Quality Engineer: Data-Driven Process Improvement

Bürkert; Huntersville (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Good work-life balance

Job summary

Burkert USA Corp is seeking aQuality Assurance professional to manage and improve the Quality Management System in a manufacturing setting. The role focuses on statistically driven process improvement, inspection enhancements, and CAPA implementation to resolve issues.

Responsibilities include supplier audits, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to maintain ISO standards and drive continuous quality improvements. Travel up to 10% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a technical major; Master’s degree a plus.
• Basic knowledge of quality systems incl. statistics, reliability, sampling and auditing.
• 1–2 years preferred in Quality Engineering or a technical discipline.
• Manufacturing environment experience.
• ISO quality management standards knowledge a plus; Six Sigma Green Belt a plus; Lean in production/warehousing a plus.
• Proficient with SAP and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, written and verbal.
• Travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the Quality Management System to ISO standards.
• Identify statistical methods to improve manufacturing processes.
• Improve inspection processes with sampling plans and confidence levels.
• Perform data analyses including hypothesis tests and process capability.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement CAPA using DMAIC and 8D/5Why.
• Address customer complaints with corrective and preventive actions.
• Audit suppliers and support QA reporting.

Skills

Statistics

Quality systems

Auditing

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree (a plus)

Tools

SAP

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Burkert USA Corp is seeking aQuality Assurance professional to manage and improve the Quality Management System in a manufacturing setting. The role focuses on statistically driven process improvement, inspection enhancements, and CAPA implementation to resolve issues.

Responsibilities include supplier audits, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to maintain ISO standards and drive continuous quality improvements. Travel up to 10% is required.