Quality Engineering Technician

Quality Technician

The Quality Technician is responsible for supporting product quality, safety compliance, and manufacturing consistency throughout the product lifecycle. This role serves as a hands-on technical resource bridging production, quality, and engineering, ensuring products meet internal specifications and external regulatory standards. This position focuses on inspection, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement, while also supporting customer-related quality issues and product validation activities.

Responsibilities

• Perform inspections, testing, and validation activities to ensure products meet quality and safety standards.
• Support compliance with applicable safety standards (UL, VDE, CSA, TV) through testing, documentation, and audits.
• Partner with Engineering and Production to ensure designs are manufacturable and aligned with existing processes and equipment.
• Assist in product changes, revisions, and new component evaluations to ensure quality and fit within current manufacturing capabilities.
• Work with Quality and Production teams to verify materials, components, and finished goods meet internal specifications.
• Collaborate with Purchasing and Supply Chain to assess supplier quality, capabilities, and incoming material standards.
• Support customer product evaluations, technical inquiries, and return/quality issue analysis.
• Perform and support root cause analysis and corrective actions for product or process issues.
• Assist in new product introduction (NPI) activities including lab testing, first article inspections, and validation.
• Maintain accurate quality documentation, test records, and inspection reports.
• Identify opportunities to improve product quality, manufacturability, and process efficiency.

Essential Skills

• 2+ years of experience in a quality, manufacturing, or lab/testing environment.
• Experience supporting production, quality inspection, or product validation processes.
• Prior experience working in cross-functional teams (engineering, production, quality).

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Proficiency in quality control and assurance practices.
• Experience in root cause analysis and understanding of ISO standards.
• Capability to assess supplier quality and manage supplier relationships.

Work Environment

The role involves working in a dynamic manufacturing environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams including engineering, production, and quality. It requires hands-on technical involvement and a focus on continuous improvement. The position may involve wearing appropriate safety gear and adhering to safety protocols.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of North Canton, OH.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50000.00 - $60000.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in North Canton, OH.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 19, 2026.