Quality Engineer

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Are you ready to be a part of something BIG? Komatsu is searching for a Quality Engineer to support our Longview, Texas facility. As a key member of our quality assurance team, this Quality Engineer position will specialize in end-of-line (EOL) loader assembly processes and will be an instrumental part in ensuring conformance to the highest quality standards for the world's largest front-end loader.

Komatsu offers competitive salary, excellent benefits and annual merit/bonus potential.

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve quality control procedures for endofline and assembly processes to ensure compliance with Komatsu quality standards and customer requirements.
• Own endofline quality gates, final inspection / test criteria, and acceptance standards to ensure only conforming products are released to the customer.
• Conduct regular process, product, and layered audits to ensure quality, safety, and process conformance, and drive timely closure of findings.
• Own Juhin / Product Issues as an assigned Project Manager or Technical Lead, including problem definition, root cause analysis, interim containment, permanent corrective actions, and recurrence prevention.
• Lead and facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective action activities (8D, A3, 5
  
  Why, Fishbone), ensuring actions are effective, verified, and sustained.
• Lead containment activities (holds, controlled shipping, sorting, rework, deviation management) for internal, supplier, and customeridentified quality issues to protect the customer and minimize risk.
• Interface with Customer Quality / Voice of Customer (VOC) teams on quality escapes, warranty claims, and field issues, ensuring robust corrective actions and feedback into manufacturing and design processes.
• Develop, maintain, and improve PFMEAs and Control Plans, ensuring alignment with actual assembly risks, endofline inspection points, and historical defect trends.
• Apply SPC, process capability analysis, and statistical methods to monitor assembly process performance, identify trends, and prevent defects before they occur.
• Support and/or lead Measurement System Analysis (MSA) activities to ensure inspection and test methods are accurate, repeatable, and reliable.
• Support APQP, NPI, and launch readiness activities, ensuring inspection plans, quality documentation, training, and controls are established prior to production release.
• Evaluate and support engineering changes ensuring quality risks are assessed, mitigated, and documented prior to implementation.
• Develop and maintain quality metrics and dashboards to monitor KPIs, identify trends, and drive reduction of Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ).
• Ensure product and process traceability requirements are defined, maintained, and auditable for endofline and assembly operations.
• Support and maintain QMS processes and documentation, including SAP Quality Module transactions, inspection plans, quality notifications, technical reviews, and recurring prevention activities.
• Support ISO 9001 internal audits ensuring compliance and effective corrective action closure.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for assembly and endofline quality, advising manufacturing leaders and support staff on quality risks, decisions, and improvements.
• Champion a culture of quality excellence, continuous improvement, and change leadership across the plant.

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Chemical Engineering (or equivalent technical discipline).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality, manufacturing, engineering, service, or a related field demonstrating the competencies required for this role.
• Proven experience developing, implementing, and sustaining quality control processes in a manufacturing or assembly environment.
• Handson experience with mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical assemblies, preferably in heavy equipment or industrial machinery.
• Demonstrated ability to lead root cause analysis and corrective action activities using structured problem solving methods (8D, A3, 5
  
  Why, Fishbone, Six Sigma).
• Working knowledge of quality methods, statistical tools, and corrective/preventive action systems.
• Experience working within a Quality Management System (QMS); familiarity with ISO 9001 requirements preferred.
• Experience with SAP Quality Module (QM) or similar ERP quality systems preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze quality data and KPIs to drive decision making and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and levels of the organization, as well as with customers and suppliers.
• Background in surface mining machinery or equivalent heavy industrial equipment preferred.
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