Manufacturing Quality Engineer
About The Position
We’re seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Quality Engineer to support manufacturing operations, with primary focus on Sub-Assembly, Assembly, and End-of-Line/Functional Test. This role combines shop-floor problem solving, quality data analysis, investigation, reporting, and process improvement to identify and resolve manufacturing quality concerns. The position works cross-functionally to strengthen quality controls, coordinate immediate response, and follow issues across manufacturing processes to help identify root causes and drive effective corrective actions. The role provides day-to-day Quality Engineering support on the production floor, monitors manufacturing quality performance, investigates production and test abnormalities, and helps coordinate containment and escalation. It also supports root-cause analysis, corrective actions, process capability and measurement studies, improvements to manufacturing controls, audits, and controlled quality documentation. The position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field required.
- 1–3 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related manufacturing environment preferred.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing processes and quality systems, with emphasis on assembly and testing operations.
- Ability to collect, validate, analyze, interpret, and communicate manufacturing and quality performance data.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively cross-functionally with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Control, and other support functions.
- Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including close visual acuity, repetitive wrist, hand, and/or finger movements, walking short distances, and occasionally exerting up to 10 pounds of force.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with statistical analysis software.
- Experience using Microsoft Excel Power Query, data connections, or similar tools to automate data collection, transformation, analysis, and recurring manufacturing or quality reporting.
- Experience developing dynamic or near-real-time dashboards and KPI reporting using manufacturing data sources.
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on Quality Engineering support across manufacturing operations, primarily in Sub-Assembly, Assembly, and End-of-Line/Functional Test.
- Monitor, analyze, validate, and report manufacturing quality performance, including First Time Pass Rates, Overall Pass Rates, test performance, and other assigned Quality KPIs.
- Investigate production and test abnormalities using process observation, data analysis, product tracing, test and inspection review, and verification of established controls.
- Maintain a visible Quality Engineering presence on the production floor and partner with Operations and Quality Control to identify and respond to emerging quality concerns.
- Develop initial problem statements, gather and validate evidence, coordinate immediate response and containment, and escalate complex or systemic issues to the appropriate Senior Quality Engineer or process owner.
- Follow quality issues across process boundaries when evidence indicates a potential source in Machining, supplied material, equipment, measurement or test systems, or other manufacturing processes.
- Execute approved tactical updates to Plex Control Plans and supporting controlled Quality documentation in accordance with document-control requirements.
- Support structured root-cause analysis, corrective action, verification, and continuous-improvement activities related to manufacturing quality concerns.
- Conduct or support process capability studies, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Gage R&R studies, and other Quality Engineering analyses as assigned.
- Support improvements to manufacturing process controls, inspection methods, measurement and test systems, and error-proofing.
- Collaborate with Quality Control, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Senior Quality Engineers, and other applicable functions to resolve manufacturing quality concerns.
- Support audits and corrective-action activities within the Manufacturing Quality Engineering scope.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
