R&D Quality Engineer
Hitachi · Mount Pleasant, PA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 29 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Hitachi (industrial) in Mount Pleasant, PA. You will ensure quality excellence across New Product Introduction (NPI) projects and enhancements to the active product portfolio.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, FMEA, PPAP, APQP
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About the role
About the Role
The Technology Center (TC) North America within the High Voltage Products Business Unit develops and optimizes high ‑ voltage equipment for electrical substations.
As an R&D Quality Engineer, you will ensure quality excellence across New Product Introduction (NPI) projects and enhancements to the active product portfolio. Reporting to the TC Quality Manager, you will partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and certification teams to ensure products are designed, validated, and released in full compliance with internal processes and external standards.
This role is ideal for a hands ‑ on quality professional with a strong engineering mindset who thrives in a fast ‑ paced, collaborative, and international R&D environment. Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.
requirements
are met.
- ✓Integrate quality
requirements
into project planning, ensuring quality objectives are clearly defined, understood, and embedded throughout all development phases for new and existing products.
- ✓Drive proactive quality risk management, facilitating DFMEA, PFMEA, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and reliability assessments; define critical ‑ to ‑ quality (CTQ) characteristics and support development of Quality Control Plans.
- ✓Support and coordinate internal and external audits, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001, ensuring audit readiness, tracking findings, and driving timely closure of corrective actions.
- ✓Lead Root Cause Analyses (RCA) related to NPI issues, problem reports, and design changes, implementing effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- ✓Monitor project quality performance, identify gaps in quality planning or execution, capture lessons learned, and proactively recommend improvements to strengthen future projects and processes.
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Location
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Profession (Job Category)
Quality Management
Job Schedule
Full time
Remote
No
How You’ll Make an Impact
- •Lead quality execution across NPI projects, from concept and feasibility through product qualification, certification, and release, ensuring milestones, deliverables, verification, and validation
Your Background
- •Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Quality Engineering (or related field).
- •Experience in the electro ‑ mechanical industry, preferably with medium ‑ or high ‑ voltage electrical equipment for substations.
- •Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems and structured NPI frameworks (e.g., Stage ‑ Gate, APQP).
- •Practical experience with FMEA, DFM/DFA, PPAP, RCA, and other core quality tools.
- •Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt preferred.
- •Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross ‑ functional and international teams.
- •Proactive, analytical, and solution ‑ oriented mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.
More about us
- •We are committed to inspiring the next era of sustainable energy and empowering societies to thrive.
- •We invest deeply in our people, technology and global footprint to drive innovation and long-term growth.
- •You’ll join an organization that values development, supports career progression and fosters a culture of safety, integrity and collaboration.
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