What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at Career Transitions, a morales group company?
Quality Engineer
Direct Hire
Rockford, IN
Our client is a global industrial manufacturer with a strong North American presence and is seeking a hands-on, high-impact Quality Engineer to drive product and process excellence within a complex manufacturing environment.
This is not a maintenance quality role — this is a problem-solving, KPI-driving, cross-functional leadership opportunity for someone who thrives in reducing field failures, lowering non-quality costs, and leading corrective action initiatives that stick.
If you enjoy digging into root cause, influencing production and engineering teams, and seeing measurable results from your work — this role delivers that platform.
What You’ll Own
- Drive reduction of Field Failures & Cost of Poor Quality
- Lead structured investigations using 8D, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies
- Develop and implement inspection and quality control plans
- Audit critical manufacturing processes and implement improvement initiatives
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to solve systemic issues
- Analyze returned product failures and lead containment long-term resolution plans
- Provide guidance and technical coaching to quality technicians
- Support pilot runs and sample validation initiatives
- Visit customer sites (as needed) to evaluate product performance and ensure application success
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (or equivalent industry experience)
- Background in manufacturing quality engineering
- Strong working knowledge of Lean / Six Sigma tools
- Six Sigma Green Belt (or higher) preferred
- Experience leading structured quality investigations (8D required)
- ERP experience
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to influence without authority
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000