Quality Engineer

We are hiring a Quality Engineer to join our Sauna360 Quality Assurance team!

DISCOVER

At Sauna360, we design and build sauna, steam, and infrared wellness experiences for customers around the world. Our brands include Tylo, Helo, Kastor, Finnleo, and Amerec, and we take pride in combining Nordic craftsmanship with modern engineering.

As a Quality Engineer, you will help strengthen the way we manage quality across components and finished systems. You will support the shift from tribal knowledge to documented processes, help build on our ISO 9001 foundation, and ensure our products meet the high expectations of our customers. This role gives you the opportunity to analyze how we work today, recommend improvements, and collaborate with teams across production, engineering, supply chain, and customer support.

YOUR RIPPLE EFFECT

• Do you naturally ask why? Lead structured root cause analysis and corrective actions using methods like 8D, FMEA, and SPC. Turn issues into learnings and sustainable fixes that reduce defects and risk.
• Can you grow a quality system, not just run one? Support, maintain, and improve our ISO 9001 aligned QMS. Build on the current foundation with practical, documented processes that scale.
• Are you energized by supplier development? Partner with domestic suppliers to define requirements, raise capability, and improve incoming quality. When needed, issue corrective action requests and coach vendors toward long‑term compliance.
• Do you think in data and act with urgency? Build inspection plans, sampling methods, and acceptance criteria for incoming materials and production. Track key metrics, surface trends, and recommend actions that move the numbers.
• Can you collaborate across the floor and the office? Work closely with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Customer Support, and Sales to embed quality into daily routines and new product work.
• Are you ready to make an early impact? In your first 90 days, complete a critical analysis of current processes and recommend four prioritized improvements centered on supplier part quality and first‑pass yield. Target measurable first‑pass yield gains in the 10 to 15 percent range and establish the tracking to prove it.
• Do you thrive in hands‑on environments? This role is on site. You will be on the line when needed, then documenting and standardizing what works so it can be repeated.
  
  

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
• Experience with core quality methods: Root Cause Analysis, SPC, FMEA, and problem‑solving frameworks such as 8D.
• Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems and ISO 9001 principles, with the ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and clear written and verbal communication.
• Proficiency with quality tools, data analysis, and Microsoft Office.
• Five or more years in manufacturing, ideally in automotive, electromechanical, or machinery environments involving wiring, heating, or structural assemblies.
• Certifications such as CQE, Lead Auditor, or Six Sigma. A Six Sigma Green Belt is a plus. If you can demonstrate the ability and appetite to learn, we will help you build these skills on the job.
• Experience driving supplier quality development where vendors may not yet have a mature QMS.
  
  

What You’ll Get

At Sauna360, a Watkins Wellness company, we believe that everyone should ‘Feel good. Live well’. We offer employees the opportunity to join a dynamic, growing industry leader with an outstanding and well-deserved reputation for leadership and commitment to our employees, customers and community. Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more. We are proud of the people we are and the products we make — products that make a difference to the health and well-being of others.

We look for candidates that exhibit The Watkins Way (always Ethical, endeavors to be Transparent, embraces Inclusion, welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives, Accommodating, believes in Work-Life Balance, puts Safety First, Accountable, values Relationships, Passionate, Team Player, and Goal Driven).

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Hiring Range: $70,000.00 - $110,000.00

Many factor are taken into consideration in determining pay, including education and location.

This position is not eligible for remote work

Company: Watkins Wellness

Full time

Watkins (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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