Quality Engineer

Both experienced applicants and new graduates are welcome to apply.

The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring that manufactured products meet customer requirements, engineering drawings, specifications, and applicable quality standards. A primary responsibility of this position is the inspection and verification of manufactured parts to engineering drawings (“print”), including dimensions, tolerances, GD&T, materials, finishes, and other specified requirements. The Quality Engineer will work closely with Manufacturing and Engineering to identify, resolve, and prevent quality issues.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Inspect manufactured parts to engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements using appropriate inspection methods and equipment.
• Perform first-piece, in-process, final, and receiving inspections as required.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerances, notes, material requirements, and specifications.
• Use precision measuring equipment including calipers, micrometers, height gauges, indicators, gauges, optical equipment, CMMs, and other inspection tools as applicable.
• Document inspection results and maintain accurate quality records.
• Identify, document, and communicate nonconforming material and assist with disposition.
• Investigate quality problems and perform root-cause analysis using tools such as 5-Why, Fishbone, and Pareto analysis.
• Lead or support corrective and preventive actions and verify their effectiveness.
• Work with Manufacturing and Engineering to resolve dimensional, process, and workmanship issues.
• Develop and improve inspection plans, inspection procedures, and sampling methods.
• Support process capability studies, SPC, and continuous improvement activities.
• Monitor quality trends and work to reduce scrap, rework, and customer complaints.
• Maintain inspection equipment and ensure measuring equipment is properly calibrated.
• Support supplier quality, incoming inspection, customer complaints, and supplier corrective actions.
• Support internal and external quality audits and maintain compliance with applicable quality standards.
• Participate in new product introduction, process changes, and production-readiness activities.
• Promote a strong culture of quality throughout the manufacturing operation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Manufacturing experience, preferably in machining or precision manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to inspect parts to engineering drawings and specified tolerances.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings and GD&T.
• Experience with precision inspection and measurement equipment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CNC machining or precision manufacturing experience.
• CMM experience.
• Experience with SPC, process capability, and corrective action systems.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 or other applicable quality standards.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or similar certification.
• Experience with ERP/MRP or quality management systems.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to work on the manufacturing floor, stand/walk for extended periods, safely handle inspection samples and components, and perform detailed inspections using precision measurement equipment.

This position requires a hands-on approach to quality and includes regular inspection of manufactured parts to engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.

Small manufacturing company that produces a variety of parts, including but not limited to aerospace variety.