB) activities, defect containment efforts, and corrective action implementation.
• Facilitate Process and Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) activities.
• Develop and maintain quality control plans and associated risk mitigation strategies.
• Conduct audits