QA/QC Engineer

Company Description

ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 300 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader with $16 billion in revenue as of 2025. With over 43,000 employees worldwide, ITW thrives on a decentralized and entrepreneurial business model, fostering innovation and customer-focused solutions. ITW Automotive Seats specializes in providing precision-engineered plastic solutions for leading global OEMs and tier suppliers across North America and Europe. As experts in seat back and head restraint interfaces, ITW Seats is committed to enhancing passenger safety through innovative designs and streamlined adjustment mechanisms.

Role Description

We are looking for a QA/QC Engineer in our Lakeville, CT plant. The QA/QC Engineer will drive the development and execution of quality control programs on the manufacturing floor designed to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established customer requirements. Quality Engineer will work very closely with Manufacturing and Engineering.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop robust Control Plans for Production Quality Control. Update plans with lessons learned through continuous improvement activity

Assist with continuous improvements by organizing Root Cause Analysis and problem-solving activities for corrective actions, (internal and external)

Ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products

Responsible for the mitigation of customer complaints and is the point of contact with the customer

Reviews control of nonconformance material disposition and inspection of reworked product

Minimize internal and external sort cost activities and accurately outlook sort cost through tracking and reporting

Trouble-shoot and problem solve on the production floor

Drive Internal quality control requirements (quality check sheets, work instructions, operator visuals, lot-control, defect accumulation sheets)

Work with Manufacturing to ensure all necessary paperwork for each program is accurate, in place and understood by the team.

Ensure daily monitoring and posting of customer measurables

Assist with the qualifications and Dimensional Validations on prototype, pre-production, and, EPC (Early Production Containment) during product launch

Internal product audits (develop schedules, assist in run rate, monitor action list)

Perform Full Dimensional Studies, Process Capability Studies & Gauge R&R

Assist manufacturing engineers with RPN reduction - creating and enhancing our PFMEAs and Control Plans based on lessons learned

Manage External compliance and internal auditing to ISO 14001, IATF 16949, and OSHA

Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations and ISO and IATF guidelines applicable to company operations.

Communicate any changes to environmental laws or the ISO 14001 standard to everyone in the organization.

Coordinate and support Internal Audits

Assures that actions are carried over to similar programs/components

Assists with leading a Safety focus culture

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Technological or Mechanical Engineering

Minimum of 4 years’ experience in the manufacturing industry as a Quality professional

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Demonstrated Automotive Quality Background and previous exposure to IATF16949 Standards

4 years QA/QC experience as a Quality Engineer including implementing and managing Quality Management Systems in a factory manufacturing environment utilizing Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and/or Total Quality Management principles

Technical understanding of industrial engineered products with the ability to communicate technically to customers, suppliers, and co-workers

Demonstrated proficiency in Minitab or equivalent Statistical Software

Personal attributes including strong leadership presence, high-energy, detail oriented, data analysis, and data driven decision making

Good measuring skills and ability to read blueprints and differentiate colors

Strong attention to detail, verbal, and written communication skills

An inner drive to understand, communicate and exceed established goals.

Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills with ability and willingness to communicate and work with other departments and facilities

Ability to perform a variety of complicated tasks in a very flexible environment

Plastics high-volume continuous manufacturing that includes working with injection molding equipment, preferred

Compensation Information:

$72,000 - $92,000