Product Quality Engineer: Customer Qualification Lead

Vulcan Elements; North Carolina; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Vulcan Elements is seeking a Product Quality Engineer to translate customer quality requirements into actionable inspection and testing plans, ensuring conformance from development through production qualification.

Located at the Pilot Operations Facility in Durham, NC, you will serve as the primary technical interface between customers and Vulcan's R&D, Manufacturing, Process Quality, and Commercial teams, owning product quality before customer release.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing, Chemical, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years in product quality, customer quality, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, or product/production engineering in hardware manufacturing.
• Experience translating customer drawings, specifications, and requirements into inspection criteria.
• Experience supporting product qualification and production release, including review of inspection/test results.
• Familiar with ISO 9001, AS9100, or IATF 16949 standards.

Responsibilities

• Own customer qualification from requirements intake through customer approvals.
• Define inspection and sampling plans based on drawings and qualification requirements.
• Drive cross-functional teams to meet qualification timelines.
• Coordinate qualification testing with internal and external labs.
• Review inspection/test results and disposition for release.

Skills

Inspection planning

Cross-functional teamwork

Root cause analysis

Quality systems

Documentation skills

Education

BS or MS in Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing, Chemical, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Minitab

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Vulcan Elements is seeking a Product Quality Engineer to translate customer quality requirements into actionable inspection and testing plans, ensuring conformance from development through production qualification.

Located at the Pilot Operations Facility in Durham, NC, you will serve as the primary technical interface between customers and Vulcan's R&D, Manufacturing, Process Quality, and Commercial teams, owning product quality before customer release.