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Quality Engineer

Hydro-Gear
Princeton, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 11/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/25/2025
Brief Description

Are you one that is willing to engage and listen to others to drive real change? A Quality Engineer will be challenged to work directly with our customers and manufacturing teams to ensure quality products meet customer expectations. The individual in this role can truly make a difference and inspire. These aspects also contribute to career growth opportunities within our organization. Apply if you have experience as a Quality Engineer, Customer Quality Engineer or similar quality position.

  • Please note, we are not able to consider candidates who currently or in the future will require VISA sponsorship.

Hydro-Gear is a world leader in the design and production of precision drive solutions, serving multiple industries and delivering to customers worldwide. Our passion is innovation and a commitment to making our customers successful. Learn more about us at Hydro-Gear.com.

The Quality Engineer is responsible for assisting with production, customer and supplier quality issues. This role will have a direct impact on the safety and quality of our products to make our customers successful.

Core Responsibilities Of Our Quality Engineer

  • Coordinate investigation and drive corrective action to customer and internal quality issues
  • Track FPR (First Pass Rejects), provide reporting and facilitate actions to reduce
  • Be a point of contact for Hydro-Gear problem solving process
  • Ensure issues are appropriately prioritized and addressed
  • Drive root cause analysis and effective actions
  • Develop systems and measurements to highlight opportunities for improvement throughout assembly
  • Implement and lead projects to address improvement opportunities
  • Audit production processes to ensure compliance to process standards
  • Support customer management process and lead efforts on site at customer facilities as required
  • Bachelor’s degree or 5 or more year’s related experience and /or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Minimum 5 years of quality experience preferred; CQE certification from ASQ is a plus
  • Expert in problem solving and ability to manage multiple tasks
  • Excellent organizational and attention to detail skills
  • Great verbal and written communication skills to present information to groups
  • Experience with basic inspection tools and systems
  • Proficient with Microsoft products

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