Quality Engineer - Process Improvement & Compliance

Colonial Group; Village of Endicott (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Industrial Operations in Endicott, NY seeks a Quality Engineer to support day-to-day quality initiatives in manufacturing, ensuring product conformity, process control, and customer satisfaction. You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.

You will lead root cause analyses, implement corrective actions, and support audits while maintaining QMS compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 3-5 years of quality engineering experience in manufacturing.
• Experience with ISO 9001 quality systems and problem-solving methods.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, and customer requirements.
• Proficiency with Excel for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support daily manufacturing quality activities and resolve production quality issues.
• Investigate nonconforming material, customer complaints, internal rejects, scrap, and rework.
• Lead root cause analyses using 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, PFMEA, and statistics.
• Develop and monitor corrective and preventive actions for sustainable solutions.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Engineering to improve process capability and reduce defects.
• Maintain and update control plans, inspection plans, PFMEAs, and quality procedures.
• Analyze quality metrics (DPPM, first-pass yield, scrap, rework, returns) to identify trends.
• Support risk assessments, process validations, and inspection planning for new products.
• Perform process and product audits and address audit findings.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/related

Tools

Microsoft Excel

CMMs

Calipers

Micrometers

Optical comparators

Job description

Amphenol Industrial Operations in Endicott, NY seeks a Quality Engineer to support day-to-day quality initiatives in manufacturing, ensuring product conformity, process control, and customer satisfaction. You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.

You will lead root cause analyses, implement corrective actions, and support audits while maintaining QMS compliance.