Senior Quality Engineer

Job Title:

Senior Quality Engineer

Job Description

The Senior Quality Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and safety of complex electromechanical and embedded products across the entire product lifecycle, from concept through production and sustaining support. This position requires strong analytical skills, deep technical knowledge of electronics and mechanical systems, disciplined problem solving, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority. The Senior Quality Engineer drives robust quality planning, rigorous verification and validation, effective risk mitigation, and continual improvement initiatives to ensure products meet customer expectations, comply with regulatory and industry standards, and deliver world-class performance in the field.

Responsibilities

* Lead the development, review, and execution of comprehensive product lifecycle quality plans from concept through launch.

* Own and drive Design for Quality (DfQ) activities, including DFMEA and design control deliverables, ensuring full traceability from requirements to verification and validation.

* Champion risk management throughout the product lifecycle by owning control plans and maintaining risk documentation.

* Define clear acceptance criteria, test strategies, measurement system analyses (MSA/GR&R), and Critical-to-Quality (CtQ) parameters.

* Partner closely with Design Engineering, Product Management, and Operations to refine design specifications and ensure manufacturability, reliability, and effective risk mitigation.

* Plan and execute Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) or equivalent processes, including PFMEA, control plans, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), process capability analysis, rolled throughput yield (RTY), and production readiness assessments for new product introduction (NPI).

* Validate production test systems, calibration methods, and in-process inspection strategies to ensure consistent and reliable testing.

* Ensure a smooth transition from development to production through cross-functional reviews and readiness assessments, and own launch quality metrics such as DPPM, escapes, and early life warranty failures.

* Monitor product health in the field and in production, including returns, complaints, yields, warranty performance, and reliability data, and lead problem solving to drive continual improvement.

* Identify, measure, monitor, and reduce product rework and scrap that contribute to the Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ).

* Lead root-cause investigations using structured methodologies such as 8D, 5-Whys, Ishikawa diagrams, and statistical tools, and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.

* Lead stop-ship decisions, containment actions, investigations, and related quality communications when significant issues arise.

* Optimize in-process and end-of-line inspection and testing strategies to reduce variation and improve overall product quality.

* Support engineering change order (ECO) evaluations and process or component changes to ensure continued product quality and compliance.

* Collaborate with Service and Customer Support teams to address customer issues, define containment actions, implement corrective actions, and provide clear communication on quality topics.

* Lead cross-functional quality reviews and drive consensus on quality-critical decisions using data-driven insights.

* Communicate quality risks, issues, and performance trends to leadership with clarity, using robust data and analysis.

* Serve as lead auditor for ISO 9001:2015, including planning, executing, and reporting internal audits, and support external audits as needed.

* Ensure quality procedures, work instructions, and records comply with Quality Management System (QMS) requirements.

* Support supplier and customer audits, including verification of the effectiveness of corrective action closures.

* Promote a culture of quality, data integrity, and continual improvement across the organization, leveraging structured quality tools and methodologies.

Essential Skills

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

* 8-10+ years of Quality Engineering experience across hardware, electromechanical, or embedded systems.

* Strong knowledge of verification and validation (V&V) methodologies, statistical tools, and core quality engineering principles.

* Hands-on experience with DFMEA and PFMEA, including development, maintenance, and facilitation with cross-functional teams.

* Experience with Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R).

* Proven experience creating and managing control plans for products and processes.

* Demonstrated proficiency in structured problem solving, including methods such as 8D, 5-Whys, and Ishikawa diagrams.

* Hands-on experience with failure analysis and reliability concepts in a hardware or electronics environment.

* Proficiency with data…