Senior Quality Engineer

Job Description

Title: Senior Quality Engineer
Location: Elgin
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Pay Rate: $90,000-$110,000 (based on experience)

Full Benefits

We're hiring a Senior Quality Engineer for an innovative, fast-growing technology manufacturer specializing in advanced electronic components used across multiple industries. This is a high-impact, highly visible role where you'll have the opportunity to shape quality strategy, lead cross-functional initiatives, and directly influence product performance and customer satisfaction. If you're looking to step into a leadership-driven engineering role with autonomy, technical depth, and strong career growth potential, this is an excellent opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead quality strategy initiatives, ensuring compliance with global regulatory standards (RoHS, REACH, Conflict Minerals)
• Evaluate and enhance testing processes including DVT, HALT, and reliability testing methodologies
• Lead root cause analysis efforts, including customer failure investigations and supplier corrective actions (SCARs)
• Drive product quality improvements through specification analysis and engineering change initiatives
• Evaluate and collaborate with suppliers to ensure quality standards and resolve defects at the source

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering, process engineering, or similar roles
• Strong experience with failure analysis, metrology, and reliability testing (HALT/HASS)
• Knowledge of global compliance standards (RoHS, REACH, Conflict Minerals)
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Minitab, JMP, or similar
• Proficiency with CAD software (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar) preferred

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Meet Your Recruiter

Galen Schloming
Senior Technical Recruiter

Galen is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with nearly 14 years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience, spanning agency leadership, high-volume technical recruiting, and executive-level client partnership. Since joining Sterling in February 2026, he has brought a strategic, relationship-driven approach to supporting candidates and clients across manufacturing, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and more.

Galen is dedicated to solving complex hiring challenges and building trusted, long-term partnerships with candidates, hiring managers, and executives. He takes the time to understand each person's experience, goals, and career ambitions so he can help connect them with opportunities that align with both their skills and long-term direction.

For Galen, recruiting is about being an advocate and facilitator during important moments of transition and opportunity. He genuinely enjoys learning what motivates people and helping them take meaningful next steps in their careers while supporting companies in building strong, high-performing teams.

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