Quality Engineer: PPAP, Supplier & Process Excellence

Lakeside Recruiting Solutions; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeside Recruiting Solutions seeks a Quality Engineer to ensure parts meet customer expectations and align with quality system standards. Responsibilities include collaborating with engineering and manufacturing, reviewing tolerances, and supporting PPAP and APQP activities.

The role focuses on resolving quality issues, improving inspection procedures, and coordinating with suppliers to drive quality improvements in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or related field.
• Experience in quality engineering within manufacturing.
• Experience collaborating with customers and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to determine critical part features and review manufacturability.
• Recommend modifications to customer part specifications and tolerances to support cost-effective production.
• Support operations to ensure consistent application of quality techniques.
• Resolve quality issues related to capability, tolerancing, and materials.
• Develop and submit PPAP documents for new product launches.
• Participate in Advanced Product Quality Planning activities for measurement systems in new tool design.
• Act as the voice of the customer in quality system requirements.
• Work with Quality Technicians to improve inspection procedures and standards.
• Monitor the manufacturing process through product and process audits; lead scrap-reduction initiatives.
• Coordinate with suppliers and assess supplier qualification and performance.

Skills

Quality engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

PPAP documentation

APQP

Quality management systems (ISO 9001)

Job description

Lakeside Recruiting Solutions seeks a Quality Engineer to ensure parts meet customer expectations and align with quality system standards. Responsibilities include collaborating with engineering and manufacturing, reviewing tolerances, and supporting PPAP and APQP activities.

The role focuses on resolving quality issues, improving inspection procedures, and coordinating with suppliers to drive quality improvements in a manufacturing environment.