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Quality Assurance Engineer

Sterling Engineering, Inc.

  • Crystal Lake, IL, IL
  • 24 days ago
  • $95,000–$100,000 Per Year

Highlights

This role will serve as the primary quality contact for assigned customers while leading corrective actions, root-cause analysis, nonconformance resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives. Develop and maintain PFMEAs, control plans, SPC processes, validation reports, and quality documentation.

Numbers & Facts

LocationCrystal Lake, IL, IL
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary$95,000–$100,000 Per Year
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Year Founded1969
Websitehttp://www.sterling-engineering.com

Description

Title: Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: Near Crystal Lake, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $95-100k
Benefits: Insurance (Health, Medical, Dental), PTO, Paid Holidays, and more! 

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to support manufacturing quality, process validation, and customer quality requirements. This role will serve as the primary quality contact for assigned customers while leading corrective actions, root-cause analysis, nonconformance resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job Duties:
  • Address customer quality issues, product escapes, scorecards, and qualification requirements.
  • Lead CAPA, complaint investigations, audits, and Quality Management System activities.
  • Investigate returned products and perform failure and root-cause analysis.
  • Develop and document corrective and preventive actions using the 8D methodology.
  • Review and disposition nonconforming material and track related metrics.
  • Lead cross-functional problem-solving and quality-improvement initiatives.
  • Support product development and manufacturing process validation.
  • Develop and maintain PFMEAs, control plans, SPC processes, validation reports, and quality documentation.
  • Participate in print and design reviews and identify significant product characteristics.
  • Develop inspection controls and quality sampling procedures.
  • Ensure products and processes meet customer, quality, and regulatory requirements.
  • Introduce and validate improvements involving procedures, tooling, equipment, and QA methods.
  • Provide quality oversight for new and revised manufacturing processes.
  • Coordinate quality activities with customers, Engineering, Manufacturing, and internal support teams.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • Five or more years of quality experience supporting industrial manufacturing products.
  • Experience providing direct customer quality support.
  • Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
  • Experience with CAPA, 8D, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, process validation, audits, and nonconforming material.
  • Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
  • Strong communication, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.


Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

About Company

Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:

 

  • Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.

 

  • Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.

 

Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.

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