Supplier Quality Engineer
Fortive · Pittsburgh, PA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 25 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Fortive (industrial) in Pittsburgh, PA. Conduct Fortive Part Qualification Process (FPQP) activities within commodity to ensure all product quality requirements for purchased materials are understood, communicated, and met in an effective and economical manner.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, Root cause, FMEA, PPAP, Control plans, Supplier quality
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Pennsylvania: typical posted base $83k–$123k.
Median of the low and high ends of 13 live postings that list pay, out of 49 quality engineer openings in Pennsylvania, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 48 other live quality postings in Pennsylvania.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $83k–$123k, from 13 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 53%
- ✓ Supplier quality 37%
- ✓ Lean 35%
- ISO 9001 33%
- Six Sigma 31%
- Team leadership 31%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Fortive in Pittsburgh
1 other open role at this site.
- Reliability Engineering Manager · Reliability · Manager
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Responsibilities
- ◆Conduct Fortive Part Qualification Process (FPQP) activities within commodity to ensure all product quality
requirements
for purchased materials are understood, communicated, and met in an effective and economical manner.
- ✓Conduct ongoing process and part qualification audits of existing suppliers
- ✓Develop suppliers to attain the competencies required by Industrial Scientific
- ✓Analyze supplier quality trends and participate in improvement activities, using statistical analysis and problem-solving tools
- ✓Assist with measure, audit, and improvement of supplier-quality processes that satisfy customer expectations.
- ✓Work with engineering on technical data package accuracy to ensure
requirements
are defined
- ✓Set up incoming inspections on engineering samples/prototypes/non-conformances
- ✓Assist Sourcing Specialists/Engineers in obtaining RoHS/REACH documentation
- ✓Execute the warranty / factory returns program (RMA process) to suppliers
- ✓Assist in training of company and supplier personnel in supplier quality process
Required
- ✓Minimum BSEE from an accredited engineering college or university
- ✓Minimum of 3 years experience in a Supplier Quality role in a manufacturing environment
- ✓Knowledge of industry quality system standards
- ✓Ability to analyze problems, determine the root cause, and assist in documenting corrective actions and solutions that prevent recurrence
- ✓Experience using tools such as Control Plans, FMEA’s, PPAP.
- ✓Ability to communicate advanced quality concepts both internally and externally
- ✓Knowledge of statistical analysis tools
- ✓Good communication, organizational, and multi-tasking skills
- ✓Proficiency with basic computer software, especially Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint
- ✓Willingness to travel as required to solve supplier quality issues (domestic & internationally)
responsibilities
to this job at any time, with or without notice.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.
We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Industrial Scientific
Industrial Scientific designs and manufactures gas detection products and solutions that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. Since our beginnings in 1985, we have pioneered numerous technologies, including the first 3-gas detector, 6-gas detector, wireless gas detector, and even the first gas detector to be included on a NASA space shuttle.Today, we continue to innovate and expand our hardware
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Objectives
Do you want to serve a higher purpose? The people at Industrial Scientific are committed to ending death on the job by the end of the century. We hire smart, motivated people, give them world-class tools in a supportive environment, and we let them do their job. In return, our team is highly engaged, creates quality solutions and delivers outstanding customer service.
The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for building relationships with suppliers to ensure quality material is delivered to Industrial Scientific and our customers. This role will provide you the opportunity to work with a global supply chain to develop quality manufacturing processes for sustaining engineering and new product introductions.
Strongly preferred
- +ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
- +Experience with Lean Manufacturing and related tools
- +Familiarity with intrinsically safe products governed by UL, MSHA, ATEX, and ISO regulations
- +Familiarity with Windchill PLM and Oracle ERP systems
- +Experience and working knowledge of printed circuit board fabrication and assembly processes
- +Experience and knowledge of IPC standards
Physical demands
Note: The physical demands described herein 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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and talk and hear. The employee is required frequently to use hands and digits to handle or feel work material. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. Lifting/carry up to 50 lbs occasionally, 20 lbs frequently, and 5 to 10 lbs daily. Must be able to use/wear applicable personal protective equipment which may include but is not limited to safety-toed foot wear (with ankle height support), back support belt, hearing protection, and safety eye-wear with side shields. Frequent assent/decent of stairs/steps, especially at field locations. Maybe exposed to loud noises between 85 – 105 decibels.
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and