Imagine yourself…
Driving meaningful impact on product quality that helps ensure safe water for communities around the world.
Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
Collaborating with a vibrant, inclusive, global team.
At Hach (www.hach.com), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.
As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.
Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment. More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us
We offer:
Competitive compensation and benefits
Flexible working hours
Professional onboarding and training options
Career coaching and development opportunities
Health benefits
401(k)
Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer II is responsible for
leading quality improvement initiatives and driving resolution of complex product and process issues that directly impact product performance and customer satisfaction. This role applies advanced problem-solving techniques, owns key quality system processes, and partners cross-functionally to improve quality metrics and overall operational performance.
This position is part of the Quality Systems Department located in Ames, Iowa, and will be on-site.
In this role, a typical day will look like:
Lead root cause investigations for customer complaints and internal quality issues using statistical tools (DOE, Gage R&R, Six Sigma methodologies)
Drive product and process validation activities, including material testing and machine validation
Maintain and manage Agile PLM change processes as a change analyst
Support new product development and sourcing activities through quality validation and statistical analysis
Own quality system processes, including CAPA, SCAR, document control, internal audits, and training
Partner cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to improve performance against quality metrics
The essential requirements of the job include:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Sciences, or a related technical field
Minimum 3+ years of experience in quality systems or engineering roles in a manufacturing environment
Experience working within Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 13485, or FDA 21 CFR 820)
Demonstrated experience leading root cause investigations and quality improvement initiatives
Experience with Agile PLM or similar product lifecycle management systems
Hach is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources—and building rewarding careers along the way.
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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.
The compensation range for this role is $68,000 - $84,000 USD per year.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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