Quality Engineer - Advanced Quality Planning

Eaton Corporation•Orchard Park, NY

22h•$71,000 - $105,000•Remote

About The Position

Eaton’s IS AER MSD division is hiring a remote Quality Engineer responsible for ensuring quality requirements are identified, planned, implemented, and verified throughout the product lifecycle. The position serves as a key quality representative on cross-functional teams and applies advanced quality planning principles to reduce product and process risk, ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements, and support successful transition of products into production. The role leads quality planning for new product introduction from bid through delivery of the first production build. It includes reviewing customer requests for quotes, contracts, and contractual quality requirements; developing and maintaining product and process quality plans; flowing requirements into manufacturing, inspection, testing, and supplier processes; and identifying and mitigating potential quality issues before production release. The engineer supports or leads APQP activities, FMEAs, control and inspection planning, process controls, and First Article Inspections in accordance with AS9102, and executes APQP and part approval for customers. Environmental, health, and safety considerations are to be included in everyday activities. Required qualifications include a STEM bachelor’s degree and at least one year of manufacturing quality assurance or quality engineering experience, or a STEM associate degree and at least three years of such experience. Applicants must be U.S. persons under ITAR. Eaton does not provide employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. The anticipated application window closes November 18, 2026. Eaton offers health and welfare benefits, retirement benefits, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away; availability may depend on eligibility factors.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a STEM discipline and one year of experience in quality assurance or quality engineering within a manufacturing environment; alternatively, an associate degree from an accredited institution in a STEM discipline and three years of such experience.
Must be a U.S. person within the meaning of ITAR: a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, political asylee, or refugee.
Ability to interface at all levels.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Good time-management skills and attention to detail.
High level of computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite applications.
Highly developed human relations, communication, and internal consulting skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with plant functions, customers, and suppliers.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a STEM discipline.
Aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated manufacturing experience.
Knowledge of AS9100 and AS9102.
Experience with APQP/PPAP methodologies.
Experience developing or reviewing PFMEAs, Control Plans, inspection plans, and risk assessments.
Knowledge of special processes, supplier quality, configuration management, and change control.
Familiarity with statistical process control, process capability, measurement systems, and data-driven quality improvement.
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, customer requirements, and manufacturing documentation.
ASQ CQE, CQA, Six Sigma, or similar quality certification.

Responsibilities

Lead quality planning activities for new product introduction from bid through delivery of the first production build.
Review customer requests for quotes, contracts, and flow-down of contractual quality requirements.
Develop and maintain product and process quality plans consistent with customer, contractual, regulatory, and QMS requirements.
Ensure quality requirements are identified early and flowed into manufacturing, inspection, test, and supplier processes.
Apply risk-based thinking to identify and mitigate potential product and process quality issues before production release.
Support or lead APQP activities, including quality planning, risk assessment, process development, verification, validation, and production readiness.
Facilitate or participate in Design FMEAs and Process FMEAs, as applicable.
Ensure identified risks are addressed through appropriate prevention, detection, inspection, test, or process-control methods.
Support development and maintenance of Control Plans, inspection plans, and process controls.
Plan and execute First Article Inspections in accordance with AS9102.
Execute all aspects of APQP and part approval for customers.
Include environmental, health, and safety considerations in everyday activities.