Product Quality Engineer

Product Quality Engineer

Stäubli is a value driven technological solutions provider with four dedicated activities:
Electrical Connectors, Fluid Connectors, Robotics and Textile. We strive for innovation and excellence and are market leaders in many industrial segments. Stäubli guarantees high quality, reliability, and performance - our strong basis for the trusted partnership with our customers worldwide.

The Product Quality Engineer works under the accordance of Stäubli Corporation's Quality Management System and ensure all aspects are respected within the purview for the role responsibilities. This position will carry out quality assessments and product assurance on industrialized product ranges respecting product traceability. Ensure products meet established and in-progress improvement standards. May also support functional operations in Quality Control as needed.

Develops and implements quality control processes, inspection of products, and addresses any issues that arise during the production or post-production processes. Perform functions on laboratory equipment and fulfill reports on materials, processes, and products using variable or attribute measuring instruments and techniques to ensure conformance with the company's quality standards. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures and relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Supports the business plan and objectives by helping meet the requirements of divisional, customer, and overall business goals and strategy.

Will provide technical support to manufacturing operations by ensuring products delivered to customers are manufactured in accordance with established quality and safety standards as well as meeting all customer requirements. This postition will work closely in conjuntion, as a team, with Production, Supplier Quality, Purchasing, Customer Quality, Warehouse/Logistics, Planning, Sales Administration as well as other internal departments depentent on the responsibility.

Reports to:

Director of Operations and Supply Chain – North America

Responsibilities and Objectives:

• Develop and maintain quality assurance standards and inspection processes for products.
• Conduct detailed testing and inspections to ensure products comply with established quality standards.
• Analyze and interpret quality data to identify trends and areas needing improvement.
• Generate test reports and document findings with actionable recommendations.
• Take a proactive approach to continuous improvement in productivity, quality, and safety.
• Investigate product malfunctions or material defects, analyze failures/non-conformities, and document findings.
• Lead root cause analyzes to address product quality issues and implement corrective measures to prevent recurrence.
• Initiate efforts to prevent nonconformities.
• Work closely with engineering to evaluate processes, equipment, and suppliers to ensure production efficiency.
• Update and maintain comprehensive quality documents (eg, RMAs, FMEAs, control plans).
• Assist suppliers with meeting acceptable quality standards through incoming inspections.
• Collect data, analyze it, and select actionable alternatives to solve quality-related problems.
• Coordinate with European and Asian team members to maintain consistent quality standards organization-wide.
• Exhibit professionalism in dress, communication (in-person, phone, email), and interactions with colleagues.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in product quality engineering or a similar role.
• In lieu of a degree, a high school diploma and 5+ years of recent Quality Engineering experience within a production or manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years prior experience in manufacturing or production industries.
• Expertise in metrology equipment, uses and limitations (required).
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings (required).
• Good knowledge of Geometric tolerances and dimensioning (required).
• Applied experience with basic quality tools such as RCCA methodologies, value-stream maps, flowcharts, PFMEA, and PDCA.
• Applied understanding of ISO…