Title: Quality Engineer
Location: Naperville, IL 60563
Salary: $80,000–$90,000
Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Benefits: Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, paid holidays, and retirement plan options.
The Quality Engineer plays a key role in maintaining and improving the organization’s AS9100 Quality Management System. This position is responsible for leading corrective action efforts, supporting internal audits, and working closely with cross-functional teams to drive quality improvements across manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the corrective action process from initiation through resolution, ensuring timely closure
- Partner with operations and engineering teams to identify root causes and implement effective corrective and preventive actions
- Monitor and analyze quality data to identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities for improvement
- Participate in internal audit activities, including planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up on findings
- Support ongoing development and improvement of quality systems, procedures, and documentation
- Assist in the creation and maintenance of quality tools such as control plans, FMEAs, and work instructions
- Guide production teams on quality standards, compliance requirements, and best practices
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality and process efficiency
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or technical diploma in Engineering or a related field
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Quality Engineering or Quality Assurance role within a manufacturing environment
- Experience working within an AS9100 quality system required
- Auditor training or certifications are preferred
- Familiarity with special processes such as coating, heat treatment, or welding is preferred
- Strong problem-solving skills with experience in root cause analysis methodologies
- Excellent communication, organization, and analytical skills
- Bilingual in Spanish is a plus
- Must be a U.S. Person citizen or hold an active US Green Card
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Sterling Engineering, Inc.
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
500 to 999 employees
Staffing/Employment Agencies
http://www.sterling-engineering.com