Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer supports critical manufacturing operations across carrier, XL ring, ring gear, and shaft value streams, serving as a key quality resource within the manufacturing organization. In this role, you partner closely with operations, manufacturing engineering, design engineering, purchasing, sourcing, suppliers, and leadership to ensure products consistently meet engineering print specifications and customer requirements. You lead problem-solving efforts, drive APQP and PPAP activities, analyze inspection and laboratory data, and implement corrective actions that enhance product quality, process capability, and manufacturing efficiency.

This position provides extensive exposure to advanced manufacturing, significant cross-functional visibility, and the opportunity to make a direct impact on some of the most important production processes.

• Support manufacturing operations across multiple value streams, including carriers, XL rings, ring gears, and shafts, ensuring products conform to engineering prints and customer specifications.
• Perform APQP validations and support PPAP submissions and approvals to ensure robust product and process launch readiness.
• Investigate and resolve product and process quality concerns by conducting thorough analyses and implementing effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Conduct root cause investigations using Six Sigma methodologies, Five Whys, Fishbone Analysis, and other structured quality tools to eliminate recurring issues.
• Analyze CMM and laboratory data, as well as other inspection results, to assess conformance to specifications and identify trends in process performance.
• Interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, and product specifications to guide inspection strategies, control plans, and problem-solving activities.
• Develop, maintain, and improve Control Plans and PFMEAs to proactively manage risk and strengthen process controls.
• Recommend target conditions and corrective actions that improve process performance, reduce variation, and enhance manufacturing efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing defects, minimizing variation, and improving overall product quality.
• Facilitate quality reviews and cross-functional problem-solving meetings to align stakeholders and drive timely resolution of issues.
• Support supplier quality activities, including supplier onboarding, PPAP validation efforts, and ongoing performance monitoring.
• Participate in Voice of the Customer activities and quality initiatives to ensure customer requirements and feedback are fully integrated into processes.
• Collaborate with design engineers, manufacturing engineers, purchasing, sourcing, and production teams to resolve quality concerns and optimize designs for manufacturability and reliability.
• Support Engineering Change Request (ECR) and change management activities that impact product quality, ensuring changes are properly validated and documented.
• Document findings, corrective actions, containment plans, and process improvements in clear technical reports and quality records.
• Ensure compliance with quality management systems, organizational quality standards, and applicable procedures across the manufacturing value streams.
• Coordinate and execute quality-related projects from concept through implementation, tracking progress and communicating results to stakeholders.

• Demonstrated manufacturing quality engineering experience within a production environment.
• Hands-on experience with APQP and PPAP activities, including validations, submissions, and approvals.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering prints, drawings, and GD&T to assess product and process conformance.
• Proficiency in conducting root cause analysis using Six Sigma methodologies, Five Whys, Fishbone Analysis, and other quality tools.
• Experience with supplier quality and supplier development, including onboarding and PPAP validation support.
• Capability to perform statistical analysis and process capability studies to evaluate and improve process performance.
• Experience in quality auditing and ensuring adherence to quality management systems and standards.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration skills, working effectively with operations, engineering, purchasing, sourcing, and suppliers.
• Strong technical report writing and documentation skills for recording findings, corrective actions, and process improvements.
• Familiarity with Voice of the Customer (VOC) methodologies and…