Quality Engineering Manager

Quality Management & Leadership

• Lead the site's manufacturing engineering quality function and ensure compliance with company quality standards and customer requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality management systems, procedures, and work instructions.
• Establish quality goals and performance metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Manage and mentor quality inspectors, technicians, and quality engineering personnel.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Customer Quality teams to resolve quality issues and improve overall product performance.

Manufacturing Quality Engineering

• Provide quality engineering support for manufacturing processes, products, and equipment.
• Develop and maintain inspection plans, control plans, process flow diagrams, PFMEAs, and related quality documentation.
• Utilize statistical methods and data analysis tools to identify trends, reduce variation, and improve process capability.
• Lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and verify effectiveness.
• Participate in new product introduction (NPI), process validation, qualification activities, and engineering change implementation.

Outgoing Quality Management

• Own the final inspection and outgoing quality process for all products prior to shipment.
• Ensure all outgoing products meet quality requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain outgoing inspection procedures, sampling plans, and release criteria.
• Lead Production MRB reporting activities and disposition decisions for nonconforming material to drive internal defect and scrap reductions.
• Monitor manufacturing and quality performance metrics such as first-pass yield.
• Coordinate final product audits and product release approvals.
• Drive improvements to reduce customer escapes and field quality issues.
• Support internal manufacturing audits and ISO 9001 relate activities

Continuous Improvement

• Lead quality improvement projects focused on reducing defects, scrap, rework, and cost of poor quality.
• Support Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Analyze internal and external quality data to identify systemic issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Facilitate cross-functional teams to address recurring quality concerns and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Act as the primary quality contact for manufacturing-related customer concerns and lead corrective action activities

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience of manufacturing quality experience, including quality engineering and quality management responsibilities.
• Experience managing inspectors, technicians, or quality personnel in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience with outgoing quality inspection and final product release processes.
• Experience conducting root cause investigations and implementing corrective actions
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Manager (CMQ/OE), or equivalent certification.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Experience with ISO 9001 or other industry-specific quality systems.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, manufacturing processes, and statistical quality methods.
• Proficiency in SPC, MSA, PFMEA, Control Plans, and process capability analysis.
• Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to analyze complex data and drive data-based decisions.
• Strong analytical and risk assessment skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and root cause analysis capabilities.
• Experience using ERP, MES, quality management systems, and data analysis tools.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and drive cross-functional accountability.

Salary Range: $100k/yr - $150k/yr

Work Location: Onsite