Quality Engineer - Sterling Engineering
Cary, IL
About the Job
Title: Quality Engineer- Manufacturing Environment
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
We seek a dynamic quality engineer to join our team and provide exceptional support in the fabrication and assembly manufacturing environment. This individual will be crucial in driving production quality and validating manufacturing processes while directly coordinating with customers. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your leadership skills and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Provide quality engineering support within the manufacturing environment, particularly focusing on welding processes for new customer projects.
- Act as the primary point of contact for customer communication regarding product quality issues, score-card improvement actions, and product/equipment qualification activities.
- Lead internal quality improvement initiatives to meet and exceed customer targets and expectations.
- Participate in Quality System maintenance activities, including CAPA, Internal/External Audits, and Complaints management.
- Collaborate within product development engineering processes, including validation activities, SPC & data analysis, and development of control plans and PFMEA's.
- Participate in print and design reviews, identifying significant characteristics and implementing appropriate controls.
- Ensure products meet customer and regulatory requirements.
- Lead internal support teams to address quality-related events and customer issues effectively.
- Introduce and validate process improvements, including procedures, QA methodologies, tooling, and equipment.
- Conduct verification and failure analysis of returned products, implementing necessary corrective actions.
- Develop QA sampling procedures to ensure product quality and utilize quality data for analysis and improvement actions.
- Lead problem-solving teams to address identified issues and develop improvement actions.
- Serve on project teams to provide QA oversight for new and revised manufacturing processes.
- Assist in the creation and approval of manufacturing procedures via process mapping within product groups.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in supporting manufacturing, particularly in producing industrial products, with exposure to a welding environment.
- Demonstrated experience in providing direct customer support for organizational quality.
- Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
- Detail-oriented with proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship, both now and in the future.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Source : Sterling Engineering