Senior Quality Engineer

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USA - South Carolina - Clinton time type:
Full time posted on:
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The
** Senior Quality Engineer
** will serve as a technical and strategic leader driving world-class quality performance across manufacturing and assembly operations. They will also lead long-term quality improvement strategies, influence design and operational decisions, and act as a senior subject-matter expert ensuring compliance with all regulatory and customer expectations.
** Essential

Job Duties and Responsibilities
*** Serve as the senior technical authority for quality engineering across manufacturing and assembly operations, driving quality-by-design principles.
* Lead advanced Quality Engineering initiatives including APQP, PPAP readiness, process control plan governance, and senior-level risk mitigation.
* Drive organizational performance through ownership of site-level KPIs including FPY, PPM, COPQ, and audit readiness.
* Oversee MRB analytics and systemic reduction of scrap and rework through validated corrective actions.
* Lead supplier escalations, implement supplier development strategies, and participate in supplier performance reviews.
* Define and manage critical-to-quality (CTQ) characteristics, advanced gaging strategies, and metrology improvements.
* Lead major containment activities for high-severity issues, provide executive-level updates, and validate long-term corrective actions.
* Develop and implement quality programs using dashboards, predictive analytics, and cross-functional leadership.
* Lead CAPA governance ensuring data-driven root cause analysis and sustainability of corrective actions.
* Oversee analysis of warranty and customer return data to identify systemic issues and drive cross-functional countermeasures.
* Champion Lean/Six Sigma initiatives and large-scale cost savings aligned with quality improvement.
* Represent Quality with senior influence during product launches, engineering changes, and manufacturing readiness reviews.
* Own process validation strategy (IQ/OQ/PQ) and ensure revalidation triggers are embedded in change processes.
* Apply advanced statistical analysis including DOE, capability modeling, SPC automation, and complex MSA.
* Lead customer complaint management for escalated issues, acting as the primary quality representative for major customers.
* Oversee nonconforming product and digital traceability ensuring process discipline and repeat-issue elimination.
* Govern site-level Corrective Action processes ensuring thorough investigation, containment, and verification.
* Lead risk management activities ensuring integration between DFMEA, PFMEA, control plans, and validation.
* Develop and mentor Quality Inspectors, Technicians, and Engineers; provide technical coaching across operations.
* Lead internal/external audits and ensure rapid closure of findings with supporting data packages.
* Facilitate cross-functional communication and provide leadership reporting including dashboards, KPIs, and deep-dive analyses.
* Provide senior-level influence, leadership, and support across engineering, operations, and supply chain.
* Perform other duties in support of organizational excellence
* Drives cross‑functional alignment for CAPA process. Coordinating proper documentation of actions and timing to address quality issues.
* Evaluates complex issues to determine root cause and systemic solutions, acting as the problem solver specialist for the team
** Education and Experience Requirements
*** BS in Engineering or Engineering Technology; advanced degree preferred; or equivalent of 10+ years progressive technical experience.
* Minimum 5–8 years progressive experience with demonstrated leadership in Quality or Manufacturing Engineering.
* ASQ CQE/CQA, Six Sigma Black Belt, and Lead Auditor certification strongly preferred.
** Preferred

Skills and Abilities

*** Advanced statistical methods including DOE, regression modeling, SPC/MSA automation, and capability analysis.
* Leadership in product and process development applying quality-by-design principles.
* Comprehensive risk management integrating PFMEA/DFMEA,…