Quality Engineer

Job Description

The role of a Quality Engineer serves as a technical leader responsible for ensuring that all products meet safety, performance, and manufacturability requirements throughout the full product lifecycle. This position bridges the gap between product design, safety compliance, manufacturing, and customer-facing technical support.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all products comply with applicable safety standards such as UL, VDE, CSA, and TÜV.
• Oversee product design, development, testing, and validation activities.
• Partner with Plant Engineering to ensure designs align with existing equipment, tooling, and production processes.
• Evaluate and manage product changes, revisions, and new component integration.
• Collaborate with Quality to ensure all materials, components, and finished goods meet internal specifications.
• Work closely with Purchasing and Supply Chain to understand supplier capabilities, manufacturing methods, and quality controls.
• Lead the Application Engineering team, including customer product evaluations, technical support, and quality issue and return analysis.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions related to product performance.
• Oversee new product introduction processes and internal lab testing.
• Ensure designs optimize manufacturability, throughput, and cost efficiency.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Quality Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in product engineering, design, or manufacturing environments.
• Prior experience in leading or mentoring engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of safety agency standards such as UL, VDE, CSA, and TÜV.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, and equipment constraints.
• Experience with product lifecycle management and design validation.
• Ability to assess component performance and supplier quality.
• Familiarity with test labs, product validation, and compliance processes.
• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally across Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Engineering Degree (associates or bachelors).
• Exposure to quality methodologies such as Six Sigma.

Work Environment

The work environment is cross-functional and highly collaborative, involving Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain. It includes a combination of lab testing, production floor interaction, and technical leadership responsibilities. The focus is on delivering high-quality, compliant products while improving manufacturability and efficiency.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of North Canton, OH.

The pay range for this position is $80000.00 - $90000.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in North Canton,OH.

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 29, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

Salary : $80,000 - $90,000