Highlights
This role works closely with Engineering, Production, and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues, improve processes, and ensure products meet engineering specifications. Sterling Engineering is partnering with a manufacturing company seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer to support product quality, manufacturing processes, inspection methods, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Henderson, TN |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $80,000–$90,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Quality Engineer – Manufacturing
Location: Henderson, TN
Pay: $80-90k
Sterling Engineering is partnering with a manufacturing company seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer to support product quality, manufacturing processes, inspection methods, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role works closely with Engineering, Production, and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues, improve processes, and ensure products meet engineering specifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Review engineering drawings, GD&T, and part layouts to establish appropriate inspection methods and acceptance criteria.
- Apply metrology principles and gauge theory to evaluate parts and verify dimensional requirements.
- Translate engineering and customer requirements into practical, repeatable inspection processes.
- Investigate internal and external quality issues using root cause analysis and corrective action methodologies, including 8D and A3.
- Support supplier quality investigations, nonconforming materials, and supplier corrective actions (SCARs).
- Develop and maintain inspection procedures, control plans, FMEAs, and quality documentation.
- Conduct internal quality audits and support ISO registration and compliance initiatives.
- Work with Engineering and Production to improve manufacturing processes, reduce defects, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Support new product introductions, engineering changes, pilot runs, and process validation.
- Analyze quality data, process capability, and inspection results to identify improvement opportunities.
- Maintain accurate documentation within PLM systems, following established document control and check-in/check-out procedures.
- Prepare clear written reports documenting inspection findings, observations, open issues, and corrective actions.
- Support quality training and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or an associate degree in a technical field with at least 4 years of relevant experience.
- 3+ years of related quality or manufacturing experience.
- Strong understanding of GD&T, part layouts, gauge theory, and dimensional inspection methods.
- Ability to interpret engineering requirements and determine how parts should be measured and inspected.
- Experience with root cause analysis, corrective actions, and manufacturing quality processes.
- Strong technical documentation, organization, and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage open quality issues, document findings, and ensure effective follow-through.
- Experience working with engineering drawings, inspection procedures, and document control.
- Familiarity with PLM systems and disciplined document management practices.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Metrology experience, including blue-light scanning or other 3D measurement technologies.
- ISO 9001 quality systems and internal auditing.
- PPAP experience, preferably within automotive manufacturing.
- FMEA, SPC, control plans, and process capability analysis.
- Lean Six Sigma training or certification.
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA) exposure.
Work Environment
- Combination of office and manufacturing plant environments.
- Flexibility to support off-shift production teams as needed, including occasional swing-shift hours (typically 11:00 AM–8:00 PM)
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.