Quality Engineer, High-Reliability Medical & Defense

Pave Talent; Henderson (NV); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pave Talent is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer for a growing US manufacturer of high-reliability power and energy products serving medical, robotics, industrial, and defense applications. As the on-site QA partner, you will own write/train SOPs and PFMEAs, drive PPAP, lead 8D investigations, manage SCARs, and support ISO 9001 audits and MRB decisions on the production floor in Henderson, NV.

This broad role accelerates a senior quality engineer's resume by touching new product launches,

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of quality experience in manufacturing.
• Hands-on measurement and visual inspection.
• Experience with ISO 9001 standards.
• Experience with PPAP and supplier quality.
• Strong data analysis in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain work instructions, SOPs, control plans, and PFMEAs, and train production teams on them.
• Drive the production part approval process (PPAP) for new product introductions, from documentation through validation and approval.
• Lead root cause investigations using 8D, fishbone diagrams, 5 Whys, and Pareto analysis, and close out corrective actions.
• Manage supplier quality through supplier corrective action requests (SCARs): detailed defect reports, root cause follow‑through, and verification.
• Develop and run incoming inspection, calibration, line validations, and process audits against ISO 9001.
• Lead material review board (MRB) review and disposition of nonconforming product.
• Turn quality data into clear metrics and recommendations for management, primarily in Excel with pivot tables and charts.

Skills

Quality engineering

Root cause analysis

PPAP process

ISO 9001

8D methods

SCAR management

MRB processes

Excel analytics

SOP & PFMEA

QA training

Job description

Pave Talent is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer for a growing US manufacturer of high-reliability power and energy products serving medical, robotics, industrial, and defense applications. As the on-site QA partner, you will own write/train SOPs and PFMEAs, drive PPAP, lead 8D investigations, manage SCARs, and support ISO 9001 audits and MRB decisions on the production floor in Henderson, NV.

This broad role accelerates a senior quality engineer's resume by touching new product launches,