Senior Quality Engineer – Transit & Automotive Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Performance Bonus

Health and Retirement Benefits

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Quality Engineer IV to serve as a senior technical resource across quality engineering, systems, and manufacturing process improvements. You will lead high-impact initiatives improving product quality, customer confidence, and cost of quality while collaborating with customers, suppliers, engineering, and operations.

You will drive 8D/DMAIC processes, support APQP/PPAP readiness, and guide NPI from cradle to grave.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent quality/manufacturing experience accepted.
• Minimum 8 years in Quality Engineering roles within industrial manufacturing, including customer-facing quality.
• Automotive experience preferred.
• Candidates without a degree may qualify with 10 years of relevant quality experience, including 4 years of customer-facing quality experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex 8D and DMAIC initiatives, containment, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Drive systemic improvements using 8D, DMAIC, FMEA/PFMEA, DOE, SPC, MSA, analytics, and data-driven 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 defect-prevention efforts.
• 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 available BI tools to identify systemic risks and prioritize actions.

Skills

8D Method

DMAIC

FMEA/PFMEA

DOE

SPC

MSA

APQP/PPAP

Six Sigma Black Belt

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

ERP/MES

Digital QMS

Job description

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Quality Engineer IV to serve as a senior technical resource across quality engineering, systems, and manufacturing process improvements. You will lead high-impact initiatives improving product quality, customer confidence, and cost of quality while collaborating with customers, suppliers, engineering, and operations.

You will drive 8D/DMAIC processes, support APQP/PPAP readiness, and guide NPI from cradle to grave.