Manufacturing Quality Engineer - Lean & CAPA Lead

Daktronics; Brookings (AR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Daktronics in Brookings, SD is seeking a factory Quality Engineer to join the Live Events manufacturing team. You will oversee the quality management system, support audits, and drive improvements across processes and equipment to ensure top product quality.

You will collaborate with quality engineers, participate in FMEA activities, train teams on 8D and DoE methodologies, and monitor metrics, aiming to reduce scrap and enhance manufacturing capability in a dynamic production environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Mechanical Engineering, or similar
• Strong oral and written communication skills, good organizational skills, and self-motivation are required
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business communications, governmental regulations, industry standards, and technical procedures, drawings, and specifications
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to management, employees, customers, and suppliers
• Ability to organize workload and prioritize schedule according to company plans
• Effectively exercise discretion and independent judgment
• Physical requirements include the ability to lift and carry heavy items up to 45 pounds, stand or sit for full shift, distinguish colors, work with manufacturing odors, wear PPE

Responsibilities

• Assist with training of Quality Assistant/Technician
• Support Windchill NCs, Variances, CAPA, FAI, or others as implemented at Daktronics
• Lead the factory auditing programs and ensure audits are well trained, documented, and on-time
• Review and analyze existing processes to improve product quality, manufacturing capability, process control, and scrap reduction
• Develop and maintain relevant quality metrics
• Prioritize, lead, and facilitate quality improvement efforts
• Analyze and present data to support improvement activities
• Monitor nonconforming material and provide feedback to suppliers; assist disposition and escalation
• Review feedback on product quality from customer factories, field, service; take corrective action
• Participate in Design FMEA and Process FMEA projects
• Provide training on 8-Step, 8D, DoE, SPC, FMEA, and Quality Control Plan
• Support supplier quality activities like first article inspections and improvements
• Support lean activities to impact quality
• Perform other duties to support Daktronics

Skills

Quality improvement

Statistical analysis

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related

Tools

Windchill

MS Excel

DoE

Job description

Daktronics in Brookings, SD is seeking a factory Quality Engineer to join the Live Events manufacturing team. You will oversee the quality management system, support audits, and drive improvements across processes and equipment to ensure top product quality.

You will collaborate with quality engineers, participate in FMEA activities, train teams on 8D and DoE methodologies, and monitor metrics, aiming to reduce scrap and enhance manufacturing capability in a dynamic production environment.