Quality Engineer

Tempur Sealy; Crawfordsville (IN); On-site; USD 62,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Paid Time Off

Competitive Medical, Dental & other wellness programs

Disability and Life Company Paid

Retirement Plan Options

Generous Employee Purchase Discounts

Job summary

Tempur Sealy is hiring a Quality Engineer in Crawfordsville, Indiana, with responsibilities including driving foam quality improvements and aiding production issues. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, with 1-2 years of relevant experience, and possesses strong analytical skills using tools like Minitab.

The position offers competitive benefits including generous paid time off, medical, dental, and retirement plans, along with employee discounts.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years directly related experience or equivalent education/experience.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.

Responsibilities

• Improve foam quality using analytical tools.
• Support production enhancements through problem-solving.
• Conduct audits and inspections for quality conformance.
• Facilitate benchmarking best practices between facilities.

Skills

Analytical tools application

Problem solving

5S, Lean and Six Sigma

Minitab or JMP experience

Advanced Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Job description

Pay Range: $62,000-88,000

What You’ll Do (Essential Duties and Responsibilities)

• Application of analytical tools to drive improvement in foam quality and continually achieve variation reduction.
• Perform internal scrap cost analysis and drive scrap cost reduction projects.
• Support Quality Technicians with addressing production issues and improvement opportunities via problem solving techniques.
• Participate in new product/process development, qualification, and establishment of "Safe Launch" plans.
• Track, report, and drive improvement in direct material suppliers to improve incoming quality performance.
• Perform product inspection and audits of products and/or systems for conformance to standard.
• Perform weekly CTQ audit and reporting to drive continual improvement.
• Facilitate best practices benchmarking between TPVA, TPNM, TPIN and other facilities.
• Assist in problem investigation and resolution.
• Periodically support the laboratory, performing laboratory tests, and/or experiments following established procedures or protocols while operating requisite laboratory equipment and instruments; record data; maintain and make minor adjustments to equipment.

What You’ll Need (Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and 1-2 years directly related experience. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Business acumen, will act as a business partner to Operations.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Advanced knowledge of PC usage required to include using the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Demonstrated experience in 5S, Lean and Six Sigma principles. Green Belt preferred, or ability to obtain within the first year of employment.
• Minitab or JMP experience preferred.

Our Company Offers Great Benefits, Including:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Competitive Medical, Dental & other wellness programs
• Disability and Life Company Paid
• Retirement Plan Options
• Generous Employee Purchase Discounts

Tempur Sealy is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type based upon race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.