Baker Hughes

Quality Engineer - Flexible Pipe System (FPS)

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Westlake Village, Houston, TX, USA

In-Office

Entry level

Energy

The Role

Leads quality improvement across flexible pipe manufacturing by preventing defects, analyzing nonconformities, conducting root-cause investigations, managing corrective actions, performing audits, supporting FMEAs and industrialization, and reducing Cost of Poor Quality. The role trains teams in continuous improvement and problem-solving methods, monitors process capability, reports quality outcomes to customers and leaders, and supports site quality requirements.

Summary Generated by Built In

Quality Engineer

Are you passionate about delivering quality through enhancing standards and procedures?

Would you like to be a part of a successful manufacturing team?

Join our Flexible Pipe Systems Quality team

Our team ensures high quality, consistency and reliability for all products throughout the complete life-cycle of our flexible pipe systems manufacturing.

Collaborate with dynamic, cross-functional and international teams

You will be responsible for implementing a defect free culture across the business, enhancing the reliability in our process, product, and services to improve our customer experience. You will play an essential role in collaborating with various function to drive Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) down and increase First Time Yield (FTY).You will support all on site quality needs and audit requests, lead continuous improvement activities, conduct top issues RCA and present outcome to customers and senior leaders.

As a Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for:

Leading by example to exemplify the Baker Hughes core value, including care, lead, collaborate, and grow. You must observe the business non-negotiable to uphold safety, Integrity, and quality.
Working with all key stakeholders in our enterprise process to navigate proactive issue prevention and risk mitigation actions.
Engaging stakeholders to review and analyze product and process nonconformities, conducting NCA/RCA investigations, ensuring effective containment/correction/corrective/preventive action to be completed in a timely manner and on time closure on NCR.
Conduct continuous improvement training to the organization, strengthening the problem-solving tools usage and robust defect prevention actions.
Providing input in FMEAs and in Industrialization process, continually enhancing our process capability and readiness to execute flawlessly.
Performing internal audits in accordance with the audit program, including workstation audit.
Assisting in analysis, reporting, monitoring, and training involving audit items.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

Have BSc. in STEM or business discipline or equivalent experience.
Have good experience in manufacturing operations.
Have experience in QMS and audit process. Deep understanding in compliance requirement, including ISO9001:2015
Have very good communication, and presentation skills to all levels of audience, conduct townhall briefing and leadership report out.
Have experience in evidence base management methods. Knowledge in statistical analysis and process control methods.
Have working knowledge of Windows software, including Mini Tab, MS project and the specific ability in the advanced use of Excel spread sheets.
Have Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, ability to implement Quality programs/systems and achieve measurable goals.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

Occasionally remote working from home or another work location
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit in everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
Comprehensive private medical care options
Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
Tailored financial programs
Additional elected or voluntary benefits

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Quality Specialist - QA Engineering

Skills Required

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM or business discipline, or equivalent experience
Experience in manufacturing operations
Experience with quality management systems and audit processes
Deep understanding of compliance requirements, including ISO 9001:2015
Strong communication and presentation skills for audiences at all levels
Experience with evidence-based management methods
Knowledge of statistical analysis and process control methods
Working knowledge of Windows software, Minitab, Microsoft Project, and advanced Excel spreadsheets
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification
Ability to implement quality programs and systems and achieve measurable goals

Baker Hughes Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Baker Hughes and has not been reviewed or approved by Baker Hughes.

Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement contributions combine automatic employer funding with a dollar‑for‑dollar match, with immediate vesting on the match. This structure can meaningfully increase savings for employees who participate consistently.
Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests a discounted employee stock purchase program with regular purchase periods and no brokerage fees provides accessible ownership upside. Program parameters are clearly laid out through the benefits hub and plan materials.
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests exempt staff have flexible, manager‑approved time off while non‑exempt employees accrue vacation and receive paid personal time. Company‑paid holidays and paid parental leave further broaden time‑away options.