What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at Sterling Engineering?
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Benefits: Benefits from day 1 with almost 100% coverage! In addition to 11 paid holidays, 2-3 weeks vacation, 401K, etc.
Target Salary: $100,000-120,000
Bonus/ Incentives/ Stock Options: up to 20% annual bonus
Mon-Fri, 7am-4:30pm; 50 hrs/wk on average
At least 50% travel to Boaz, AL / Waskom, TX / Jackson, SC
Job Summary: Work closely with manufacturing, engineering, operations, and customers to improve product quality and manufacturing processes. This role will use quality engineering tools, data analysis, auditing, and structured problem-solving methods to resolve quality issues, reduce risk, and drive continuous improvement.
Job Duties:
- Partner with manufacturing, engineering, operations, and maintenance teams to identify and resolve product and process quality issues
- Lead root cause investigations and corrective/preventive actions related to customer concerns, audit findings, and manufacturing issues
- Develop and maintain PFMEAs, Control Plans, process flows, inspection methods, testing requirements, procedures, and other quality documentation
- Analyze quality and manufacturing data using SPC, process capability studies, Pareto analysis, control charts, and other statistical tools
- Support APQP, PPAP, MSA, Gauge R&R, process validation, and equipment/process qualification activities
- Conduct internal process and quality system audits and support customer and third-party audits
- Support new product launches and manufacturing process changes to ensure quality requirements are incorporated
- Work with Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance to improve process capability, reliability, and overall manufacturing performance
- Lead or participate in continuous improvement, Lean, and Kaizen initiatives
- Maintain quality records and communicate with customers regarding quality concerns and corrective actions
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, or a related technical field
- Quality engineering or manufacturing quality experience within an industrial manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, quality systems, and process controls
- Working knowledge of AIAG Core Tools, including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA/FMEA, MSA, and SPC
- Experience with structured problem-solving methods such as 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone, DMAIC, and Pareto analysis
- Experience with statistical analysis, process capability, root cause analysis, and corrective actions
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000