Staff Quality Engineer

Rite-Hite•Horn Lake, MS

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Rite-Hite is seeking a Staff Quality Engineer to work from its Horn Lake, Mississippi manufacturing facility in a hybrid arrangement, with up to 35% travel. The role supports the company’s Operational Excellence Journey by developing, implementing, standardizing, maintaining, and continually improving the corporate Quality Management System across business units and manufacturing locations. The position uses quality engineering, project leadership, and data analysis to improve processes, support New Product Development, refine PPAP processes, and address root causes and supplier corrective actions. It provides technical support to Quality, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and leadership teams to promote compliance, solve cross-site problems, and share best practices. The Staff Quality Engineer promotes workplace safety and supports corporate quality policies and standards aligned with ISO 9001, customer requirements, and applicable industry standards. The role includes risk-based audits, complex problem solving, corrective-action leadership, quality planning and risk management, manufacturing support, supplier improvement, and employee coaching. The engineer analyzes performance and quality data, supports product launches and engineering changes, and prepares customer-required quality documentation. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience, and more than six years of progressive experience in quality engineering, quality systems, manufacturing, or a related field. The work includes both office and production environments, with physical demands and potential exposure to typical manufacturing fumes or by-products. Required PPE must be worn according to facility safety policies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
More than six years of progressive experience in quality engineering, quality systems, manufacturing, or a related field.
Working knowledge of quality management systems and standards, preferably ISO 9001.
Experience with root-cause analysis, corrective action, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), and inspection requirements.
Experience using common measurement and inspection tools.
Ability to successfully pass a background check.
Eligibility to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent continuous improvement experience.
Quality-related certifications such as CSQP, CQE, CQA, LQA, CQIA, or CQPA.
Experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and capability studies.
Experience with ERP, QMS, document control, and data analysis systems.

Responsibilities

Promote a culture of safety; follow Company and OSHA safety policies, use required PPE, and promptly report hazards, near misses, and incidents.
Support development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the corporate Quality Management System.
Develop and maintain quality policies, procedures, standards, templates, and operating requirements.
Promote consistent quality practices across manufacturing sites and business units in alignment with ISO 9001, customer requirements, and applicable industry standards.
Develop and support risk-based internal audit programs and conduct or lead corporate, site, process, product, and supplier audits.
Evaluate compliance with corporate quality requirements and applicable external standards.
Provide technical leadership for complex, high-risk, and cross-site quality issues.
Lead or facilitate root-cause analysis using tools such as 8D, DMAIC, 5 Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree Analysis, and Is/Is Not.
Support containment, corrective-action implementation, and effectiveness verification.
Evaluate customer complaints, nonconformances, supplier issues, warranty claims, and audit findings to identify systemic issues and deploy corrective actions and lessons learned across affected locations.
Establish consistent expectations for quality planning and product/process risk management.
Support DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, APQP, PPAP, FAI, validation, and product launch readiness.
Ensure quality risks are addressed through effective prevention, detection, controls, and reaction plans.
Assess quality impacts of engineering changes, process transfers, supplier changes, and new product introductions.
Standardize inspection, testing, validation, and acceptance methods and promote prevention-based quality practices throughout the product lifecycle.
Monitor manufacturing performance, investigate quality issues, and drive timely resolution.
Analyze quality data, including scrap, rework, defects, returns, process capability, and customer performance, to identify improvement opportunities.
Support new product development, engineering changes, and product transfers through quality planning, first article inspection, validation, and documentation.
Prepare and maintain PPAP, FAI, and other customer-required quality documentation.
Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements to establish appropriate inspection and testing methods.
Partner with suppliers to resolve material quality issues, evaluate corrective actions, and improve supplier performance.
Train and coach employees on quality requirements, inspection methods, problem-solving tools, and process controls.
Promote customer focus, data-driven decision-making, prevention, and continuous improvement.
Perform other duties as assigned by management.