Senior Quality Engineer

Overview:

Leading manufacturing and transit company is looking for a Sr. Quality Engineer to join their team in their San Fernando location.

To note: this is full-time, on-site, role in San Fernando and does require this candidate to be a US Persons (US Citizen or Permanent Resident).

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.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related field preferred; equivalent quality/manufacturing experience accepted as outlined below.
• Minimum 8 years in Quality Engineering roles within industrial manufacturing environments, including 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 available BI tools is required.