Koch Industries

Quality Engineer

Koch Industries • $80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • Three or more years of Quality Engineering experience within a manufacturing environment
  • Experience using quality tools and methodologies like root cause analysis, FMEA, control plans, SPC, and CAPA
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical documentation
  • Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving capabilities
  • Effective communication skills for technical findings to cross-functional teams
  • Experience with regulated manufacturing environments and quality management systems

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain systems to monitor and improve product and process quality performance
  • Lead root cause investigations into product and process quality issues
  • Develop quality plans, control plans, and metrics to enhance overall quality
  • Analyze statistical process data to identify risks and improve processes
  • Support Material Review Board (MRB) activities related to quality defects
  • Collaborate with teams to improve process capability and product reliability
  • Ensure calibration and validation of measurement systems and quality inspection equipment
  • Drive corrective and preventive actions for nonconformities
  • Support new product introductions and changes to ensure quality compliance

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plan options
  • Paid vacation and leave
  • Educational assistance opportunities
  • Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance
Full Job Description
Your Job

As a Quality Engineer, you will lead quality engineering initiatives that ensure product compliance, reliability, and continuous improvement across manufacturing operations. You will partner closely with engineering, operations, customers, and suppliers to develop robust quality systems, drive root cause corrective actions, and implement process improvements that enhance product performance and customer satisfaction. This role requires a strong technical foundation, independent problem solving, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams to achieve quality objectives.

What You Will Do
  • Design, implement, and maintain systems to monitor, analyze, and improve product and process quality performance
  • Lead investigations into product, process, and customer quality issues using structured root cause analysis methodologies
  • Develop and maintain quality plans, inspection methods, control plans, and quality metrics
  • Analyze statistical process data and quality trends to identify risks and drive continuous improvement initiatives
  • Support and lead Material Review Board (MRB) activities, including defect evaluation and disposition recommendations
  • Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain teams to improve process capability and product reliability
  • Evaluate measurement systems and ensure appropriate calibration, validation, and effectiveness of inspection and test equipment
  • Support internal, customer, and third-party audits while ensuring compliance with quality management system requirements
  • Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to address nonconformances and systemic quality concerns
  • Support new product introductions, process changes, and validation activities to ensure quality requirements are effectively implemented


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • Three (3) or more years of Quality Engineering experience within a manufacturing environment
  • Experience utilizing quality tools and methodologies such as root cause analysis, FMEA, control plans, SPC, and CAPA
  • Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation
  • Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving capabilities
  • Ability to communicate technical findings and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
  • Experience working within regulated manufacturing environments and quality management systems
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and quality-related data analysis tools


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Aerospace, defense, electronics, or high-reliability manufacturing experience
  • Experience working within AS9100, ISO 9001, or similar quality management systems
  • Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or other ASQ certification
  • Experience leading customer quality investigations and corrective action responses
  • Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), PPAP, MSA, and statistical process control methodologies
  • Experience supporting supplier quality initiatives and supplier corrective action processes
  • Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
  • Experience analyzing complex manufacturing processes through advanced statistical techniques and data analytics
  • Demonstrated success leading cross-functional quality improvement projects that deliver measurable business results


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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