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Quality Engineer

Job in Maple Grove, Hennepin County, Minnesota, 55311, USA
Listing for: PACER GROUP
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-04
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Title:
Quality Engineer


Job Location:
Maple Grove, MN, 55311


Job Duration: 6 Months

Job Summary:
  • Drives improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers.
  • Provides technical support in the selection of suppliers.
  • Develops acceptance criteria for materials.
  • Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures.
Job Responsibilities:
  • Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities.
  • Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier.
  • Generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures. Trains inspectors to these procedures.
  • Develops and/or sources inspection tools and equipment.
  • Assists in generating component specifications.
  • Generate test protocols, monitor testing, issue qualification test reports and approve components for use in products.
  • Provide input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.
  • Analyses incoming material defects. Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary. Communicates issues to suppliers.
  • Reviews new design specifications and provides input from component quality and manufacturability perspective.
  • Investigates field failures related to supplier materials. Develop corrective action plan where necessary.
  • May supervise inspectors.
Required Qualifications:
  • BS degree in engineering or technical field with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in medical device, automotive, aeronautical, semiconductor, or other regulated industry.
  • Project management: ability to influence cross functional global teams spanning Quality, Operations, R&D, and Sourcing.
  • Experience in process validation, design controls, risk management, CAPA, SCAR.
  • Organized and self-driven.
  • Articulate communicator; adept at packaging and appropriately scaling information to the intended audience.
  • Ability to rapidly learn and use new software applications (e.g., PLM, ERP).
  • Domestic and international travel up to 25%
Preferred Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of medical device engineering experience preferred.
  • Medical Device Industry experience
  • Problem Solving and Project Management experience
  • Leadership experience on a materials or service commodity team.
  • Lead auditor of quality systems experience (ISO 13485 or similar).
  • ASQ certification (CQE, CBA, SSGB, SSBB) desired
Functional Knowledge:
  • Requires expanded conceptual and technical and/or functional knowledge in own job function
  • Broadens capabilities in applying concepts in job function
Business Expertise
  • Demonstrates working knowledge of business and industry practices and company processes to accomplish own work
Leadership
  • No supervisory responsibility; accountable for own contributions and meeting objectives
Problem Solving
  • Uses and exercises judgment to solve problems in straightforward situations and determine appropriate action/solutions.
  • Works under general direction from more senior level roles/manager
Impact
  • Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies
Interactions (and Communications)
  • Explains factual information of limited complexity to others in straightforward situations
  • Organizes, presents and explains data/ information, primarily to internal audiences
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