The Role
Develops inspection plans, reviews critical characteristics, manages PPAP submissions, leads corrective actions, and ensures products meet customer, regulatory, and internal quality requirements. Partners with customers, suppliers, engineering, and manufacturing to reduce defects and support product launches through production. Performs quality analysis, dimensional inspection, process capability studies, and final product release activities in fabricated metal, welding, machining, assembly, or automotive manufacturing environments.
Summary Generated by Built In
Ludlow Manufacturing is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Quality Engineer to support quality assurance activities, customer satisfaction, process improvement, and new product launches. The Quality Engineer will be responsible for developing inspection plans, performing critical characteristic reviews, managing PPAP submissions, leading corrective actions, and ensuring products meet customer, regulatory, and internal quality requirements.
This position serves as a key liaison between customers, suppliers, engineering, and manufacturing to drive quality performance, reduce defects, and ensure successful product realization from launch through production.
Qualifications
Education
Quality Systems & Core Tools
This position serves as a key liaison between customers, suppliers, engineering, and manufacturing to drive quality performance, reduce defects, and ensure successful product realization from launch through production.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related technical field.
- 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing quality engineering role preferred.
- Experience supporting fabricated metal, welding, machining, assembly, or automotive manufacturing environments.
- Experience with customer-facing quality activities and supplier quality management.
Quality Systems & Core Tools
- PPAP
- APQP
- PFMEA
- Control Plans
- First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR)
- 8D Problem Solving
- RCCA
- CAPA
- Gage R&R
- Process Capability Studies
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Advanced GD&T interpretation.
- Blueprint and specification review.
- Dimensional inspection and measurement techniques.
- Critical Characteristics Reviews.
- High QA Inspection Builder proficiency.
- Inspection Plan Development.
- Final Quality Review and Product Release.
- Quality metric analysis and reporting.
- Calipers
- Micrometers
- Height Gages
- Bore Gages
- Thread Gages
- Optical Comparators
- Surface Profilometers
- CMM Equipment
- High QA Inspection Builder
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office Suite
- ERP Systems
- Quality Management Software
- Customer Quality Portals
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE).
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher.
- Bilingual English/Spanish.
- Experience with automotive, agricultural, powersports, aerospace, or heavy equipment industries.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related technical field
- 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing quality engineering role
- Experience supporting fabricated metal, welding, machining, assembly, or automotive manufacturing environments
- Experience with customer-facing quality activities and supplier quality management
- Knowledge of PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, control plans, FAIR, 8D problem solving, RCCA, CAPA, Gage R&R, process capability studies, and SPC
- Advanced GD&T interpretation and blueprint/specification review
- Dimensional inspection and measurement experience
- High QA Inspection Builder proficiency
- Inspection plan development, final quality review, product release, and quality metric reporting experience
- Experience using calipers, micrometers, height gages, bore gages, thread gages, optical comparators, surface profilometers, and CMM equipment
- Experience using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Suite, ERP systems, quality management software, and customer quality portals
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer certification
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Experience in automotive, agricultural, powersports, aerospace, or heavy equipment industries
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The Company
What We Do
Ludlow Manufacturing, Inc. is a U.S. metal-fabrication company serving OEM manufacturers. The company provides laser cutting, forming, CNC machining, tube bending, welding (including robotic welding), and engineering and quality-control services. Operating from a single Waukegan, Illinois facility, Ludlow is ISO 9001:2015-registered and woman‑owned; it emphasizes continuous investment in technology, tight quality systems, fast turnaround, and close customer collaboration.
