Quality Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• At least 3 years of demonstrated quality engineering, process engineering, or Lean continuous-improvement results.
• Proven ability to work with corporate personnel, suppliers, and customers on quality engineering topics.
• Experience in ISO 9001-based quality systems and Lean environments.
• Solid understanding of statistical methods and their application to product or process engineering.
• Experience with typical quality gauges, instrumentation, and engineering drawings.
• Experience with Lean Kaizen activities and Lean tools such as SQDC boards, Gemba walks, 5S, SMED, TPM, value stream mapping, Kanban, and standard work.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to handle change in a progressive and growing organization.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external resources, with well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Strong Microsoft Suite skills.
• Ability to perform the physical requirements of the job as described for the position.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt or Lean champion.
• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment involving new product development with mechanical, electrical, and software elements.
• Project management experience in quality or continuous-improvement areas.
• Experience with Power BI software and Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Participate in cross-functional product development teams, analyze test data, and lead product and process quality reviews to ensure products meet customer, corporate, and industry requirements for safety and efficacy.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement, review, and close corrective and preventive actions for product nonconformances involving suppliers, assembly, and customers; verify that actions are effective and appropriate.
• Promote compliance with Ergotron’s quality policy, quality system, applicable standards, and regulatory requirements; maintain quality metrics and lead improvement teams for the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 13485 quality management system.
• Evaluate and develop domestic and international suppliers using business system surveys, on-site evaluations, supplier scorecards, and product-specific control plans.
• Support Design and Sourcing with supplier material cost reduction, identification of capable new suppliers, product enhancements, and deviation activities.
• Lead material review boards and ensure product dispositions meet customer requirements without compromising Ergotron quality standards.
• Monitor product safety and efficacy using FMEA, product design reviews, and design validation testing (D/MVT).
• Create project-specific quality plans to validate product design, manufacturing processes, and tooling; review and approve product releases to ensure input requirements meet or exceed output performance.
• Organize, facilitate, and promote continuous-improvement projects.
• Use problem-solving, analytical, and statistical tools to make data-based decisions, including A3, 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone, error proofing, variation analysis, SPC, MSA, and DOE.
• Travel as needed for business system audits and new product qualifications.
• Support site-specific quality management system initiatives for continuous process improvement and perform additional duties as requested.

Benefits

• Competitive wages, including base pay and position-dependent bonus and/or incentive pay.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid Time Off programs that include vacation and sick and safe time.
• Eleven paid holidays.
• Ten weeks of paid maternity leave.
• Four weeks of paid paternity leave.
• Three days of paid grandparents leave.
• Career milestone recognition program.