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.
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.
Ludlow Manufacturing, Inc. Waukegan, Illinois, USA Office
Waukegan, IL, United States
Similar Jobs
Artificial Intelligence • Consumer Web • Digital Media • Information Technology • Social Impact • Software
Senior Quality Engineer partnering across product teams to embed quality throughout development. Responsibilities include exploratory, risk-based, automated web and API testing; investigating application, CI, and integration failures; improving testability and reliability; developing quality strategies; and enabling teams through reusable automation, tooling, and quality practices.
Top Skills:
AndroidApi TestingCi/CdiOSObservabilityPerformance TestingPlaywrightReact NativeTypescript
7 Days Ago
Aerospace • Hardware • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Defense
Leads supplier quality engineering for high-reliability printed wiring boards. Conducts supplier audits, capability assessments, source inspections, First Article Inspections, and process evaluations. Analyzes defects, drives root-cause corrective actions, reviews PPAP and FAI documentation, and develops supplier improvement plans using quality metrics. Requires extensive PCB/PWB manufacturing and supplier quality experience, knowledge of aerospace and defense standards, and approximately 50% travel to suppliers across the United States.
Top Skills:
ApqpAs9100As9102Asme Y15.1Black BeltControl PlansCorrective And Preventive Action (Capa)First Article Inspection (Fai)Green BeltIpc-6012Ipc-6013Ipc-6018Ipc-A-600Ipc-A-610Ipc-Tm-650Lean ManufacturingLean Six SigmaMil-Prf-31032Mil-Prf-38534Mil-Prf-55110Mil-Std-883Pcba/CcaPfmeaPpapPrinted Circuit Boards (Pcb)Printed Wiring Boards (Pwb)Product Production Line ValidationRoot Cause AnalysisSource InspectionSupplier Scorecards
7 Days Ago
Aerospace • Hardware • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Defense
Leads supplier quality engineering for high-reliability printed wiring boards. Conducts supplier audits, capability assessments, source inspections, first article inspections, and process evaluations. Analyzes defects, evaluates corrective actions, drives root-cause investigations and continuous improvement, and reviews PPAP and FAI documentation. Uses supplier metrics to improve performance and collaborates with quality, category management, and supply chain teams. The role requires extensive PWB manufacturing expertise, quality standards knowledge, strong communication, and approximately 50% travel to suppliers.
Top Skills:
ApqpAs9100As9102Asme Y15.1Black BeltControl PlansCorrective And Preventive Action (Capa)First Article Inspection (Fai)Green BeltIpc-6012Ipc-6013Ipc-6018Ipc-A-600Ipc-A-610Ipc-Tm-650Lean ManufacturingLean Six SigmaMil-Prf-31032Mil-Prf-38534Mil-Prf-55110Mil-Std-883Nondestructive TestingPcba/CcaPfmeaPpapPrinted Circuit Boards (Pcb)Printed Wiring Boards (Pwb)Product Production Line ValidationRoot Cause AnalysisSource InspectionSupplier Scorecards
What you need to know about the Chicago Tech Scene
With vibrant neighborhoods, great food and more affordable housing than either coast, Chicago might be the most liveable major tech hub. It is the birthplace of modern commodities and futures trading, a national hub for logistics and commerce, and home to the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association. This diverse blend of industry influences has helped Chicago emerge as a major player in verticals like fintech, biotechnology, legal tech, e-commerce and logistics technology. It’s also a major hiring center for tech companies on both coasts.
Key Facts About Chicago Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 245,800; 5.2% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: McDonald’s, John Deere, Boeing, Morningstar
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, fintech, software, logistics technology
- Funding Landscape: $2.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Arch Venture Partners, MATH Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
