Quality Acceptance Engineer - Bioprocess & Pharma

Anderson Dahlen Inc; Ramsey (MN); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

Anderson Dahlen Inc in Ramsey, MN, specializes in world-class alloy fabrication and equipment manufacturing for biotech, pharma, and industrial markets. The Quality role supports product acceptance for materials and assemblies used in bioprocessing and pharmaceutical systems, ensuring conformance with drawings, specs, and quality standards.

Essential duties include performing inspections of stainless vessels and control panels, maintaining documentation, and supporting HAT/FAT activities.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a technical discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-7+ years of experience in manufacturing quality, inspection, product acceptance, or quality assurance.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, BOMs, and GD&T.
• Knowledge of welding, fabrication, electrical assemblies, and mechanical systems.
• Experience with nonconformance management, corrective actions, and root cause analysis.
• Strong documentation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently make quality acceptance decisions using objective evidence and risk-based thinking.
• Experience within regulated manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or custom equipment manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality acceptance inspections of mechanical, electrical, and fabricated products including stainless steel vessels, process systems, electrical enclosures, control panels, weldments, and fabricated assemblies.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, tolerances, quality requirements, and acceptance criteria to determine product conformity.
• Verify workmanship, dimensions, materials, finishes, weld quality, component installation, and system configuration against approved requirements.
• Support and perform in-process inspections, Hardware Acceptance Testing (HAT), Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), and related product verification activities.
• Conduct continuity testing, functional verification, and RPM testing on electrical assemblies utilizing calibrated test equipment ranging from 5V through 480V three-phase systems.
• Determine product acceptance, rejection, conditional acceptance, or escalation based upon objective evidence and established quality requirements.

Skills

Drawings interpretation

Quality assurance

Documentation

Welding

Fabrication

Electrical assemblies

Regulated manufacturing experience

Education

Associate degree in a technical discipline

Tools

GD&T

Job description

Anderson Dahlen Inc in Ramsey, MN, specializes in world-class alloy fabrication and equipment manufacturing for biotech, pharma, and industrial markets. The Quality role supports product acceptance for materials and assemblies used in bioprocessing and pharmaceutical systems, ensuring conformance with drawings, specs, and quality standards.

Essential duties include performing inspections of stainless vessels and control panels, maintaining documentation, and supporting HAT/FAT activities.