Product Quality Engineer

. Serve as the Product Quality representative and Quality sub-project lead for assigned global product-development programs.

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeGrand Rapids • Michigan • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $84,750 - $124,300 per yearWebsite

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the Product Quality representative and Quality sub-project lead for assigned global product-development programs.
Coordinate quality activities, deliverables, achievements, and reporting across required functions.
Define, align, and monitor Product Quality requirements and measurable acceptance criteria.
Establish reliability, maintainability, serviceability, and validation expectations before testing begins.
Lead or facilitate product-risk activities, including DFMEA/PFMEA and technical risk assessments.
Track significant risks, Critical-to-Quality characteristics, and mitigation actions.
Perform independent pre-milestone and launch-readiness assessments.
Verify evidence supporting Tollgate, Alpha/Beta, special-release, and commercialization decisions.
Coordinate launch and manufacturing-readiness expectations with R&D, Manufacturing Quality, Supplier Quality, and Validation.
Support Control Plans, PPAP/initial-sample activities, and product ramp-up controls.
Support root-cause analysis and drive CAPA/8D actions for significant or systemic product and Beta issues.
Transfer lessons learned into new R&D programs and continuously improve Product Quality methods.
Provide data-based visibility of product readiness, unresolved risks, action ownership, and critical issue needs to collaborators and leadership.

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Quality Engineering, or a related technical field.
Minimum five years of professional Quality experience in a product-, project-, or engineering-based business.
Experience with automated material handling or mechatronic products is preferred.
Practical experience with product-development quality and several of the following: APQP, DFMEA/PFMEA, PPAP, Control Plans, RCA, 8D, CAPA, validation, lessons learned, and launch-readiness reviews.
Ability to interpret engineering requirements, drawings, specifications, risk analyses, test plans, and validation evidence, and translate gaps into clear actions and needs for addressing blocking issues.
Strong analytical capability and evidence-supported decision making.
Strong interpersonal, facilitation, negotiation, presentation, and technical/business English abilities.
Established skill in directing and aligning work in an international matrix organization.
Willingness to travel regionally up to 30%.

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