Quality Engineer

The QTI Group is excited to partner with a manufacturer based just north of Milwaukee to hire an experienced Quality Engineer to join their team. This highly visible role will serve as the primary quality resource focused on purchased component quality, partnering closely with sourcing, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to improve quality performance, resolve issues, and implement robust quality systems.

This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by establishing supplier quality strategies, leading corrective actions, and driving measurable improvements in product quality and manufacturing performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier quality initiatives to improve purchased component quality and overall supplier performance.
• Investigate and rapidly resolve supplier-related quality issues affecting manufacturing operations.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions in collaboration with suppliers, sourcing teams, engineering, and manufacturing stakeholders.
• Own and administer the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), ensuring suppliers meet engineering and quality requirements.
• Utilize quality tools including FMEA, control plans, audits, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies to improve supplier performance.
• Analyze supplier and quality performance data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain incoming inspection requirements and controls to prevent nonconforming materials from entering production.
• Generate and communicate supplier quality metrics, including defect rates, corrective action status, and supplier performance indicators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar technical discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance or similar role within a manufacturing environment
• Strong working knowledge of PPAP, corrective actions, quality auditing, FMEA, control plans, and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Demonstrated success driving supplier quality improvements and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to gather, interpret, and act upon data.