Quality Engineer — Drive Defect Reduction & CI

Exemplar Global; Newport (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

PTO

Paid Holidays

Other Benefits

Job summary

Sterling Engineering in Newport, TN is seeking a Quality Engineer to support quality and continuous improvement in a manufacturing setting. This role emphasizes root cause analysis, corrective actions, quality systems, and process improvement, partnering with engineering, production, and supply chain to resolve defects and boost product performance.

Duties include conducting root-cause investigations, leading 8D/SCAR/A3 actions, internal audits, maintaining documentation, updating SOPs and

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years technical experience or 3+ years with relevant degree.
• Experience in root cause analysis, CAPA, and structured problem solving.
• Knowledge of quality systems, internal audits, and ISO requirements.
• FMEAs, control plans, SOPs, and CpK metrics.

Responsibilities

• Investigate defects to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and supply chain to resolve issues.
• Lead 8D, SCARs, and A3 problem-solving activities.
• Ensure actions are timely, effective, and sustained.
• Maintain quality procedures, documentation, and document control.
• Coordinate testing to validate actions and update plans and SOPs.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Corrective actions

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project management

MS Office

Education

Associate degree in a technical field

Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field

Tools

MS Office

Quality systems knowledge

Job description

Sterling Engineering in Newport, TN is seeking a Quality Engineer to support quality and continuous improvement in a manufacturing setting. This role emphasizes root cause analysis, corrective actions, quality systems, and process improvement, partnering with engineering, production, and supply chain to resolve defects and boost product performance.

Duties include conducting root-cause investigations, leading 8D/SCAR/A3 actions, internal audits, maintaining documentation, updating SOPs and