Entry Level Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality of completed vehicles and supplied parts. This position involves developing and executing quality standards and inspection plans in collaboration with manufacturers and suppliers. You will monitor key performance indicators, identify and resolve issues using FMDS and TBP methods, and support the development of new model vehicles in conjunction with design and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute quality standards and inspection plans with manufacturers and suppliers.
• Monitor all key performance indicators and identify and resolve issues using FMDS and TBP methods.
• Participate in new model vehicle development with design and manufacturing teams.
• Deploy Quality business plan strategy and objectives within the organization.
• Resolve quality problems across departments and within affiliates.
• Coordinate activities with other departments and external organizations to accomplish objectives.
• Take direct responsibility for all KPIs, including Safety, Quality, Productivity, Costs, HR, and Training, with a primary focus on training.
• Ensure the quality of completed vehicle manufacturing units and supplied parts.
• Prevent recurrence of quality issues and assure vehicle evaluation for major or minor projects.
• Support simultaneous engineering regionally or globally depending on the project.
• Manage capital equipment specifications and installation for inspection processes.
• Execute customer satisfaction improvement activities as a Field Specialist.
• Develop and execute quality system improvements at plant and regional levels as a Technical Support Specialist.
• Set inspection standards and manage daily and customer issues, solving problems.
• Assure in-house quality of completed vehicles and supplied parts through monitoring KPIs and leading problem registration systems.
• Manage change points, including Engineering Change and Supplier Process Change Management.
• Periodically report to management.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Quality Engineer in manufacturing
• Strong communication skills.
• Mechanical Engineering skills.
• Process engineering skills.
• Manufacturing process experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
• Experience using quality tools such as 8D, 5 Why, etc

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Tupelo, MS.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $38.00 - $45.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Tupelo, MS.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 12, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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