Senior Quality Engineer

Hunter Industries Inc.; San Marcos (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site wellness center

Career development opportunities

Profit sharing bonus

Beautiful campus and parks

Company events

Job summary

Hunter Industries is seeking aSenior Quality Engineer to advance our Quality Department by leveraging Six Sigma, Lean, and ISO practices to boost process capability, reduce defects, and improve customer satisfaction. The role covers internal facilities and global contract manufacturers, with a focus on integrating quality into product development and supplier processes.

The candidate will lead continuous improvement, manage customer complaints, ensure safety and environmental compliance, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Minimum five years of experience in high‑volume manufacturing
• Strong problem-solving, organizational and presentation skills
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Responsibilities

• Promotes the quality mission to expand and improve process capability to defect-free, reliable products
• Supports quality functions at internal facility and global contract manufacturing locations
• Establishes a robust quality management system with policies, procedures, and controls
• Leads QA in new product development stages: verification, design, qualification, testing
• Manages customer complaint system and resolves field issues with engineering
• Ensures product safety and environmental compliance
• Monitors KPIs and prepares performance scorecards
• Leads continuous improvement projects to reduce costs and improve quality
• Assists with budget planning and resource forecasting
• Expands knowledge of statistics and warranty/reliability methods

Skills

Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing

ISO compliance

Statistical analysis

Quality management

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Quality systems software

Job description

Hunter Industries is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer responsible for developing and supporting an effective Quality Department, to utilize the tools and methodologies of Six‑sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and ISO requirements to improve the capability of the manufacturing and quality processes, resulting in increased efficiencies, reduced defects and variation, and improved customer satisfaction.

Essential Job Functions/Tasks:

• Promotes the organization’s quality mission to expand and improve our quality manufacturing process capability to achieve defect‑free, reliable products.
• Supports quality functions at internal manufacturing facility as well as global contract manufacturing locations.
• Implement policies, procedures, and controls to establish a robust quality management system.
• Leads efforts to ensure quality is integrated into all phases of the new product development process, including verification of specifications, product and tool design, molded and supplier part qualification, measurement system analysis, quality documentation, and product testing.
• Manages customer complaint system and works directly with customers and engineering to resolve product field issues.
• Responsible for product safety and environmental compliance.
• Monitors key performance indicators. Prepares and submits report(s) and performance scorecard. Implement initiatives to drive positive changes to key metrics.
• Identifies and leads continuous improvement projects to increase team efficiency, reduce operating expenses, improve quality, and increase customer satisfaction.
• Tracks expenses against budget and recommends measures for cost reduction. Provides operating expenses, capital expenditures, and labor resource requirements during budgetary cycles.
• Continually expands knowledge of statistics and warranty/reliability engineering methods and applies methodologies in a practical manner.

Education/Training Required and Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field of study or a combination of education and relevant work experience.

Experience Required and Preferred:

• Minimum five years of experience in a high‑volume manufacturing environment.

What You Bring:

• Ability to plan, organize, and lead the operations and financial performance of the department.
• Excellent work standards, initiative, and persuasiveness, and interpersonal skills with ability to interface with all levels of employees, vendors, and customers.
• Strong problem‑solving skills. Excellent work standards, initiative, and persuasiveness.
• Strong organizational and presentation skills.
• Computer proficiency with knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and various quality systems software.
• Ability to track and measure results of programs, formulates forecasts, interpret financial data and trends, and prepare detailed budget and planning reports.
• Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally. Ability to obtain a valid passport.

What We Offer:

• Amazing corporate culture - we walk the walk when it comes to our values!
• Beautiful 20 acre park like campus with creek and walking trails
• On site wellness center with personal training, fitness classes and massage
• FUN company events!
• Company donation matching and volunteer rewards
• Career development opportunities and profit sharing bonus

Follow us on LinkedIn, check out our rave reviews on Glassdoor, and learn more about our company culture on our career site: http://corporate.hunterindustries.com/careers

Hunter Industries is a global leader in the irrigation, outdoor lighting, dispensing technology, and custom manufacturing industries. Driving our continued success is the combined energy and talents of the nearly 4,000 people on our team. Together, we create a diverse array of products that can be seen all over the world, from residential landscapes to national landmarks, stadiums, parks, hotels, and municipal buildings.

Hunter Industries and its Family of Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.

The annual salary for this opportunity ranges from $120,000 - $125,000.

The Company complies with all federal/local/state regulations in regard to pay. The above represents the expected hourly range for this job requisition. Compensation offered to the successful candidate will be determined by qualifications, prior experience, other job‑related factors, and geographic location.