Quality Engineer: Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement Lead

ISU Research Park; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

John Deere Des Moines Works in Des Moines, IA seeks a Quality Engineer to provide day-to-day quality support for production operations and drive continuous improvement in manufacturing processes. You will lead root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and support audits and change control to enhance product quality and process capability.

The role requires experience with PFMEA, RCA, 8D, and NCCA, plus data analytics tools such as Power BI/Tableau/Ignition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• Experience with quality tools and audits.
• Strong communication and team skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide tactical quality line support for production sprayer assembly operations.
• Investigate part and process defects and lead root cause analysis activities.
• Develop and implement corrective actions to improve quality performance.
• Support new product introductions and product change control activities.
• Partner with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Management, and CI teams to improve product quality and process capability.
• Support internal and external audit activities and quality system compliance.
• Lead quality improvement projects focused on defect reduction and customer satisfaction.

Skills

PFMEA

Root Cause Analysis

8D

NCCA processes

Data analytics

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Ignition

Job description

John Deere Des Moines Works in Des Moines, IA seeks a Quality Engineer to provide day-to-day quality support for production operations and drive continuous improvement in manufacturing processes. You will lead root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and support audits and change control to enhance product quality and process capability.

The role requires experience with PFMEA, RCA, 8D, and NCCA, plus data analytics tools such as Power BI/Tableau/Ignition.