Quality Engineer - (FMEA) Manufacturing required

Position: Quality Engineer
Location: [Confidential – Eufaula, AL
Compensation: Competitive base salary + benefits
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Summary

The Quality Engineer will play a key role in developing, implementing, and maintaining programs and procedures to ensure production and supplier quality, manage product returns, and support environmental initiatives. This position is highly cross-functional, working with new product development teams, vendors, and internal quality groups to ensure both new and existing products meet standards for production readiness and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• New Product Conformance: Support quality in the new product process as a team member/resource; develop and execute test plans and report results.

• Ongoing Quality Assurance: Lead material review board activities; implement corrective actions with suppliers; provide inspection technical support; create or review inspection procedures; prepare monthly performance reports; and ensure compliance with quality principles (acceptance sampling, measurement systems, etc.).

• Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA): Lead and support projects, diagnose issues, test solutions, and coordinate supplier engagement.

• Vendor/Supplier Management: Conduct supplier audits; interface with vendors on quality issues; evaluate field returns; ensure compliance with quality standards.

• Environmental Initiatives: Support sustainability and product “green” initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science, engineering, or a related field.

• 2+ years of experience in quality engineering or a related function within manufacturing.

• Knowledge of quality philosophies, tools, and methods (FMEA, corrective/preventive actions, quality improvement tools).

• Understanding of quality systems in line with domestic and international standards.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to influence decision-making across teams.

• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Ability to travel as required.

Why This Opportunity?

• Be part of a collaborative engineering team driving quality improvements in both new product development and ongoing operations.

• Gain exposure to supplier audits, cross-departmental initiatives, and environmental projects.

• Work in a role that blends technical problem-solving, hands-on quality processes, and cross-functional collaboration.