Senior Quality Engineer

Eaton's Electrical division is currently seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our team in Richmond, VA. Relocation assistance within US available. The Senior Quality Engineer will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of quality standards to ensure compliance with customer requirements and engineering specifications. This role is critical in driving product integrity through in-process controls, final testing, and shipping/receiving inspections.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $83,250 - $122,100 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you'll do:

• Develop, communicate or train, and ensure adherence to quality standards, product specifications, work instructions and procedures across a multifunctional manufacturing organization.
• Lead cross-functional teams in deploying continuous improvement initiatives, corrective actions, and root cause analysis using tools such as A3, 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone diagrams.
• Evaluate, communicate and disposition in-process rejections, implement containment, corrective, and preventative actions to ensure product performance and specification compliance.
• Establish and maintain Statistical Process Control (SPC) systems, including analysis, monitoring, and reporting to optimize reliability and inspection efficiency.
• Drive end-to-end quality by supporting supplier quality initiatives, customer quality management, and external reporting activities as needed.
• Promote a culture of quality through QMS activities, ISO 9001 audits, Eaton QMS implementation, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of one (1) year minimum experience in an engineering function
• SAP experience
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc

• Bachelor's degree in quality engineering, electrical engineering, or mechatronics engineering.
• Experience in quality engineering within a manufacturing environment, preferably with electrical or electronic products.
• Knowledge of quality management systems and experience in procedure development.
• Strong technical writing skills for electrical and mechanical documentation.
• Experience in technical project and program management preferred.
• Experience in supplier quality management preferred.

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, get results and drive change through others.
• Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and technical software tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Effectively present results and recommendations to senior-level executive team as needed.
• Ability to read and understand forms, blueprints & schematics, including bills of material, ECN's, tolerances and special notation.
• Skilled in interpreting technical documents, blueprints, schematics, bill of materials, ECN's and electrical/mechanical drawings.
• Ability to read electrical drawings, one line diagrams, power flow diagrams, mechanical blueprints and other electrical and mechanical drawings
• Ability to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds
• Ability to support both Richmond sites