RCA Engineer — Lean Quality & Continuous Improvement

FXI; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FXI is seeking a Root Cause & Corrective Action Engineer to drive quality improvement across its manufacturing network. The role emphasizes rapid problem-solving, root cause analysis, and sustainable corrective actions in a high-volume environment.

The ideal candidate will lead cross-functional teams, apply Lean principles, and focus on true root causes rather than symptoms. This position requires 50–70% travel to support multiple plant locations and quality initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, quality, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing quality, process engineering, or operations experience.
• Travel 50-70% to support multiple plant locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead root cause investigations across manufacturing, process, product, and customer quality issues.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions with rapid containment, root cause identification, implementation, validation, and sustainability of solutions.
• Facilitate structured problem-solving using Red X, 3-Legged 5-Why, and Is / Is Not Analysis.
• Identify and reduce process variation using Shainin Red X principles and practical experimentation.
• Analyze trends and systemic issues across facilities to identify recurring problems and risks.
• Lead Read Across initiatives to standardize lessons learned and deploy best practices.
• Champion Lean Quality principles to eliminate waste and improve processes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Quality for critical issue resolution.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Problem-solving

Lean principles

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, quality, or related technical discipline

Tools

Shainin Red X

8D problem solving

A3 problem solving

Lean

Job description

FXI is seeking a Root Cause & Corrective Action Engineer to drive quality improvement across its manufacturing network. The role emphasizes rapid problem-solving, root cause analysis, and sustainable corrective actions in a high-volume environment.

The ideal candidate will lead cross-functional teams, apply Lean principles, and focus on true root causes rather than symptoms. This position requires 50–70% travel to support multiple plant locations and quality initiatives.