Staff Process Quality Engineer
About The Position
Hypertherm Associates is seeking an experienced Staff Process Quality Engineer to join its Heavy Industrial Business (HIB) Quality team in Hanover, New Hampshire. The role leads process quality activities supporting HIB manufacturing operations and business goals by improving process performance, reducing variation and defects, and ensuring products meet customer and business expectations. The engineer works with Manufacturing, Manufacturing Process Engineering, Design Engineering, Operations, and other Quality teams, using data, structured problem solving, and quality engineering methods to identify risks, investigate recurring issues, drive corrective action, and strengthen process controls. The role also coaches teams in problem solving, process control, and continuous improvement to build quality capability across the organization. The position provides manufacturing process quality and control; performance monitoring and corrective action; process capability and continuous improvement; quality support for new product and process introduction; quality systems and governance; cross-functional leadership; customer-focused quality; and mentoring in quality engineering tools and methods. Travel is up to 10%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
- At least 7 years of quality or manufacturing engineering experience in a high-technology or complex manufacturing environment.
- Strong experience in manufacturing process quality, process capability, and statistical process control.
- Experience leading structured problem solving and corrective action using 8D, DMAIC, 5 Why, root cause analysis, or similar methods.
- Experience in New Product Introduction and manufacturing process qualification or validation.
- Working knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), and statistical methods.
- Experience applying Lean and Six Sigma to manufacturing process improvement.
- Ability to analyze quality and manufacturing data, identify trends, and turn findings into practical actions.
- Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills, including influencing teams without direct authority.
- Ability to balance immediate production quality needs with longer-term systemic improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop others in quality engineering tools and problem solving.
Nice To Haves
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification or equivalent demonstrated experience.
- Experience with electromechanical products and complex assembly and test processes.
- Experience with GD&T, measurement systems, and process capability analysis.
- Experience working within an ISO 9001 quality management system.
- Experience developing or improving manufacturing quality metrics and process controls.
Responsibilities
- Establish and improve process controls, quality plans, inspection strategies, and monitoring methods to prevent defects and meet manufacturing requirements.
- Analyze manufacturing and quality data for trends, variation, and emerging risks.
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective action for significant or recurring process and product quality issues.
- Use statistical and quality tools to assess process capability, reduce variation, improve yield, and sustain improvements.
- Lead Kaizen and continuous improvement activities at the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt level.
- Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to identify quality risks early and establish controls, validation, measurement methods, and acceptance criteria before production release.
- Support CAPA, internal and external audits, Quality Steering Team activities, and other quality management processes.
- Provide quality leadership across Manufacturing, Manufacturing Process Engineering, Design Engineering, and Operations; facilitate problem solving and data-driven decisions.
- Connect manufacturing performance to product quality and customer experience, using internal and field quality information to identify prevention and improvement opportunities.
- Mentor engineers, technicians, and manufacturing teams in problem solving, statistical methods, process control, and quality tools.
Benefits
- Profit-sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
- Five days (40 hours) of paid community service time.
- Collaborative, 100% employee-owned culture.
- Strong commitment to environmental stewardship.
- Stable, growing organization with a no-layoff philosophy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
