Quality Engineer

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Enginerr to join the Kenall Team in Kenosha, WI.

About the Role

We’re seeking a detail‑driven, proactive Quality Engineer to join our team in ensuring that every lighting product we manufacture meets the highest standards of performance, safety, and reliability. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving problems, improving processes, and collaborating across engineering, production, and supply chain teams.

Key Responsibilities (What You’ll do)

• Maintain and improve quality control systems and procedures for lighting products and components

• Lead root‑cause analysis and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) activities for internal issues, supplier defects, and customer feedback

• Conduct product and process audits to ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal specifications

• Collaborate with design engineering on new product introductions (NPI), ensuring quality requirements are built into designs and manufacturing processes

• Analyze production data to identify trends, drive continuous improvement, and reduce scrap, rework, and warranty claims

• Work closely with suppliers to establish quality expectations, resolve nonconformances, and improve incoming material quality

• Create and maintain documentation including control plans, inspection criteria, test procedures, and quality reports

• Support testing and validation of lighting products, including electrical and mechanical performance evaluations

• Train production staff on quality standards, inspection techniques, and best practices

• Participate in cross‑functional teams focused on process optimization, cost reduction, and product reliability

Qualifications (What You Bring)

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related field) or equivalent work experience

• 2–5 years of experience in quality engineering, preferably in lighting, electronics, or manufacturing

• Strong understanding of quality tools and methodologies (e.g., 8D, FMEA, SPC, PPAP, DOE)

• Familiarity with ISO 9001 or similar quality management systems

• Experience with measurement tools, testing equipment, and inspection methods

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and electrical schematics

• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills

• Proficiency with data analysis tools and quality software (e.g., Minitab, ERP/QMS systems)

Preferred Skills (Bonus Points!)

• Experience in LED lighting or electrical component manufacturing

• Knowledge of UL, ETL, or other relevant safety certification standards

• Lean/Six Sigma certification

• Supplier quality management experience

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

 About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us

About Legrand’s Lighting Sector

Legrand’s Lighting Sector consists of five lighting brands; Pinnacle, Finelite, Focal Point, and OCL which focus on architectural, decorative, and downlighting and Kenall which focuses on lighting for demanding environments.  We employ a talented group of employees that love lighting to design and manufacture high performance, energy efficient LED lighting solutions for applications in commercial, educational, healthcare, as well as challenging environments such as tunnels and correctional facilities.  With an eye toward sustainable design, our focus is on specification-oriented products and solutions that meet the functional needs of spaces while working in harmony with the designer’s vision for those spaces. We work with architects, engineers, and contractors to supply lighting built specifically for their client’s projects.  

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