Senior Quality & Manufacturing Readiness Engineer

Trane Technologies; Vidalia (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Fertility coverage

Adoption assistance

Paid time off

401K match

Tuition assistance

Student debt support

Job summary

Trane Technologies seeks a seasoned Quality/Reliability professional to lead cross-functional quality improvements in high-volume manufacturing. You will drive defect reduction, implement PFMEA/Control Plans/GS, and partner with NPD for manufacturing readiness across residential operations and suppliers.

The role emphasizes data-driven problem solving, root-cause analysis, and mentoring teams to sustain continuous improvement. Travel up to 30% across the Americas is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years in Quality, Reliability, or Product Development in high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience leading cross-functional quality improvement and cost-reduction projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional quality improvement initiatives to reduce defects, scrap, COPQ, and warranty exposure across residential operations and suppliers.
• Use data analytics, field feedback, and structured problem-solving methods to identify issues and drive permanent corrective actions.
• Partner with NPD teams to embed Design for Quality and support manufacturing readiness for new product launches.
• Define and flow down critical quality requirements, including CTQs, KPIs, and GD&T, to plants and suppliers.
• Drive process validation activities such as PFMEA, MSA, Control Plans, Safe Launch, and Run-at-Rate to ensure manufacturing readiness.
• Coach and mentor quality engineers and cross-functional teams on quality tools, standard work, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Quality engineering

Data analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

PFMEA

Control Plans

MSA

SPC

GD&T

PPAP

PDP/NPD/MRT

Job description

Trane Technologies seeks a seasoned Quality/Reliability professional to lead cross-functional quality improvements in high-volume manufacturing. You will drive defect reduction, implement PFMEA/Control Plans/GS, and partner with NPD for manufacturing readiness across residential operations and suppliers.

The role emphasizes data-driven problem solving, root-cause analysis, and mentoring teams to sustain continuous improvement. Travel up to 30% across the Americas is expected.