Sr. Quality Engineer - Apex, NC, United States
$95,000 - $118,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.
Work with force torque sensor and tool changer products.
About the role
This Sr. Quality Engineer will ensure that force torque sensor and tool changer products continually meet all customer expectations and investigate causes of non-conformances, facilitating action to correct quality issues.
What you'll do
- Create processes to assure compliance to customer, regulatory, and ISO requirements.
- Address customer and internal quality issues through sound problem solving techniques and corrective action.
- Recommend action for improvement based on quality risk assessment of products and processes.
- Collaborate with the Design Group to provide input for preventing potential quality risk.
- Create quality plans for new product introductions.
- Track and analyze incoming, in-process and final inspection data for trends to facilitate improvement action.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline (except software), preferably mechanical or electrical engineering.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a quality role in a manufacturing environment or 4 years in another role in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience maintaining EU, UL, and CE Marking compliance.
- Experience driving continuous improvement using established problem-solving methodologies (DMAIC, 8D, A3).
- Technical problem solving and decision-making skills on electro-mechanical systems.
- Proven ability to work independently with high organizational and project management skills.
Nice to have
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.
- Experience working in an ISO 13485:2016 compliant Quality System.
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Skills: quality engineer, ISO 13485, problem solving, continuous improvement, manufacturing environment
This role has been open 50 days — below the 53-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2514
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$97k
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| Metric | Novanta | All employers we track in this specialty (2514 roles · 80 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 29 | 2514 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 38 | 9877 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 81 d | 53 d (+28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $97k |
Skills observed across this category: quality engineer, ISO 13485, problem solving, continuous improvement, manufacturing environment
Who's hiring in this category
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How we counted: 2514 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 80 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.