Lead Quality Engineer

Job Title: Lead Quality Engineer Location: Middlesex, North Carolina (On-Site) Job Summary: We are supporting the search for a Lead Quality Engineer who will help drive product and process quality across assigned value streams, products, customers, or suppliers. This position plays a key role in strengthening quality systems, reducing non-conformance, and supporting continuous improvement through structured problem-solving and collaboration. Responsibilities Deploy quality management system requirements, business system tools, and advanced quality methodologies to prevent defects and improve customer satisfaction. Support quality planning, risk mitigation, customer support, audits, assessments, and corrective action activities. Lead investigations of customer complaints, escapes, and returns, including containment, root cause analysis, corrective actions, preventive actions, and structured problem-solving. Partner with cross-functional teams, Supplier Quality, and Supply Chain to improve supplier performance, support process capability improvements, and strengthen launch readiness. Required Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing, quality engineering, supplier quality, or related technical roles. Experience working within a regulated quality management system environment. Experience with AS9100 and/or ISO 9001, APQP and PPAP deployment, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), internal auditor or lead auditor certification, aerospace manufacturing, and advanced problem-solving methodologies is preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr