Quality Engineer

Your role and responsibilities

The Quality Engineer is responsible for overseeing and executing quality assurance activities across product, process, and manufacturing operations to promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. This role ensures compliance with internal and external quality standards while improving key performance metrics such as First Pass Yield (FPY), Scrap, Warranty, Defect rates.

The position supports quality activities across winding, assembly, and machining operations, partnering closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain to resolve complex problems, reduce variation, and improve overall product quality and reliability. This role acts as a steward for quality management systems, processes, and tools within the local organizational unit, supporting the deployment of ABB's quality strategy and promoting a vision of zero defects and prevention-focused quality management.

You will be mainly accountable for

• Oversee quality strategy and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations by reducing defects, improving key quality metrics (FPY, DPPM, scrap, rework, warranty), and promoting a culture of operational excellence through Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
• Own and enhance the Quality Management System (QMS) by ensuring ISO compliance, supporting audits, managing APQP/PPAP activities, leading root cause and corrective action processes, and establishing robust quality controls, documentation, and standardized processes.
• Provide technical quality leadership through data-driven analysis, statistical methods, supplier quality management, cross-functional collaboration, and workforce training to improve product quality, process capability, customer satisfaction, and overall business performance.
• Drive quality and process improvements across winding, assembly, machining, and finishing operations by enhancing defect detection and test reliability, reducing process variation, standardizing work methods, and ensuring compliance with dimensional, surface finish, electrical performance, and product quality specifications.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with 2+ years of experience in quality, manufacturing, or operational excellence within a manufacturing environment - Required.
• Strong knowledge of core quality tools and methodologies, including 8D, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and SPC
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles, with the ability to lead data-driven continuous improvement efforts
• Proficiency in statistical analysis and data trending (e.g., Minitab) and ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and test procedures
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 or equivalent Quality Management Systems, including audit readiness and compliance practices
• Preferred Experience Includes: ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Six Sigma certification - Experience with winding, assembly and machining manufacturing processes - ISO auditor experience or QMS ownership - Project management experience or PMP certification
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

What's in it for you

• We want you to bring your full self to work-your ideas, your energy, your ambition.
• You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter.
• Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Abb Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
• Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

• Time off
• ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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