Product Quality Manager

Rockwell Automation; Mequon (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance including Medical, e

401k

Paid Time off

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Rockwell Automation is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager for Motion products. You will lead a global team focused on product quality throughout the lifecycle, partnering with Engineering, Product Management, Operations, and Customer-facing teams to drive issue resolution and cost reduction.

This role offers leadership growth and cross-functional influence in a high-impact quality organization. Reporting to the Sr Product Quality Manager for Power and Motion, you will develop and implement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; U.S. work authorization without visa sponsorship.
• Minimum 2 years of leadership or management experience.
• 5 years in product development, product quality, customer quality, manufacturing quality, reliability, or technical issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a global team of Product Quality Engineers and Technicians; set priorities and support growth.
• Lead projects to reduce warranty and cost of poor quality via design robustness and manufacturing improvements.
• Increase proactive quality planning, standard work, and lifecycle quality across new products and support.
• Lead CAPA, 8D, root cause analysis, containment, corrective action, and effectiveness verification.
• Partner cross-functionally to align on quality risks, priorities, decisions, escalations, and corrective action plans.
• Ensure product development activities comply with corporate and business-level quality processes.

Skills

Leadership

Data-driven decisions

Problem solving

Communication across functions

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Description Job Description

As the Quality Engineering Manager supporting Motion products, you will lead a global team responsible for product quality across the full lifecycle. This is a hands‑on leadership role in a fast‑paced, highly collaborative environment, partnering across Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, Business, and Customer‑facing teams to strengthen issue resolution, reduce cost of poor quality, and ensure quality is built into new and existing products. This role is an opportunity for someone looking to expand their people leadership, business ownership, and cross‑functional influence within a high‑impact product quality organization. This Role reports to the Sr Product Quality Manager for Power and Motion within the Quality organization.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a global team of Product Quality Engineers and Technicians while setting priorities, driving accountability, and supporting professional growth.
• Lead projects to reduce warranty and cost of poor quality through improved design robustness, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, and issue resolution.
• Increase proactive quality planning, standard work, and lifecycle quality improvements across new product introduction and existing Motion product support.
• Lead disciplined problem solving through CAPA, 8D, root cause analysis, containment, corrective action, and effectiveness verification.
• Partner cross‑functionally to align on quality risks, priorities, decisions, escalations, and corrective action plans while driving ownership through closure.
• Ensure product development activities comply with corporate and business‑level quality processes and procedures.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Minimum of 2 years of leadership or management experience.
• 5 years of experience in product development, product quality, customer quality, manufacturing quality, reliability, or technical issue resolution.
• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience may also be considered.
• Ability to use data to identify trends, prioritize risk, influence decisions, and lead through any ambiguity or urgent business escalations.
• Working knowledge of structured problem‑solving and proactive quality methods, including 8D, CAPA, RCA, DfSS, APQP, and DfX.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical quality topics across functional boundaries and organizational levels.
• Experience leading technical projects and supporting large‑scale system development efforts..

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life. To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this Role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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