Engineer III, Quality-Manufacturing

Regulatory Toolkit; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Regulatory Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks a Manufacturing Quality Engineer III to serve as an advanced quality engineer and technical lead. The role directs complex investigations, CAPA development, and risk-based process control, while mentoring junior QE staff and driving defect-reduction programs.

You will lead multi-functional efforts across quality systems, validate improvements, and ensure closure readiness with strong data-driven decisions and process-control health focus.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Quality, Technology, or related field.
• 4–7 years of quality engineering/manufacturing quality experience in regulated settings.
• Green Belt certification or higher preferred; ASQ CQE or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex NCMRs with recurrence, high cost, multi-lot impact, or unclear root causes.
• Define investigation strategy, evidence, containment, risk, and escalation for complex records.
• Coach QE I/II on NCMR, complaint, and CAPA records for quality and closure readiness.
• Support CAPA Owners with investigations, root causes, actions, evidence, and effectiveness checks.
• Lead cross-functional continuous-improvement projects tied to NCMR and CAPA reductions.
• Mentor QE staff on investigations, CAPA thinking, risk-based disposition, and data analysis.

Skills

NCMR leadership

CAPA investigations

Root-cause analysis

Kaizen facilitation

DMAIC

A3/PDCA

Quality data analysis

Cross-functional mentoring

Education

Bachelors in Engineering/Science/Quality/Technology

Green Belt certification (preferred)

ASQ CQE or equivalent (preferred)

Tools

SPC

PFMEA

Control plans

Job description

Position Summary:

The Manufacturing Quality Engineer III is an advanced Quality Engineer and technical lead responsible for complex investigations, CAPA quality, manufacturing quality-health improvement, risk-based process control, and cross-functional problem solving. The role leads defect-reduction projects and mentors developing Quality Engineers.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead complex NCMRs involving recurrence, high cost, multi-lot impact, unclear root cause, process-control weakness, validation linkage, supplier/manufacturing interface, or potential customer/field impact.
• Define investigation strategy, required evidence, containment rigor, risk rationale, disposition logic, and escalation requirements for complex records.
• Review and coach QE I/QE II NCMR, complaint, and CAPA records for technical quality, GDP, and closure readiness.
• Support CAPA Owners with complex manufacturing quality issues by reviewing investigations, root causes, corrective actions, supporting evidence, and effectiveness checks.
• Lead complex internal and external complaint manufacturing reviews, including linkage to NCMR, CAPA, supplier, process, and field history.
• Serve as technical quality lead for assigned manufacturing areas, including process-control health, validation support, PFMEA/control plan linkage, acceptance criteria, inspection strategy, and procedure/training improvements.
• Occasionally support process changes for quality risk, verification/validation needs, inspection impacts, supplier impacts, and QMS record requirements.
• Lead medium-to-large cross-functional continuous-improvement projects tied to NCMR reduction, complaint reduction, CAPA effectiveness, process capability, scrap/rework reduction, or systemic process-control improvement.
• Facilitate Kaizen events by defining scope, pre-work, metrics, team roles, current/future state, root-cause logic, implementation actions, and sustainment plans.
• Mentor QE I/QE II personnel on investigations, CAPA thinking, complaint reviews, risk-based disposition, data analysis, CI methods, and technical writing.

Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of complex investigation leadership, CAPA root cause/action/effectiveness, complaint technical conclusions, process-control review, validation/change support, PFMEA/control plan linkage, SPC/capability, and risk management.
• Green Belt-level DMAIC skill, Kaizen facilitation, A3/PDCA, advanced root cause analysis, project governance, technical mentoring, presentation skills, and data-driven quality-health management.
• Ability to influence Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality Systems, Supplier Quality, Operations, and leadership toward sustainable quality improvements.
• Strong audit readiness, technical writing, communication, and cross-functional decision-making capability.

Education and Experience:

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Science, Quality, Technology, or a related discipline; advanced degree or equivalent experience helpful.
• At least 4-7 years’ relevant experience of quality engineering, manufacturing quality, process engineering, supplier quality, or regulated manufacturing experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex NCMRs, CAPAs, complaint investigations, process-control improvements, and cross-functional problem solving.
• Green Belt certification expected or strongly preferred. ASQ CQE, lead auditor, or equivalent quality certification preferred.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

• This role requires both manufacturing and office environment.
• While working in the manufacturing environment, high-noise areas, radiological hazards, lasers, and/or biological hazards may be encountered.
• Lift up to 40 lbs unassisted.
• Typically requires travel less than 5% of the time.