QA Engineer - Private Brands

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

This position focuses on mechanical, electrical, or manufacturing engineering—not software testing, IT, systems engineering, or other software-related projects. The QA Engineer develops and validates factory and product assessments, tests, and inspections in coordination with suppliers, foreign sourcing offices, and service providers. The role ensures that factories and products meet or exceed product specifications, applicable laws, and requirements in standard operating procedures, contracts, supplier buying agreements, and purchase orders. It monitors continuous improvement and corrective and preventive action plans, and analyzes supplier, factory, and product data to monitor quality, service, cost, and risk. The work is focused on less complex manufacturing processes and products with lower product-liability risks and related legislation or standards.

The role typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time and the ability to travel internationally. It is based in a comfortable indoor area; most time is spent sitting, with frequent opportunities to move about. Rarely, the role may require moving or lifting light articles.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Ability to travel internationally.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field of study related to the job, or the knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program.
• At least 2 years of work experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in engineering standards development, review, or enforcement.
• At least 3 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, quality assurance, or quality control.
• At least 2 years of cross-functional, multi-project management experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in analysis or statistics.
• Experience developing and executing continuous improvement programs, such as Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or another technical field such as chemistry or material science.
• International operations experience supported by oral and written foreign-language skills.
• Operational experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Computer skills sufficient to retrieve, manipulate, analyze, and interpret data.
• Ability to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Assign assessment, test, and inspection work to service providers based on selection criteria, technical requirements, and provider capabilities.
• Develop and validate test and inspection plans to assure factory and product quality, considering applicable safety standards, industry trends, and historical performance data.
• Monitor and evaluate Private Brand product returns, damages, and voice-of-customer data, and implement continuous improvement and corrective and preventive action plans throughout the product life cycle.
• Integrate supplier, factory, and product data and analyze metrics to monitor product quality.
• Evaluate and document cost-benefit trade-offs among prevention, detection, and failure-response activities.
• Support management in reviewing and resolving issues involving suppliers, factories, service providers, merchandising, store operations, distribution, safety, customers, and other supply-chain components.
• Analyze and interpret assessment, test, and inspection results; determine root causes of failures and non-conformities; and drive continuous improvement and best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level