{"id":3070629,"url":"https://alion.io/job/us-farathane-quality-engineer-3","title":"Quality Engineer","company":{"id":3865732,"name":"US Farathane","domain":"usfarathane.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/usfarathane","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Paycor","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Riverside, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":61000,"max_usd":110000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":4038},"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"FMEA","optional":false},{"name":"GD&T","optional":false},{"name":"Statistical Process Control","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-22T09:19:22Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-23T19:56:09Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"US Farathane is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer for ensuring that plastic injection molded components meet all customer, internal, and regulatory requirements. This role supports production, engineering, and suppliers by applying automotive quality tools, driving corrective actions, and maintaining compliance with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, and internal quality standards. Directly working and communicating with OEMs and Tier 1 customers.\nUS Farathane has been a leading source of plastics manufacturing, supplying the automotive industry for over 40 years. Through highly technical research and development, coupled with a diverse and knowledgeable Management Team and dedicated Associates, US Farathane has continued to grow each year. We provide customers with a wide range of full-service support from black box design concepts to highly engineered composites, TPE’s and TPO’s as well as specialized extrusion and compression technologies.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities:\nDevelop and maintain quality system for projects assigned.\nLead and/or participate in implementation and discipline of SPC.\nMaintain and support compliance with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, and internal procedures.\nParticipate in internal, customer, and third-party audits, support corrective action responses.\nEnsure adherence to Control Plans, PFMEA, and Process Flow Diagrams.\nSupporting daily manufacturing operations for plastic injection molding processes.\nAnalyze nonconforming material and implement containment actions.\nMonitor SPC data and identify trends affecting product quality.\nCollaborate with Manufacturing and Maintenance on process improvements.\nLead and support APQP activities for new and existing programs.\nPrepare and submit PPAP documentation to customers.\nEnsure dimensional layouts, material certifications, and capability studies meet requirements.\nLead structured problem solving using 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone methodologies.\nDrive root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.\nSupport scrap reduction, defect prevention, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nAct as the primary quality contact for customer concerns and quality issues.\nManage customer complaints, scorecards, and corrective action responses.\nSupport supplier quality activities, including supplier corrective actions and audits.\nDevelop and maintain quality documentation, work instructions, and inspection standards.\nTrack quality KPIs such as PPM, scrap, rework, and customer complaints.\nPrepare reports and presentations for management and customers.\nStatistical support including DOE for product and process.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related field (or equivalent 5 years of experience).\nMinimum 2-5 years of Quality Engineering experience in automotive manufacturing.\nStrong working knowledge of plastic injection molding processes.\nExperience with SPC, PFMEA, Control Plans, APQP, and PPAP.\nProficiency with root cause analysis and corrective action methodologies.\nAbility to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nPrefer experience in automotive plastics injection molding environments.\nCustomer interface experience with OEMs and/or Tier 1 suppliers.\nPrefer Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or similar certification.\nMust have experience and/or training in Statistical Process Control, QSB and LPAs.\nLanguage Skills- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.\nMathematical Skills- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.\nReasoning Ability- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.\nPhysical Requirements:\nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision. This employee will be responsible for part inspection with constant lifting of boxes for inspection and labeling.\nWorking Conditions:\nThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the following is the working conditions:\nWork is performed primarily in an automotive plastic injection molding manufacturing environment with regular time spent on the production floor and in quality labs.\nExposure with noise, moving machinery, forklifts, temperature variations, plastic resins, and production chemicals typical of injection molding operations.\nRequired to wear appropriate PPE such as safety glasses, and reflecting green “quality” vest.\nMay be exposed to odors, dust, and fumes associated with molding processes and materials.\nWork schedule is generally day shift, with off shift, weekend, or extended hours required to support production issues, launches, audits or customer concerns.\nPosition requires frequent interaction with production personnel, engineering, maintenance, and management on the shop floor.\nOccasional travel to customer or supplier locations may be required for audits, launches, or issue resolution.\nFast-paced environment with time sensitive decision making to minimize quality risks and production downtime.\nWork involves a combination of standing, walking, sitting, and computer-based tasks.\nThe specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive.\nUS Farathane offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including:\nMedical\nDental\nVision\n401k with company match\nPaid holidays and vacation\nJob Promotional Opportunities and much more!\nInterested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of US Farathane. \nThe specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive.\nEqual Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7513,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Manufacturing","Plastics & Polymers","Industrial Machinery"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T09:19:22Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":95,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.946,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:0","wave","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/us-farathane-quality-engineer-3","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/us-farathane-quality-engineer-3.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T21:51:13Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4218,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3865732},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3865732"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fus-farathane-quality-engineer-3"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fus-farathane-quality-engineer-3"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fus-farathane-quality-engineer-3"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/us-farathane-quality-engineer-3\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fus-farathane-quality-engineer-3"}]}