Global Quality Engineer - NPD & Production Readiness

Milwaukee-Tool; Town of Brookfield (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Quality Engineer to support successful product launches by driving quality readiness, risk visibility, and issue management across global teams.

You will collaborate with design, reliability, manufacturing, and supplier quality to ensure process controls, PFMEA, and production readiness are documented and communicated effectively, with opportunities to improve quality across NPD lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Quality, Manufacturing, or equivalent education and experience.
• 1-3 years of experience in quality, manufacturing, reliability, operations, supplier quality, or related engineering disciplines.
• Understanding of quality systems, risk management tools, process controls, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Familiarity with PFMEA, Control Plans, Work Instructions, Process Audits, and Corrective Action systems preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support creation, maintenance, and communication of NPD project quality readiness status, risks, issues, and closure plans.
• Assist in maintaining project Quality Readiness tracking and ensuring manufacturing quality risks are documented and communicated throughout the project lifecycle.
• Participate in supplier risk reviews, manufacturing risk reviews, PFMEA reviews, control plan reviews, and production readiness activities.
• Track manufacturing, process, supplier, and quality issues identified during builds and support closure activities.
• Prepare project quality summaries, dashboards, status reports, and milestone review content for leadership and project teams.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, quality system enhancements, and manufacturing risk reduction.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Quality, Manufacturing, or equivalent education and experience

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

PFMEA

Control Plans

Process Audits

Job description

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Quality Engineer to support successful product launches by driving quality readiness, risk visibility, and issue management across global teams.

You will collaborate with design, reliability, manufacturing, and supplier quality to ensure process controls, PFMEA, and production readiness are documented and communicated effectively, with opportunities to improve quality across NPD lifecycles.