Quality Engineering Lead – Manufacturing Excellence

CFO Trane U.S. Inc.-CFO; Tyler (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K match

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Trane Technologies in Texas is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead cross-functional quality improvement initiatives across residential operations and suppliers. You will apply data analytics and structured problem-solving to reduce defects and drive permanent corrective actions across new product launches.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 5+ years in quality/reliability in high-volume manufacturing, and travel up to 30% across the Americas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in Quality, Reliability, or Product Development in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Proven success leading cross-functional quality improvement and cost reduction projects.
• Experience with stage-gate product development and manufacturing readiness processes (PDP, NPD, MRT, PPAP).
• Strong knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, GD&T, and root-cause methodologies.
• Ability to travel up to 30% across the Americas.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional quality improvement initiatives to reduce defects, scrap, COPQ, and warranty exposure across residential operations and suppliers.
• Use data analytics, field feedback, and structured problem‑solving methods to identify issues and drive permanent corrective actions.
• Partner with NPD teams to embed Design for Quality and support manufacturing readiness for new product launches.
• Define and flow down critical quality requirements, including CTQs, KPCs, and GD&T, to plants and suppliers.
• Drive process validation activities such as PFMEA, MSA, Control Plans, Safe Launch, and Run‑at‑Rate to ensure manufacturing readiness and stable production.
• Coach and mentor quality engineers and cross-functional teams on quality tools, standard work, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Quality engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Root-cause analysis

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field

Job description

Trane Technologies in Texas is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead cross-functional quality improvement initiatives across residential operations and suppliers. You will apply data analytics and structured problem-solving to reduce defects and drive permanent corrective actions across new product launches.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 5+ years in quality/reliability in high-volume manufacturing, and travel up to 30% across the Americas.