Quality Engineering Technician

Industrial Scientific; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Quality Engineering Technician, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing product quality and performance. This position emphasizes analyzing quality issues, implementing manufacturing improvements, and collaborating across teams to ensure excellence in production. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will contribute to the development of best practices and support operational goals. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented professional eager to make a significant impact in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. If you thrive in a collaborative setting and have a passion for quality assurance, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings and quality control principles.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and resolve quality issues using engineering drawings.
• Collaborate with teams to implement corrective actions.

Skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Manufacturing process improvements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Quality

Tools

CAD software

Oracle

Salesforce

JIRA

Windchill

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The Quality Engineering Technician will be a key member of the quality and manufacturing engineering teams, responsible for analyzing and resolving quality issues related to parts and components. This role involves the use of engineering drawings and schematics to identify and address problems, as well as creating and implementing manufacturing process improvements to enhance product quality and performance. Quality improvements are a priority for this role, with key outcomes including customer on-time delivery and cell productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and resolve quality issues at the part and component level using engineering drawings and schematics.
• Use experimentation to accelerate permanent counter measure implementation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including the engineering, materials, and manufacturing teams, to identify root causes of quality problems and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and implement manufacturing process improvements to enhance product quality and performance, prioritizing quality improvements.
• Conduct tests and inspections to ensure that products meet quality standards and specifications.
• Document and report findings, providing recommendations for process improvements.
• Assist in the design and development of new manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to the development of best practices in manufacturing engineering.
• Support both manufacturing and service teams in achieving operational goals.
• Utilize operation applications and internal systems to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
• Serve as a key communication vehicle between the frontline team and other teams supporting problem resolution, facilitating effective information flow and collaboration.
  
  

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, or a related field.
• 2 or more years of experience in equivalent field
• Proven experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, schematics, and quality control principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, strong troubleshooting capability and acute attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and communicate with various stakeholders.
• Proficiency in using relevant software and tools for analysis and documentation.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Work efficiently in a demanding, fast paced environment
• Must be able to assemble facts from various areas, analyze data, and provide informed recommendations to management on proposed solutions
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Knowledge of CAD software and other engineering tools.
• Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to manufacturing and quality control.
• Electro-mechanical device verification/validation testing
• Hardware electrical test and verification
• Gas detection equipment experience
• Basic operational knowledge of Oracle, Salesforce, JIRA and Windchill
  
  

Working Conditions

• This position may require occasional travel to supplier or customer sites.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment, including standing for extended periods and lifting up to 50 pounds.
  
  

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 17,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

About Industrial Scientific

Industrial Scientific designs and manufactures gas detection products and solutions that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. Since our beginnings in 1985, we have pioneered numerous technologies, including the first 3-gas detector, 6-gas detector, wireless gas detector, and even the first gas detector to be included on a NASA space shuttle.Today, we continue to innovate and expand our hardware and software offerings to equip the connected workers of the future. Our latest solutions make it possible to see and respond to hazards in real time, bringing us one step closer to our vision of ending death on the job by 2050.

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Bonus or Equity

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

Pay Range

The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 65,100.00 - 120,900.00

Industrial Scientific designs and manufactures gas detection products and solutions that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. Since our beginnings in 1985, we have pioneered numerous technologies, including the first 3-gas detector, 6-gas detector, wireless gas detector, and even the first gas detector to be included on a NASA space shuttle.Today, we continue to innovate and expand our hardware and software offerings to equip the connected workers of the future. Our latest solutions make it possible to see and respond to hazards in real time, bringing us one step closer to our vision of ending death on the job by 2050.

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [e-mail].

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 65,100.00 - 120,900.00

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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