Quality Engineer

Wasco Switches & Sensors; Emmett (ID); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wasco Switches & Sensors is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure products and processes meet quality requirements. The role supports corrective actions, risk management, and ongoing improvement across the organization and supply chain.

The position emphasizes applying quality engineering methods, leading investigations, analyzing data, and collaborating with internal teams and external partners to drive defect reduction and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Apply quality engineering methods to ensure product and process quality.
• Lead investigations and corrective actions.
• Analyze data and perform risk assessments including FMEA.
• Collaborate with suppliers and customers on quality requirements.
• Support continuous improvement to reduce defects and improve efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Support product and process quality to meet standards.
• Lead root-cause investigations and corrective action plans.
• Analyze quality data, perform risk assessments, and support FMEA.
• Collaborate with suppliers and customers to address quality needs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects.

Skills

Technical problem solving

Root cause analysis

Data analysis & statistics

Cross-functional collaboration

ISO 9001 knowledge

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

The Quality Engineer applies technical and problem-solving skills to ensure products and processes meet quality requirements. This role supports corrective actions, risk management, and continuous improvement across the organization and supply chain.

Description

The Quality Engineer applies technical and problem-solving skills to ensure products and processes meet quality requirements. This role supports corrective actions, risk management, and continuous improvement across the organization and supply chain.

Essential Functions

• Process and Product Quality Support: Apply quality engineering principles to ensure product and process compliance with quality standards.
• Root Cause and Corrective Actions: Lead investigations into quality issues and develop corrective action plans.
• Data Analysis and Risk Management: Analyze data, conduct risk assessments, and support FMEA and other preventive quality tools.
• Supplier and Customer Support: Work with suppliers and customers to address quality requirements and resolve issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Support initiatives that improve process capability, reduce defects, and enhance efficiency.

Requirements

Skills and Abilities Summary

• Technical Problem-Solving: Understands the necessary elements of an operator controllable process. Apply quality engineering methods and structured problem-solving to resolve complex quality issues.
• Root Cause Analysis Expertise: Use tools such as 5 Whys, Fishbone, and FMEA to identify and prevent failures.
• Data-Driven Approach: Collect, analyze, and interpret quality data to support decisions. Firm command of descriptive statistics, intermediate or above excel skills. Effectively applies SPC and MSA in a factory setting.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain teams to ensure quality integration.
• Standards Knowledge: Understand ISO 9001 and industry-specific standards to ensure compliance.

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

This position may require the ability to lift 50 lbs. at chest level several times a day, good hand and eye coordination with demonstrated manual dexterity and fine motor skills for precision calibration and assembly of small parts, 20/20 or better corrected vision, and the ability to see the full spectrum of colors and track fine details visually to discover defects in parts or processes. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.