Senior Quality Engineer

Senior Quality Engineer for our West Chester, PA headquarters. The Senior Quality Engineer will help ensure new Lasko products are safe, reliable and ready for everyday use. This role combines hands-on engineering judgment with cross-functional leadership, bringing a clear focus on design assurance, product validation and manufacturing readiness throughout new product development. You will own product integrity activities from early concept through production launch, identifying risks while designs can still be influenced and defining the evidence needed to demonstrate that products meet their requirements. Working closely with Engineering, Industrial Design, Product Development, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and our Asia + Domestic suppliers, you will turn consumer expectations and technical requirements into practical validation plans and production quality controls. Success in this role requires someone who can investigate technical problems in depth, challenge assumptions constructively and guide teams toward sound decisions. Your work will directly influence product performance, launch readiness and the experience consumers have with Lasko products. Key Responsibilities Build Quality and Reliability into Product Design • Establish the product integrity approach for assigned development programs, identifying key risks, validation priorities and evidence required at each milestone. • Lead product integrity participation in technical design reviews, Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and product safety assessments. Ensure findings translate into specific design actions and validation requirements. • Develop and own Design Verification Plans and Reports (DVP&R), with test methods, measurable acceptance criteria and documented results tied to product specifications, identified risks and applicable U.S. and other target-market requirements. • Evaluate how products perform under intended use, foreseeable misuse and relevant operating conditions. Challenge assumptions about durability, robustness and long-term reliability before tooling commitments and production release. • Assess proposed changes to designs, materials, components and manufacturing processes. Determine the testing needed to confirm that changes do not compromise safety, quality or performance. • Contribute to Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reviews, addressing tolerance sensitivity, assembly risks, process capability and the effects of manufacturing variation. • Present clear recommendations on product readiness, identifying unresolved risks, required corrective actions and the evidence needed to support development decisions. Drive Issue Resolution and Production Readiness • Serve as the product integrity lead within cross-functional development teams, ensuring quality expectations are understood and reflected in engineering and manufacturing decisions. • Lead investigations into failures found during prototype testing, pilot builds and pre-production activities. Coordinate root-cause analysis and verify that corrective actions resolve the underlying problem. • Establish clear accountability for quality risks and open issues, including action owners, priorities, due dates and closure criteria. • Work with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and suppliers to define process controls, inspection and test requirements, quality gates and production acceptance criteria before mass production. • Review and approve quality-related manufacturing and test documentation within the role's area of responsibility, ensuring design requirements are accurately translated into production controls. • Evaluate supplier 8D investigations and corrective action proposals, challenging conclusions that are not supported by data or demonstrated root cause. • Drive corrective and preventive action (CAPA) for design and process weaknesses, following actions through implementation and verification of effectiveness. • Provide technical guidance to colleagues and help establish consistent product integrity practices across development programs and supplier partners. Use Product and Process Data to Improve Future Designs • Analyze validation results, build findings, failure trends and available field performance data to identify emerging risks and focus improvement efforts. • Define and track measures of product quality, validation coverage and issue closure throughout development. • Translate consumer feedback, returns and lessons from existing products into stronger design requirements and more effective test coverage. • Improve test methods and pre-production quality processes to detect problems earlier, prevent recurring failures and address systemic gaps. • Communicate validation progress, remaining risks and corrective action status to engineering teams, business leaders and other stakeholders in a clear, decision-oriented manner. Qualifications and Experience Required • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Quality Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience. • Substantial relevant engineering experience, 3-5 years, including direct ownership of design verification, validation, product integrity or development quality activities. • Hands-on experience leading DFMEA activities, developing DVP&R documentation, participating in technical design reviews and assessing engineering changes. • Strong understanding of product development stages, design and document control, and verification and validation methods. • Ability to translate product requirements, consumer expectations and engineering risks into measurable test plans and acceptance criteria. • Demonstrated technical problem-solving skills, including root-cause analysis, interpretation of test results and verification of corrective action effectiveness. • Ability to influence cross-functional teams, constructively challenge technical decisions and maintain accountability through issue resolution. • Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings, risks and recommendations to both engineering and business audiences. • Experience managing multiple development programs and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, including the use of data analysis and reporting to support engineering decisions. • Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across functions, locations and supplier organizations. Preferred • Experience with consumer appliances, electromechanical products or other high-volume consumer goods. Experience with fans, heaters, air treatment or related home comfort products is particularly relevant. • Experience supporting products through accelerated development schedules, tooling, pilot builds and production launch. • Working knowledge of reliability engineering, accelerated life testing, statistical analysis or Design of Experiments (DOE). • Familiarity with supplier quality methods, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), process capability analysis and incoming quality controls. • Knowledge of U.S. product safety standards and compliance requirements relevant to consumer electrical products, with exposure to other markets a plus. • Experience incorporating human factors, usability and foreseeable misuse into product risk assessments and validation. • Experience working with international suppliers and manufacturing partners. Travel Less than 10% Domestic and international travel may be required to support product development, validation, manufacturing builds and supplier activities.