NPD Quality Engineer: Launch Readiness & Risk

TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Quality Engineer to support the successful launch of new products by driving quality readiness, risk visibility, and issue management across the NPD lifecycle. You will collaborate with Design, Reliability, Advanced Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Operations, and global factory teams to ensure supplier readiness, process controls, and production readiness with full visibility.

The role emphasizes identifying manufacturing risks early, influencing launch quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience in engineering/quality fields.
• 1–3 years of experience in quality, manufacturing, reliability, operations, supplier quality, or related disciplines.
• Understanding of quality systems, risk management, process controls, and problem-solving methodologies.
• Familiarity with PFMEA, control plans, work instructions, process audits, and corrective actions preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills; ability to collaborate across functions and global teams.

Responsibilities

• Support creation and communication of NPD project quality readiness, risks, issues, and closure plans.
• Maintain project Quality Readiness tracking and ensure manufacturing quality risks are documented.
• Participate in supplier and manufacturing risk reviews, PFMEA, control plan, and production readiness activities.
• Support development of production test plans, fixture readiness, process controls, and quality documentation.
• Coordinate quality readiness activities between domestic teams and global factory teams (AQE, SQE, AME, Operations).
• Track and close manufacturing, process, supplier, and quality issues identified during builds.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Education

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

Job description

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Quality Engineer to support the successful launch of new products by driving quality readiness, risk visibility, and issue management across the NPD lifecycle. You will collaborate with Design, Reliability, Advanced Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Operations, and global factory teams to ensure supplier readiness, process controls, and production readiness with full visibility.

The role emphasizes identifying manufacturing risks early, influencing launch quality