Quality Engineer – APQP, FMEA & Process Excellence

Multimatic; Tennessee (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Multimatic seeks an experienced Quality Assurance professional to drive quality systems and APQP/PPAP across manufacturing and engineering. The role emphasizes fault prevention, process control, and liaison among manufacturing, engineering, sales, and purchasing to ensure first-time quality and customer satisfaction.

The candidate will lead PPAPs, participate in customer audits, and develop capability studies while maintaining IATF-related documents and control plans.

Qualifications

• Experience applying quality systems daily and leading APQP/PPAP activities.
• Coordinate between manufacturing and quality on quality systems, procedures and maintenance.
• Review prints/specs to ensure reliability; track ECNs and changes.
• Lead inspections, CAPA, and customer audits; train staff on new equipment.
• Provide capability studies and use Cp, Cpk with Minitab.
• Develop IATF documents and drive PPAPs for new or modified products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the inspectors and technicians with the quality supervisor in annual capability studies.
• Drive quality problem solving with cross-functional teams and customers.
• Support quality hold area and disposition non-conforming material.
• Coordinate audits and reviews of quality plans and control plans.

Skills

Quality systems

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

Control Plans

SPC

Cross-functional

Process improvement

Minitab

Tools

Minitab

Job description

Multimatic seeks an experienced Quality Assurance professional to drive quality systems and APQP/PPAP across manufacturing and engineering. The role emphasizes fault prevention, process control, and liaison among manufacturing, engineering, sales, and purchasing to ensure first-time quality and customer satisfaction.

The candidate will lead PPAPs, participate in customer audits, and develop capability studies while maintaining IATF-related documents and control plans.