Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.
The Quality Engineer role supports the manufacturing environment by ensuring product quality, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction. The role is responsible for the development of effective quality assurance policies and programs to ensure the organization produces quality products in a cost-effective manner. Qualified candidates must be able to work an on-site schedule at our Greeneville, TN office/facility.
Role Responsibilities:
Support product quality by development and implementation of methods and procedures for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection to ensure that the products are free of flaws and function as designed.
Perform product testing and analysis to ensure that potential defects and failure rates are minimized, and quality levels are maintained in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
Implement sampling plans, statistical process control (SPC) techniques, and quality‐assurance procedures.
Analyze production limitations, standards, reports, and defective products to determine trends and recommends revision of specifications when indicated.
Represent quality assurance in product design and development projects.
Develop the economics of any quality control programs when required.
Recognize critical problem areas and potential consequences and seeks appropriate guidance to find alternate solutions.
Consistently seeking feedback and guidance of others in order to develop a more thorough understanding of products and customer preferences.
Use existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems; receives instruction, guidance and direction from others.
Show familiarity with new designs, methods, techniques, materials and other advances in engineering technology to increase production efficiency.
Recognize potential use of emerging technologies. Knows and applies fundamental concepts, practices and procedures.
Travel: Up to 20%
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or related technical field
2+ years of relevant Quality Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications:
Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor IATF16949:2016
ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
AIAG PFMEA training certification
LEAN/Six Sigma Green Belt
World Class Manufacturing (WCM) training/experience
Strong computer skills-Microsoft Office
Able to communicate effectively
Immigration Sponsorship Not Available:
Applicants for this position must be currently and legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship (e.g., H-1B, J-1, F-1, CPT, OPT, etc.).
Donaldson will not offer immigration sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
International relocation or remote work arrangements outside of the U.S. will not be considered.
Key words: engineer, quality, manufacturing, ASQ, Lean Six Sigma
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability and Veterans
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field
- 2+ years of Quality Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
- Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor IATF16949:2016
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
- AIAG PFMEA training certification
- LEAN/Six Sigma Green Belt
- World Class Manufacturing (WCM) training/experience
- Strong computer skills - Microsoft Office
- Able to communicate effectively
Donaldson Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Donaldson Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Donaldson Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs like a 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful components of total compensation. Company materials consistently frame retirement benefits within a broader Total Rewards offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program with mental‑health resources create a comprehensive health and wellbeing package. Healthcare is often characterized as decent and a core strength of the overall offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave are explicitly included, alongside other company‑paid leaves such as bereavement, jury duty, and military leave. Some locations highlight multi‑week PTO from the first year, underscoring breadth of leave options.
Donaldson Company Insights
What We Do
Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents. The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.
