RCA Engineer – Lean Quality, Travel 50-70%

FXI; Auburn (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FXI, a leading foam innovator with manufacturing facilities across North America, seeks a Root Cause & Corrective Action Engineer. The role focuses on rapid problem solving, lean quality, and structured investigations to address manufacturing and customer quality issues.

The successful candidate will lead cross-functional teams, apply Red X and 8D methods, and travel 50-70% to support FXI’s plant network. A strong background in Lean and continuous improvement is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing quality, process engineering, or operations experience.
• Demonstrated success leading root cause analysis and corrective action activities.
• Ability to travel 50-70% to support multiple plant locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Root Cause Investigations by assessing manufacturing, process, product, and customer quality issues and selecting the most effective problem-solving approach.
• Drive Corrective and Preventive Actions through rapid containment, root cause identification, implementation, validation, and sustainability of solutions.
• Facilitate Structured Problem-Solving using methodologies such as Red X, 3-Legged 5-Why, and Is / Is Not Analysis to resolve complex and chronic issues.
• Identify and Reduce Process Variation by applying Shainin Red X principles, BOB/WOW comparisons, and practical experimentation techniques.
• Analyze Trends and Systemic Issues across multiple facilities to identify recurring problems, business risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead Read Across Initiatives to standardize lessons learned, prevent issue recurrence, and deploy best practices throughout the manufacturing network.
• Champion Lean Quality Principles by eliminating waste, simplifying processes, and promoting practical, value-added solutions to quality challenges.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Quality teams to resolve critical issues and drive sustainable improvements.
• Support Customer Quality Management by leading customer issue investigations, communicating corrective actions, and participating in customer-facing quality discussions and escalations.
• Develop Organizational Capability by coaching and training plant teams in problem-solving methodologies, root cause analysis, Lean principles, and effective corrective action development.

Skills

Problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or related technical discipline

Tools

Shainin Red X

A3 problem solving

8D

Job description

FXI, a leading foam innovator with manufacturing facilities across North America, seeks a Root Cause & Corrective Action Engineer. The role focuses on rapid problem solving, lean quality, and structured investigations to address manufacturing and customer quality issues.

The successful candidate will lead cross-functional teams, apply Red X and 8D methods, and travel 50-70% to support FXI’s plant network. A strong background in Lean and continuous improvement is essential.