Supplier Quality Engineer

National Presto Industries, Inc; Eau Claire (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

National Presto Industries, Inc. seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure supplier products, materials, and manufacturing processes meet quality, safety, regulatory, and performance standards.

You will serve as the primary technical quality contact for suppliers and manufacturing partners while providing direction to external quality resources, driving APQP, PPAP, and related readiness activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, quality, or materials engineering.
• Experience in supplier quality or related engineering roles.
• Experience with suppliers, contract manufacturers, or outsourced manufacturing.
• Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, control plans, SPC, corrective action.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier qualification and development activities evaluating quality systems, manufacturing processes, technical capabilities, capacity, and production readiness.
• Provide supplier-quality leadership during new product development, sourcing, design review, specification development, production qualification, and product or process changes.
• Lead / support APQP, PPAP, process validation, pilot builds, first-production reviews, and related readiness activities
• Develop / review quality plans, control plans, inspection requirements, acceptance criteria, process-capability studies, and other supplier-quality documentation.
• Lead supplier investigation, containment, and corrective action for defects, production failures, field issues, customer complaints, and recurring problems using structured problem-solving methods.
• Evaluate supplier root-cause determinations and corrective actions for technical adequacy
• Evaluate manufacturing processes for capability, repeatability, process control, inspection effectiveness, error-proofing, and overall quality risk, using data to drive prevention improvement
• Direct external quality resources supporting inspections, audits, and production monitoring, corrective-action follow-up and other assigned supplier-quality activities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Interpreting engineering drawings

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, quality, or materials engineering

Tools

APQP/PPAP

FMEA / MSA

Control plans / SPC

Job description

Description

Join National Presto Industries as the Supplier Quality Engineer and lead efforts to ensure supplier products, materials, and manufacturing processes meet quality, safety, regulatory, and performance standards. This role also serves as the primary technical quality contact for suppliers and manufacturing partners while providing direction to external quality resources.

As the Supplier Quality Engineer, you will also:

• lead supplier qualification and development activities by evaluating quality systems, manufacturing processes, technical capabilities, capacity, and production readiness;
• provide supplier-quality leadership during new product development, sourcing, design review, specification development, production qualification, and product or process changes;
• lead / support APQP, PPAP, process validation, pilot builds, first-production reviews, and related readiness activities
• develop / review quality plans, control plans, inspection requirements, acceptance criteria, process-capability studies, and other supplier-quality documentation.
• lead supplier investigation, containment, and corrective action for significant defects, production failures, field issues, customer complaints, and recurring problems using structured problem-solving methods.
• evaluate supplier root-cause determinations and corrective actions for technical adequacy
• evaluate manufacturing processes for capability, repeatability, process control, inspection effectiveness, error-proofing, and overall quality risk, using data to drive prevention improvement
• direct external quality resources supporting inspections, audits, and production monitoring, corrective-action follow-up and other assigned supplier-quality activities.

Requirements

Qualifications, Education, and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, quality, or materials engineering or related technical discipline
• previous experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or a related manufacturing environment
• experience working directly with suppliers, contract manufactures, or outsourced manufacturing operations is preferred
• experience with consumer products, electrical productions, metal fabrication, plastics, die casting, coating, assembly operation, or similar manufacturing processes is beneficial
• Strong knowledge of supplier quality, manufacturing processes, process control, supplier development and preventative quality principles
• working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, control plans, process capability, statistical process control, corrective action, and root-cause analysis
• ability to travel independently domestically and internationally

Skills and Attributes

• ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, tolerances, inspection results, test requirements, and manufacturing data
• strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills, including the ability to distinguish symptoms from true root causes and drive sustainable corrective action
• ability to evaluate manufacturing processes and recognize conditions that may affect product quality, reliability, safety, compliance, or production consistency
• strong written, verbal, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate expectations and challenge suppliers constructively.

Why Join Us?

At National Presto Industries, we don’t just make products—we engineer solutions that improve everyday life. We offer a competitive benefits package including health, dental, and vision Insurances along with paid time off and a 401(k) with a 4% employer match.

National Presto Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

We abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and request priority referral of protected veterans for all job openings.

We are committed to employing individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process.