Project Engineer, Quality Engineering

Regular Full-Time Loveland, CO, US

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

Job Summary

The Project Engineer is responsible for leading new product introduction (NPI), tooling development, manufacturing launch activities, and customer-driven engineering projects from concept through production. This position serves as the primary liaison between customers, suppliers, engineering, quality, purchasing, tooling, and manufacturing teams to ensure projects are completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with customer and company requirements.

The Project Engineer manages project timelines, technical deliverables, tooling activities, risk mitigation plans, and launch readiness while driving continuous improvement, cost reduction, quality performance, and operational excellence initiatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Other duties may be assigned as business needs require.

Project Management

• Lead projects through all phases of development, including quotation support, planning, design review, tooling development, validation, launch, and production release.
• Develop and maintain project timelines, Gantt charts, budgets, milestones, and resource plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities to ensure project objectives are achieved on time and within budget.
• Monitor project performance and communicate status, risks, opportunities, and recovery plans to management and customers.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while developing contingency plans to minimize project impact.
• Manage engineering changes and scope modifications through established change management processes.
• Track and report key project performance indicators (KPIs), including timing, budget, quality, launch readiness, and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Facilitate project review meetings and provide regular updates to internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain project documentation and ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and company requirements.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for customers throughout project execution.
• Lead customer design reviews, launch meetings, and project status reviews.
• Coordinate with tooling suppliers, equipment vendors, and service providers to ensure project requirements are met.
• Review supplier quotations and assist with sourcing decisions related to tooling, equipment, and manufacturing requirements.
• Support customer visits, audits, and technical reviews.
• Travel to customer and supplier locations as necessary to support project and launch activities.

Engineering & Manufacturing Launch

• Lead new product introduction (NPI) activities from concept through production implementation.
• Coordinate tooling design, tool build timing, qualification, and production readiness activities.
• Lead Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) activities to support successful product launches.
• Coordinate Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) submissions and customer approval requirements.
• Support prototype, sampling, first-article inspections, validation builds, and process qualification activities.
• Conduct manufacturing readiness reviews to ensure equipment, tooling, processes, documentation, and personnel are prepared for launch.
• Ensure manufacturing processes, work instructions, process documentation, and quality controls are complete prior to production release.
• Work closely with production and quality teams to resolve technical challenges during launch and production ramp-up.
• Support capacity planning, equipment implementation, and process development initiatives.
• Assist in the development and implementation of process improvements that improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action activities using structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, 5 Why, and Fishbone Analysis.
• Support internal and customer corrective action investigations as required.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies to improve operational performance.
• Monitor quality, delivery, and cost performance metrics and implement improvement plans as needed.
• Identify and implement opportunities for productivity improvements, waste reduction, scrap reduction, and cost savings.
• Ensure compliance with applicable customer, regulatory, quality, environmental, and company standards.

Commercial & Business Support

• Support proposal development, technical feasibility reviews, and project cost estimating activities.
• Assist Sales and Business…