Sr. Quality Engineer

Posted 29 Days Ago
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Fort Wayne, IN, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
Leads quality activities across assurance, inspection, testing, auditing, document control, and planning. Maintains the QMS and supports ISO, AS9100, Nadcap, and other certification requirements. Delivers quality training, guides production-floor improvements, assesses process capability and risks, and interfaces with customers on corrective actions, audits, and performance concerns.
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Tasks & Responsibilities:

  1. Lead and coordinate quality-related activities across Quality Assurance, Inspection, Material Testing, Auditing, Document Control and Quality Planning.
  2. Maintain and improve the QMS to ensure compliance with applicable agency standards (e.g. ISO, AS9100, Nadcap, ASTM, etc.) and customer requirements.
  3. Develop and deliver quality related training on topics such as root cause analysis, error proofing, 8D problem solving and continuous improvement tools.
  4. Serve as a technical point of contact on the production floor, guiding implementation of quality improvements and verifying effectiveness.
  5. Collaborate with cross functional teams to support process capability assessments and risk evaluations.
  6. Serve as a primary customer interface for quality matters including corrective actions, audits and performance concerns.
  7. Participate in and support continuous improvement of site certification programs (e.g. AS9100, ISO14001 ISO45001) to meet plant goals and business objectives.
  8. Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational needs.

Education & Experience:

  1. Bachelor's degree plus 7-10 years of experience in ISO 9001 quality systems.
  2. Experience in planning and leading team activities and verifying results to meet expectations of customers both internal and external.
  3. Experience in implementing improvements and/or corrective actions with cross functional teams; applied Lean Six Sigma training desired.
  4. Ability to assess product compliance to requirements; Material Review Board experience preferred.
  5. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); experience with statistical software (e.g. Minitab) and other relevant software systems is desired.

Competencies:

  1. Clear and concise communication skills, verbal and written.
  2. Effective work planning with accuracy, thoroughness and attention to detail.
  3. Comfortable at all levels of the organization, including senior management and production personnel.
  4. Limited travel availability to support customer corrective actions and/or special events.

Application:

Last Application Date 12/30/2026

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran or disability status.

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree and 7–10 years of experience with ISO 9001 quality systems
  • Experience planning and leading team activities and verifying results for internal and external customers
  • Experience implementing improvements or corrective actions with cross-functional teams
  • Ability to assess product compliance with requirements
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Applied Lean Six Sigma training
  • Material Review Board experience
  • Experience with Minitab and other relevant software systems
  • Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills
  • Effective work planning with accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail
  • Ability to work with senior management and production personnel
  • Limited travel availability for customer corrective actions or special events
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The Company
HQ: Stuttgart
3,839 Employees
Year Founded: 1952

What We Do

We are one of the world’s leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of precision seals, bearings and custom-molded polymer components. We collaborate closely with customers to develop unique, innovative solutions to tomorrow’s challenges. Utilizing our dedicated product design, material development and testing capabilities, we are a one-stop-shop providing the best in elastomer, silicone, thermoplastic, PTFE and composite technologies for applications in: • Aerospace • Agriculture & Forestry • Automotive • Chemical Processing • Construction & Mining • Fluid Power • Food & Beverage • Healthcare & Medical • Manufacturing & Machine Tools • Marine • Potable Water & Sanitary • Renewable Energy & Power Generation • Semiconductor With over 70 years of experience, we serve as long-term business partners to help our customers bring products to market faster. Through strategically positioned material and product laboratories, specializing in design and applications, our engineers support customers with design, prototyping, production, testing, installation and quality assurance using state-of-the-art tools. Our ServicePLUS portfolio of value-added services is designed to help customers optimize their business across the entire value chain. We bring leading edge technology and an in-depth, experience-based understanding of applications to customers through a global, but local approach. An international network of over 100 facilities worldwide includes over 40 manufacturing sites, more than 60 Customer Solution Centers and 10 R&D centers. Developing and formulating materials in-house, our material database includes over 2,000 proprietary compounds. We fulfill challenging service requirements, supplying standard parts in volume or a single custom-manufactured component, through our integrated logistical support, which effectively delivers over 40,000 sealing products to customers worldwide.

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