Quality Engineer: PPAP & Supplier Quality Lead

Grip Tooling Technologies, LLC; Florida; On-site; USD 78,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks paid time off

Employer contribution toward health보험

Job summary

Grip Tooling Technologies, LLC is seeking a Quality Engineer to own the PPAP submission process from start to finish and manage CTQ characteristics with engineering. This on-site role focuses on building and maintaining PPAP packages, developing APQP core tools, and coordinating with suppliers to ensure conformance across global manufacturing partners.

The successful candidate will drive quality improvements, review supplier documentation, and support compliance activities for RoHS, REACH, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in quality engineering in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with PPAP preparation, submission, or management.
• Proficient with AIAG core tools: APQP, PFMEA, MSA, SPC.

Responsibilities

• Own the PPAP process from preparation through submission.
• Build and maintain a master quality-evidence package for different customers.
• Develop and maintain APQP core tools (process flow diagrams, control plans, PFMEAs).
• Define and manage CTQ characteristics with engineering.
• Review engineering drawings, GD&T, specs, and revisions for clear, measurable quality requirements.
• Review supplier quality documentation and certifications.
• Coordinate with overseas contract manufacturers to ensure quality data completeness.
• Review first-article inspection results and other production quality evidence.
• Prepare and manage PSWs as supplier of record.
• Support product compliance activities involving REACH, SVHC, RoHS, and IMDS declarations.
• Lead root-cause analysis and CAPA activities (8D).
• Develop and maintain the company's PPAP SOP.
• Collaborate with engineering, suppliers, customers, and internal teams to resolve quality issues.
• Occasional travel for supplier and customer visits, including potential international travel.

Skills

Quality engineering

PPAP

APQP

PFMEA

GD&T

CTQ

Measurement equipment

MS Office

Excel

English

On-site work

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Quality Engineer – PPAP & Supplier Quality

Location:Brandon, FL
Job Type:Full-Time, On-Site
Schedule:Monday–Friday, 100% on-site
Salary:$78,000–$92,000 per year, based on experience
Benefits:4 weeks paid time off + employer contribution toward individual health insurance

Build Quality Systems. Own PPAP. Make an Impact.

We are a growing, family-owned product development and manufacturing company that designs and develops innovative hand tools and hardware products for major brands worldwide. With more than 250 pending and granted patents across our product lines, we engineer and create products that are sold throughout the U.S., Australia, the EU, and other global markets.

We are looking for aQuality Engineerto take ownership of product quality and thePPAP submission process from start to finish.

This is an important, independent quality role with real authority. You will build and maintain PPAP packages, establish quality standards, verify supplier data, define critical-to-quality characteristics, and ensure products meet requirements before they reach customers.

The ideal candidate is meticulous, organized, and highly accountable. You take ownership of your work, verify the details before signing off, and have the integrity to never approve something you haven't properly validated.

What You'll Do

• Own thePPAP processfrom preparation through submission, including customer-specific formats and requirements.
• Build and maintain a master quality-evidence package that can be adapted for different customers.
• Develop and maintainAPQP core tools, including process flow diagrams, control plans, and PFMEAs.
• Define and manageCritical-to-Quality (CTQ)characteristics in partnership with engineering.
• Review engineering drawings, GD&T, specifications, and revisions to ensure quality requirements are clearly defined and measurable.
• Review supplier quality documentation, including dimensional layouts, material certifications, heat-treat and coating certifications, capability studies, and measurement-system analysis.
• Work with overseas contract manufacturers to ensure required quality documentation and data are complete and accurate.
• Review first-article inspection results and other production quality evidence.
• Prepare and managePart Submission Warrants (PSWs)as the supplier of record.
• Support product compliance activities involvingREACH, SVHC, RoHS, and IMDSdeclarations.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective-action activities, including8D and CAPA.
• Develop and maintain the company'sPPAP Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• Partner with engineering, suppliers, customers, and internal teams to resolve quality issues and continuously improve processes.
• Occasionally travel for supplier and customer visits, including potential international travel.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in quality engineeringwithin a manufacturing environment.
• Experience withPPAPpreparation, submission, or management.
• Working knowledge ofAPQP, PFMEA, MSA, SPC, and other AIAG core quality tools.
• Ability to read and interpretengineering drawings and GD&T.
• Experience identifying and verifyingCritical-to-Quality (CTQ)characteristics.
• Comfortable using measurement equipment such as calipers, micrometers, and digital measuring instruments.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularlyExcel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills.
• Clear communication skills when working with suppliers, customers, and internal teams.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be fluent in English.
• Must be available to work100% on-site in Brandon, FL, five days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience independently authoring and submitting customer PPAP packages.
• Automotive manufacturing orIATF 16949experience.
• Hand-tool, fastener, hardware, or similar manufactured-product experience.
• CQE certification