Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Engineer – 7+ Month Contract
Location: Syracuse, NY area
Schedule: First shift
Pay: $40–$60 per hour, based on experience
Additional Compensation: Paid holidays and project completion bonus

Sapphire Recruitment is hiring a Quality Engineer for a 7+ month project with an advanced manufacturing company in the Syracuse area.

This role will support quality systems, manufacturing operations, and continuous improvement within a precision electromechanical environment. The Quality Engineer will work closely with engineering and production teams to resolve quality issues, strengthen processes, and improve product performance and reliability.

• Conduct product, process, and manufacturing audits to identify quality gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain quality standards, inspection plans, procedures, and supporting documentation.
• Investigate nonconformances, product quality concerns, and customer issues.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action efforts.
• Analyze quality data and performance metrics to identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Partner with manufacturing and engineering teams to reduce defects and improve process capability and product reliability.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Train and assist production personnel with quality standards, inspection methods, and best practices.
• Collaborate across departments to improve quality performance and customer satisfaction.