Quality Engineer - Employee-Owned Manufacturing

Lou-Rich; Albert Lea (MN); On-site; USD 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lou-Rich, a Minnesota-based manufacturer, is seeking a Quality Program Specialist to develop systems and documentation ensuring products meet contractual and program quality requirements. The role focuses on review and improvement of design, manufacturing, and test processes to sustain quality adherence.

You will drive quality philosophies, support prototypes, and coordinate critical quality activities like FAI, PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, and SPC to satisfy customer expectations and internal standards.

Qualifications

• Requires experience developing and maintaining program quality systems and documentation.
• Experience coordinating PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, and SPC activities.
• Ability to review design, manufacturing, and test docs for quality conformance.

Responsibilities

• Review design, manufacturing, and test documentation to ensure program quality requirements are met.
• Analyze program quality performance and drive corrective actions.
• Develop program-specific quality and test philosophies to meet requirements.
• Review customer documentation to identify and fulfill requirements.
• Interface with customers on quality concerns to ensure responsiveness.
• Establish and maintain the program quality system plan and related docs.
• Support prototype development to ensure alignment with quality systems.
• Dispost discrepant material to maintain product quality and program adherence.
• Perform program-specific tasks (FAI, PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, SPC, etc.).
• Develop and maintain a reporting system for program quality for internal and customer visibility.

Skills

Quality management

First Article Inspection

PPAP

APQP

PFMEA

SPC

Customer interface

Job description

Lou-Rich, a Minnesota-based manufacturer, is seeking a Quality Program Specialist to develop systems and documentation ensuring products meet contractual and program quality requirements. The role focuses on review and improvement of design, manufacturing, and test processes to sustain quality adherence.

You will drive quality philosophies, support prototypes, and coordinate critical quality activities like FAI, PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, and SPC to satisfy customer expectations and internal standards.