Quality Process Improvement Engineer

Job Summary

Quality Process Improvement Engineer at CelLink Corporation. This role drives data-driven initiatives that enhance product quality, process capability, and manufacturing consistency. The engineer identifies sources of variation, improves upstream quality, and implements sustainable solutions to reduce waste, rework, and defects. Working cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, and Operations teams, the engineer ensures process improvements increase efficiency while strengthening quality systems, compliance, and overall customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality-driven process improvement projects to increase yield, reduce defects, and improve traceability.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, SPC, and root cause tools (e.g., 8D, DOE) to eliminate variation and implement effective CAPAs.
• Support and enhance incoming, in-process, and outgoing quality controls (IQC, IPQC, OQC) to meet standards and customer specs.
• Build and maintain dashboards to monitor key metrics : FPY, scrap, DPPM, rework, and audit results.
• Develop and maintain FMEAs, control plans, inspection plans, and standardized work instructions.
• Ensure process documentation and changes align with ISO, IATF, and customer quality requirements.
• Partner with engineering, operations, and suppliers to drive sustainable improvements and validate corrective actions.
• Support NPIs with robust validation and smooth production handoff.
• Coach staff on quality methodologies and foster a culture of continuous improvement and compliance.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Location

Position is 100% based onsite at CelLink in Georgetown, TX, with occasional travel to suppliers and customers as needed.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull / push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and / or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions / Hours

Salaried Exempt. Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment. The work environment includes both a typical office environment with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run / maintain machines.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We believe diversity and inclusion among our teammates are essential to our success. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees while building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an equal opportunity employer. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. CelLink participates in the E-Verify program in specific locations as required by law.

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