Quality Engineer Job

• Develop, implement, and monitor quality control plans, inspection criteria, control charts, and process controls to ensure products meet engineering specifications, customer requirements, and internal standards;
• Analyze quality data, inspection results, defect trends, nonconformance records, and customer metrics to identify recurring issues and recommend engineering improvements;
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action activities using Eight Disciplines (“8D”), Five Why (“5-Why”), Fishbone analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (“FMEA”), and related quality tools;
• Perform and oversee dimensional, visual, and functional inspections using Coordinate Measuring Machine (“CMM”), calipers, gauges, micrometers, and inspection fixtures to verify product conformance;
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, inspection standards, and customer requirements to ensure inspection methods and acceptance criteria align with product requirements;
• Prepare, maintain, and revise quality documentation, including control plans, work instructions, Measurement Systems Analysis (“MSA”) records, Production Part Approval Process (“PPAP”) documentation, and corrective action reports;
• Coordinate with production, engineering, supply chain, suppliers, and customers to investigate quality concerns, implement containment actions, and communicate quality status;
• Manage nonconforming materials by supporting sorting, rework, hold or release decisions, lot traceability checks, defect documentation, and shipment readiness verification;
• Support customer quality response activities, including customer complaint review, Non-Conformance Report (“NCR”) follow-up, corrective action updates, technical evidence preparation, and customer communication;
• Assist with supplier quality activities, including incoming material review, supplier defect investigation, supplier corrective action requests, and follow-up on issues affecting production or delivery;
• Support new product launch, engineering change, and process validation activities, including Advanced Product Quality Planning (“APQP”) documentation, first article inspection, trial production checks, and quality readiness reviews;
• Monitor calibration status and proper use of inspection equipment, gauges, and testing tools, and maintain calibration records under applicable quality system requirements; and
• Provide technical guidance and quality training to production and inspection personnel on defect standards, inspection methods, containment procedures, work instructions, and customer requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or other closely related field of study;
• Hands-on experience in manufacturing quality control, production support, inspection control, defect tracking, sorting and rework follow-up, and customer quality response;
• Experience reviewing actual parts, checking nonconforming products, collecting defect evidence, preparing inspection records, and supporting containment actions for quality issues;
• Knowledge of quality tools and methods, including Eight Disciplines (“8D”), Five Why (“5-Why”), Fishbone analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (“FMEA”), Non-Conformance Report (“NCR”) follow-up, and corrective action updates;
• Ability to analyze production output, defect trends, inspection results, quality reports, and customer metrics using Microsoft Excel and related reporting tools; and
• Familiarity with manufacturing inspection activities, quality documentation, engineering specifications, supplier quality issues, calibration control, and customer requirements.

Health/Dental Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Paid Holidays, Vacations, and Sick Leave, Life and/or Disability Insurance