Remote Quality Engineer - Advanced Quality Planning (APQP)

Eaton Group; Town of Orchard Park (NY); Remote; USD 71,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton's IS AER MSD division seeks a Quality Engineer - Advanced Quality Planning for a remote role. The incumbent will lead quality planning for new product introductions, ensure flow-down of customer requirements, and drive APQP/PPAP activities to reduce risk and ensure production readiness.

Responsibilities include developing quality plans, conducting FMEAs, maintaining control and inspection plans, and supporting environmental, health, and safety considerations throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 1 year of quality assurance/engineering experience, or an Associate degree with 3 years of experience.
• ITAR compliance requires U.S. person status per ITAR.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality planning activities for new product introduction lifecycle from bid to first production build.
• Review customer RFQs, contracts, and flow-down of contractual quality requirements.
• Develop and maintain product and process quality plans aligned with customer, regulatory, and QMS requirements.
• Ensure quality requirements are identified and flowed into manufacturing, inspection, test, and supplier processes.
• Apply risk-based thinking to identify and mitigate quality issues before production release.
• Support APQP activities including planning, risk assessment, process development, verification, validation, and production readiness.
• Facilitate or participate in Design FMEAs and Process FMEAs as applicable.
• Ensure risks are addressed through prevention, detection, inspection, or process-control methods.
• Develop and maintain Control Plans, inspection plans, and process controls.
• Plan and execute First Article Inspections (FAI) per AS9102.
• Execute APQP and part approval processes for customers.
• Ensure EHS considerations are integrated into daily activities.

Skills

Quality planning

APQP

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. in STEM

A.S. in STEM

Tools

AS9100 knowledge

Job description

Eaton's IS AER MSD division seeks a Quality Engineer - Advanced Quality Planning for a remote role. The incumbent will lead quality planning for new product introductions, ensure flow-down of customer requirements, and drive APQP/PPAP activities to reduce risk and ensure production readiness.

Responsibilities include developing quality plans, conducting FMEAs, maintaining control and inspection plans, and supporting environmental, health, and safety considerations throughout the lifecycle.