Senior Quality Engineer | NPI, 8D/DMAIC, Lean Leader

Wabtec; Buffalo Grove (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Relocation assistance

Annual bonus

Job summary

Wabtec in the United States is seeking a Quality Engineer IV to serve as a senior technical resource for quality engineering, quality systems, customer quality, and manufacturing process improvement. You’ll lead high-impact initiatives that improve product quality, customer confidence, manufacturing performance, and cost of poor quality.

The role supports bus transit technologies and collaborates across manufacturing, customers, suppliers, engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent quality/manufacturing experience accepted.
• Minimum 8 years in Quality Engineering in industrial manufacturing with customer-facing quality experience.
• Automotive experience preferred.
• Candidates without a degree may qualify with 10 years of relevant quality experience, including 4 years of customer-facing quality experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of quality engineering, quality systems, customer complaint management, ISO 9001, ERP/MES, and digital QMS platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of 8D, DMAIC, A3, FMEA/PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, DOE, APQP/PPAP, lean manufacturing, Six Sigma Green Belt, error proofing, statistical analysis, analytics, and BI tools.
• Lean Practitioner/Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex customer complaints, containment, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and executive-ready updates.
• Drive systemic improvements using 8D, DMAIC, FMEA/PFMEA, DOE, SPC, MSA, analytics, and data-based problem solving.
• Support NPI from cradle to grave, including quality planning, process validation, launch support, and post-launch monitoring.
• Lead and support lean manufacturing, error proofing, process simplification, and process lean-out efforts to reduce waste and prevent defects.
• Mentor quality engineers, coach cross-functional teams, and provide oversight on complex technical quality decisions.
• Support supplier quality, field quality, warranty, rework, and FMI-related issue resolution as applicable.
• Use KPIs, COPQ, scorecards, QMS data, statistical knowledge, and BI tools to identify systemic risks and prioritize actions.
• Align quality priorities with leadership and support execution of the quality roadmap.

Skills

Quality engineering

Quality systems

Customer complaint management

ISO 9001

ERP/MES

Digital QMS platforms

8D

DMAIC

A3

FMEA/PFMEA

Control Plans

SPC

MSA

DOE

APQP/PPAP

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma Green Belt

Error proofing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

ERP/MES

Digital QMS platforms

Job description

Wabtec in the United States is seeking a Quality Engineer IV to serve as a senior technical resource for quality engineering, quality systems, customer quality, and manufacturing process improvement. You’ll lead high-impact initiatives that improve product quality, customer confidence, manufacturing performance, and cost of poor quality.

The role supports bus transit technologies and collaborates across manufacturing, customers, suppliers, engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain to