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Job Title: Quality & Manufacturing Process Engineer
Location: Ames, Iowa
Salary: $85-95K
Job Summary of the Quality & Manufacturing Process Engineer: The Manufacturing/Quality Engineer plays a key role in the development, optimization, and deployment of manufacturing processes to ensure efficient, high-quality production of products. This role focuses on process design and improvement rather than product design, with a strong emphasis on ensuring product quality and a successful handoff of new designs to the production team.
Job Duties & Responsibilities of the Quality& Manufacturing Process Engineer:
· Interpret engineering sketches, specifications, and other technical documentation to produce accurate and precise drawings.
· Develop, document, and refine manufacturing processes to ensure they are robust, repeatable, and cost-effective.
· Lead the design and implementation of new production methods for upcoming products and revisions.
· Collaborate with design engineering to transition product concepts into scalable manufacturing processes.
· Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to improve process performance.
· Maintain and update process documentation, SOPs, and forms as required by ISO 9000 standards.
· Serve as the key liaison between product development and production, ensuring design intent is maintained through launch.
· Lead pre-production process validation, including PFMEA, control plans, and capability studies.
· Support tooling, equipment, and fixture design to ensure process readiness.
· Monitor early production runs to ensure process stability and product conformity.
· Drive quality assurance by proactively identifying process risks and implementing preventive measures.
· Apply lean manufacturing tools and methodologies to reduce waste and increase throughput.
· Support internal audits and corrective action planning related to process and product quality.
· Lead cross-functional teams in Kaizen or other improvement initiatives.
· Partner with Quality, Design, and Operations teams to ensure alignment across process requirements and customer expectations.
· Communicate effectively with internal teams and suppliers regarding process capability, improvement plans, and project