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Quality Engineer C2C Proactive APQP/NPI/NCI Focus | Lafayette
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Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 47903, USA
Listed on 2026-07-22
Listing for:
Tech Mirrors
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-22
Job specializations:
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Quality Engineer – Proactive APQP / NPI / NCI Focus Location – Lafayette, IN (Day One Onsite)
The role emphasizes prevention-based quality fundamentals, front-end risk identification, and cross-functional execution to ensure robust, capable processes and successful launches.
Key Responsibilities- Lead APQP execution for NPI and NCI programs, ensuring early identification of validation plans, audit strategies, and project readiness reviews.
- Support PFMEA development, ensuring risks are identified early and mitigated appropriately.
- Develop, review, and maintain Control Plans aligned to PFMEA risk, process capability, and customer requirements.
- Serve as quality lead on NPI and capital programs, supporting design readiness, manufacturability, inspection strategy, and error-proofing.
- Lead process validation activities including capability analysis, production trials, and run-at-rate evaluations.
- Partner with manufacturing, operations, and engineering to ensure internal process readiness.
- Support early production launches by monitoring quality indicators, addressing emerging risks, and driving preventive actions.
- Lead structured problem-solving when required, while ensuring lessons learned are fed back into APQP documentation.
- Identify and support quality metrics focused on risk prevention and launch robustness.
- Provide APQP and quality fundamentals training to cross-functional teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline.
- 3+ years of progressive experience in Quality, Manufacturing, or Product Engineering.
- Demonstrated experience with APQP, including PFMEAs and Control Plans.
- Strong cross-functional indirect leadership.
- Strong communicator – able to influence and engage with individuals at all levels of the business to build trusted partnerships.
- Proven analytical and structured problem-solving capability.
- Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) and/or New Capital Introduction (NCI).
- Quality certifications such as ASQ-CQE or Six Sigma Green/Black Belt.
- Experience with process capability analysis and error-proofing methods.
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