Staff Process Quality Engineer

Location: Hanover, New Hampshire, United States; onsite manufacturing role. Travel up to 10%.

Base pay: $93,936–$156,562 annually.

Company

hirify.global is a 100% employee-owned organization serving heavy industrial manufacturing operations.

What you will do

• Establish and improve manufacturing process controls, quality plans, inspection strategies, and monitoring methods.
• Analyze manufacturing and quality data, lead root cause analysis and corrective action, and address recurring process and product quality issues.
• Assess process capability, reduce variation, improve yield, and lead Kaizen and continuous improvement activities at the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt level.
• Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing on new product introduction, process qualification, validation, measurement methods, and acceptance criteria.
• Support CAPA, internal and external audits, Quality Steering Team activities, and quality management processes.
• Provide cross-functional quality leadership, connect manufacturing performance to customer quality, and mentor engineers, technicians, and manufacturing teams.

Requirements

• BS degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• 7+ years of quality or manufacturing engineering experience in a high-technology or complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience in manufacturing process quality, process capability, and statistical process control.
• Experience with structured problem solving and corrective action using 8D, DMAIC, 5 Why, root cause analysis, or similar methods.
• Experience in New Product Introduction and manufacturing process qualification or validation.
• Working knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, and statistical methods.
• Experience applying Lean and Six Sigma to manufacturing process improvement.
• Ability to analyze quality and manufacturing data, identify trends, and turn findings into practical actions.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills, including influencing teams without direct authority, balancing immediate production needs with systemic improvement, and coaching others in quality tools and problem solving.

Nice to have

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Experience with electromechanical products and complex assembly and test processes.
• Experience with GD&T, measurement systems, and process capability analysis.
• Experience working within an ISO 9001 quality management system.
• Experience developing or improving manufacturing quality metrics and process controls.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, 100% employee-owned culture with profit-sharing and ESOP stock ownership.
• Five days or 40 hours of paid community service time.
• Strong commitment to environmental stewardship.
• Stable, growing organization with a no-layoff philosophy.
• Immigration-related support and sponsorship for new employment applicants are not available.

Hiring process

• Current associates or temporary associates must apply through their internal Workday career account.
• Applications are evaluated based on experience, skills, and education; candidates may be considered for alternative roles or an appropriate level where applicable.