Root Cause & CAPA Engineer — Onsite with 50-70% Travel

FXI; Boyce (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FXI seeks a Root Cause & Corrective Action Engineer to lead quality improvements across its manufacturing network. You will drive root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and guide problem-solving across multiple plants with a focus on sustainability and lean practices.

The role requires 50-70% travel to support initiatives and a strong ability to facilitate cross-functional teams toward practical solutions in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field and minimum 5 years manufacturing quality experience.
• Proven track record in root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Ability to 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 ID, and validation.
• Facilitate structured problem-solving using Red X, 3-Legged 5-Why, and Is/Is Not analyses.
• Identify and reduce process variation using Shainin Red X and related comparisons.
• Analyze trends and systemic issues across facilities to find risks and improvement opportunities.
• Lead Read Across initiatives to standardize lessons and deploy best practices.
• Champion Lean Quality principles by eliminating waste and simplifying processes.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain and Quality teams.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Lean manufacturing

Quality systems

Cross functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Quality

Tools

Shainin Red X

8D

A3

Job description

FXI seeks a Root Cause & Corrective Action Engineer to lead quality improvements across its manufacturing network. You will drive root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and guide problem-solving across multiple plants with a focus on sustainability and lean practices.

The role requires 50-70% travel to support initiatives and a strong ability to facilitate cross-functional teams toward practical solutions in a manufacturing environment.