Senior Quality Engineer

Twin City Die Castings Company; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 82,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Company-funded HRA account

Flexible Spending and Health Savings

Vision and Dental Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Life Insurance

Job summary

Twin City Die Castings Company in Minneapolis seeks a Senior Quality Engineer to translate requirements into robust quality plans and lead APQP/PPAP activities. You will support production on quality issues, manage customer communications, and drive process improvements across NPD/EC projects.

Responsibilities include developing metrology plans, GD&T application, and audits, with ESOP benefits and a strong safety culture. 5+ years in a related field is preferred.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or related technical field with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience developing new product and process qualification plans.
• Experience with SPC, DOE, and process capability studies.
• Experience optimizing processes for cost reductions and risk reduction.
• Experience in die casting or precision machining preferred.
• ASQ or similar certification; Green Belt/Black Belt a plus.

Responsibilities

• Primary customer contact for all quality related communications.
• Build and manage relationships with customer quality personnel.
• Provide hands-on support to production to resolve quality issues.
• Lead problem solving teams to address complaints and reduce scrap.
• Maintain and train quality plans, inspection plans, and work instructions.
• Disposition suspect product and materials per customer requirements.
• Work with suppliers to resolve quality-related issues.
• Quality representative for NPD & EC projects.
• Define quality requirements for NPD/EC projects and APQP activities.
• Support design reviews and input into print development.
• Participate in PFMEA risk assessment activities.

Skills

Quality engineering

APQP

PPAP

GD&T

Problem solving

Process improvement

Gemba

Cross-functional work

Statistical methods

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

Zeiss-Calypso CMM

ERP systems

Quality databases

CMM programming

Job description

Description

Position Summary

The Senior Quality Engineer is a customer-focused, hands‑on technical position responsible for translating customer and internal requirements into effective manufacturing quality plans. This position builds customer relationships, provides production floor quality engineering support, and advanced quality planning for new products & engineering changes. The role combines ownership of customer satisfaction, problem solving, corrective action, and process improvement with APQP and PPAP activities. The Senior Quality Engineer promotes a strong quality culture while supporting customer satisfaction, continual improvement, profitability, and safe operations.

Responsibilities/Duties/Tasks

• Primary customer contact for all quality related communications
• Build and manage relationships with customer quality personnel
• Provide hands‑on support to production departments to resolve quality issues through effective problem‑solving techniques
• Lead problem solving teams to address customer complaints, internal quality issues, improve processes, and reduce scrap.
• Maintain, update, and train manufacturing quality plans including inspection & control plans, and operator work instructions.
• Disposition suspect product and materials using customer requirements and knowledge of product end use
• Works with suppliers and subcontractors to resolve quality related issues
• Quality representative for NPD & EC projects

o Define and document quality requirements for all NPD and EC projects

o Manage schedule of quality related APQP activities

o Support customer design reviews, providing input into print development (datum structure, tolerancing, visual requirements, etc.)

o Participate in risk assessment activities (PFMEA)

o Develop metrology plan, including gaging to minimize CMM inspections

o Develop production control plans

o Define and document quality requirements for purchased components and or sub-contract operations

o Compile and submit PPAP documentation

• Daily Gemba participation
• Proficient in GD&T and its application
• Provides leadership in supporting a Safety & Quality culture
• Serve as an internal auditor, as assigned
• Maintains complete confidentiality relating to sensitive business, financial, and personnel issues.
• Responsible for knowing and following all environmental, health and safety rules, policies, and procedures for work area and takes responsibility to ensure that personal work activity is conducted in such a way so as to not affect the safety of themselves or others.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Required

• BS in Engineering or related technical field, with a minimum of 5 years related experience.
• Experience developing new product and process qualification plans and manufacturing quality plans.
• Experience conducting process capability studies, design of experiments, statistical process control, and other techniques.
• Experience optimizing processes to achieve ongoing cost reductions and reduction of risk.

Preferred:

• Experience in quality engineering in a die casting and/or a precision machining environment.
• Experience with APQP process and PPAP submissions.
• Experience working with Automotive, Medical, or Aerospace products and standards.
• Experience with Zeiss-Calypso CMM programming or operation.
• Experience in the application of World Class Manufacturing principles.
• Experience utilizing Quality databases and ERP systems.
• Experience auditing quality systems and processes.
• ASQ or similar professional certification.
• Green Belt of Black Belt Certification a plus

Pay & Benefits

• $82,000 - $97,000 per year, depending on experience and education
• Employee Ownership (ESOP)
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Company-funded HRA account
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Vision and Dental Insurance
• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance