Quality Engineer

Avidity Science - Americas • Town of Waterford, WI

24d • Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Engineer ensures product quality, process effectiveness, customer satisfaction, and compliance with the Quality Management System. The role plans and conducts activities related to developing, applying, and controlling quality assurance standards, manufacturing processes, materials, and products throughout the organization.

Quality Engineers support both Quality Systems and Manufacturing Quality functions. Although individual assignments may focus on ownership of specific processes or areas, all Quality Engineers are expected to maintain proficiency and provide support across the full scope of quality responsibilities to promote organizational effectiveness, business continuity, and continuous improvement.

The position is based on-site in Waterford, Wisconsin. Primary ownership may include Quality Systems and Compliance, Manufacturing Quality and Continuous Improvement, or both. Engineers are also expected to contribute across both disciplines and support departmental goals, operational priorities, customer requirements, and organizational objectives.

Avidity Science has been a global supplier of water purification technologies for biomedical, life sciences, and clinical research markets for over 50 years. The company has more than 300 employees worldwide and is part of publicly traded ATS Corporation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience; alternatively, a combination of education and experience.
• 3–5 years of related experience, or a combination of education and experience as specified in the qualification statement.

Nice To Haves

• ASQ Certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve internal, supplier, and customer quality issues using structured problem-solving methods, including root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Serve as a technical resource to Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sales, and Service on quality concerns and process improvements.
• Lead and support customer corrective actions, customer complaint resolution, and supplier quality improvement activities.
• Improve manufacturing quality through defect reduction, process capability analysis, statistical methods, testing, validation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support new product development, process validation, quality planning, and identification of key product and process measurement characteristics.
• Develop, maintain, and improve Quality Management System processes, procedures, work instructions, quality records, and related compliance activities.
• Plan, conduct, and support internal and external audits and ISO compliance initiatives, including effective corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Administer and support quality systems, including document control, calibration management, corrective action systems, audit programs, and related quality infrastructure as assigned.
• Support DVM performance management through quality metric review, data analysis, problem solving, and performance improvement activities.
• Work directly with customers and suppliers to investigate issues, implement corrective actions, and improve quality performance as required.
• Provide backup support across Quality Systems and Manufacturing Quality functions to ensure operational continuity and achievement of business objectives.
• Potentially own document control, calibration, internal audit programs, ISO and external audit coordination, quality system documentation and compliance, corrective action administration and tracking, and quality records management.
• Potentially own root cause analysis and corrective actions, customer, supplier, and internal quality investigations, manufacturing quality improvement, DVM quality performance metrics, process capability and statistical analysis, product testing and validation, defect, scrap, and rework reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Performance Bonus Plan
• PTO and paid holidays
• Supportive and inclusive work culture
• Paid volunteer time
• Flextime
• Tuition reimbursement
• Collaborative and independent work environment
• Professional development opportunities

What This Job Offers

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