Date Posted: 05/01/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 500672
Industry: Manufacturing
Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer
Job Location: Lafayette, IN, USA, 47905
Work Model: Onsite
Shift: M-F On-site, 7:30 to 4:00
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 13
Min Hourly Rate($): 40.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 41.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: APQP, NPI - New Product Introduction, Quality Engineer
Experience Desired: Demonstrated experience with APQP (7 yrs); Proven analytical and structured problem-solving capability (7 yrs); Supporting PFMEA development (7 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Description
Required Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline
• 7+ years of progressive experience in Quality, Manufacturing, or Product Engineering (internships do not count toward experience)
Required Skills
1. Demonstrated experience with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), including PFMEAs and Control Plans
2. Proven analytical and structured problem-solving capability
3. Strong communicator – able to influence and engage with individuals at all levels of the business to build trusted partnerships
Required Soft Skills:
• Strong cross-functional indirect leadership.
Job Responsibilities
• Proactively plan, deploy, and sustain quality into products and processes using Caterpillar’s APQP and NPI (New Product Introduction) frameworks
• Lead quality across new product and new capital programs, from concept through production validation and launch
• Emphasize prevention-based quality fundamentals, front-end risk identification, and cross-functional execution
• Lead APQP execution for NPI and NCI (New Capital Introduction) programs, ensuring early identification of validation plans, audit strategies, and project readiness reviews
• Support PFMEA development, ensuring risks are identified early and mitigated appropriately
• Develop, review, and maintain Control Plans aligned to PFMEA risk, process capability, and customer requirements
• Serve as quality lead on NPI and capital programs, supporting design readiness, manufacturability, inspection strategy, and error-proofing
• Lead process validation activities including capability analysis, production trials, and run-at-rate evaluations
• Partner with manufacturing, operations, and engineering to ensure internal process readiness
• Support early production launches by monitoring quality indicators, addressing emerging risks, and driving preventive actions
• Lead structured problem-solving when required, while ensuring lessons learned are fed back into APQP documentation
• Identify and support quality metrics focused on risk prevention and launch robustness
• Work within a team of 8–10 people, reporting to a quality manager
• Collaborate cross-functionally with quality, manufacturing, design, and operations team members
• Approximately 70% office environment (cubicle with dual monitors) and 30% factory floor
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Working for Rose International was the most pleasant assignment I have ever had. They were always on top of situations when necessary, and very helpful. I was very proud to be an employee of Rose International, and would recommend anyone to try to work with them.
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