Senior QA Engineer — Lab Data & Process Excellence

Manpower, Inc.; Burnet (TX); On-site; USD 86,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Manpower, Inc. is partnering with a global supplier of advanced materials to recruit a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer for the Analytics & Metrology team in Burnet, TX.

You will lead laboratory quality and compliance efforts, ensuring data integrity, audits, training, and risk assessments to support reliable analytical testing. The role requires a zero-defect mindset, root cause problem solving, and continuous improvement using data and structured quality tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years analytical laboratory experience with quality assurance in an analytical lab setting.
• Working knowledge of ISO 17025 or equivalent lab quality systems, including experience maintaining and improving quality systems.
• Experience with analytical method validation and investigations, including deviations, OOS/OOT, and contamination events.
• Hands-on familiarity with quality tools such as Pareto, FMEA, SPC/SQC, histograms, trend analysis, process mapping, design of experiments, cause-and-effect diagrams, and structured problem-solving methodologies (8D/RCA).

Responsibilities

• Lead laboratory quality and compliance efforts by overseeing data integrity, audits, training, risk assessments, method validation, and quality systems to ensure reliable analytical testing.
• Investigate and solve quality issues by leading root cause analyses, managing deviations and contamination events, and implementing corrective actions to prevent future problems.
• Drive continuous improvement across lab operations using data, statistical tools, and cross-functional collaboration to improve testing processes, reduce variability, increase efficiency, and strengthen the overall quality culture.
• Provide analytical testing stability and improvement through statistical process control (SPC/SQC), trend analysis, and other quality methods that support accuracy and data stability.
• Serve as a lab-focused SME for quality concepts and structured problem-solving tools (e.g., 8D, RCA, FMEA), including training and expert guidance for critical excursions.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Pareto analysis

FMEA

SPC/SQC

DOE

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering or related field

Tools

ISO 17025 familiarity

Job description

Manpower, Inc. is partnering with a global supplier of advanced materials to recruit a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer for the Analytics & Metrology team in Burnet, TX.

You will lead laboratory quality and compliance efforts, ensuring data integrity, audits, training, and risk assessments to support reliable analytical testing. The role requires a zero-defect mindset, root cause problem solving, and continuous improvement using data and structured quality tools.