Quality Engineer

Flex; Northfield (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Quality Engineer to join our Northfield, MN team, focusing on maintaining and improving quality programs and standards across our manufacturing processes.

You will drive CAPA, data integrity, and continuous improvement initiatives, collaborating with Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers to resolve issues and ensure compliant, reliable products.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with technical foundation.
• CAPA, root cause analysis and Lean Six Sigma tools experience.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Strong communication skills and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devises sampling procedures and records quality data.
• Implements methods for disposition of discrepant material and cost assessment.
• Directs team in measuring and testing product and reporting quality results.
• Chairs training on quality control activities and ensures data integrity.
• Initiates corrective action requests and tracks completion.
• Supports development and implementation of quality audits.
• Develops and maintains quality standards for processing materials into finished products.
• Designs methods for inspecting and evaluating accuracy of products and equipment.
• Analyzes reports and returns to recommend corrective actions.
• Evaluates production equipment and testing processes for quality improvements.

Skills

Quality engineering

CAPA

Lean Six Sigma

Data analysis

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market‑leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Quality Engineer located in Northfield, MN. The Quality Engineer will be maintaining quality engineering programs, standards and improvements within the organization.

What a typical day looks like:

• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Holds up Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.
• Assures data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidates and reports quality results.
• Initiates corrective action requests as needed and tracks to satisfactory completion.
• Assists with development and implementation of quality audits.
• In charge of developing, applying, revising and maintaining quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and or production equipment.
• Explores reports and returned products and recommends corrective action.
• Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement and research of equipment and facilities.
• Approves product, process and equipment qualifications.
• Provides liaison to various regulatory bodies.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Good communication skills
• CAPA, Roots cost analysis, Lean six sigma tools experience

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email [e-mail] and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).