Quality Manager

TSI · Shoreview, MN

Level: Manager
Team: Quality
Base pay: $130k–$150k
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 7+ years
Certification: Black Belt preferred
Industry: Industrial
Posted: Today

The role in 30 seconds

A management quality role at TSI (industrial) in Shoreview, MN. Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing quality team.

They ask for: 7+ years · degree required · Black Belt preferred
Tools it names: Lean, Six Sigma, Black Belt, Root cause, FMEA, ISO 9001
Base pay: $130k–$150k

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Quality Engineer roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $89k–$135k. This one lists $130k–$150k.

Median of the low and high ends of 42 live postings that list pay, out of 68 quality engineer openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 67 other live quality postings in Minnesota.

Base pay: About 31% above similar roles
Experience asked: More than usual (7+ vs 5+)

Skills these teams ask for most

✓ Root cause 57%
✓ Supplier quality 44%
Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 40%
CAPA 40%
✓ Lean 37%
✓ Six Sigma 37%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 7+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at TSI
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Send a short, curious note
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Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- The posting mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: TSI in Shoreview

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Full description from TSIAs posted on their careers site.Show

requirements

and customer expectations are effectively incorporated into product and process designs.

✓Coordinate quality audits, maintain compliance with applicable standards, and serve as a key contact for external quality organizations.
✓Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives and promote a culture of quality through the organization.
✓Oversee calibration management and measurement system processes to ensure accuracy and traceability to NIST standards in support of TSI's precision measurement products.
✓Establish, monitor, and report on key quality performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement.

Supervisory

Responsibilities

This role has direct supervisory

responsibilities

for Quality Assurance and Control personnel within TSI.

◆Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing quality team.
◆Establish performance expectations and provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.
◆Conduct performance evaluations and support compensation and talent planning processes.
◆Foster employee engagement, accountability, and professional growth.
◆Build quality capabilities through training, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

What Do You Need?

Required

✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Operations or a related technical field.
✓7+ years of progressive experience in quality engineering, quality systems, manufacturing quality, or operational excellence.
✓Minimum of 2 years’ experience leading quality teams and driving cross-functional quality improvement initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
✓Experience managing quality systems and ISO 9001 compliance activities.
✓Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.

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Who Are We?

Do you want to help to make the world a better place? Join our team! At TSI our vision is to create a better world by helping to protect people, products and the environment. We are proud of the wide range of solutions we provide that solve our customers’ problems around the world. From helping to ensure worker safety and understanding air quality to supporting complex highly technical industries such as pharmaceuticals manufacturing, semiconductor, and research customers, TSI employees are part of something special with a purpose.

Quality Manager at TSI

The Quality Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for quality across TSI Shoreview ensuring customer experience, product performance and operational excellence remain at the center of business decisions. This role is responsible for driving a culture of quality excellence and customer-centricity by translating customer feedback field experience, and quality insights into meaningful improvements across products, processes, and services.

The Quality Manager leads TSI’s Shoreview's Quality Management System (QMS), quality assurance, quality control, supplier quality, and quality improvement initiatives. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Product Development, Supply Chain, Sales, and Customer Support, this position develops and executes strategies that strengthen product quality, improve customer satisfaction, reduce organizational risk, and help drive sustainable business performance.

What Will You Do?

To grow and build a successful career with TSI, you will be responsible for:

•Lead and continuously improve TSI’s quality strategy, systems, standards, and processes to ensure products, services, and customer experiences consistently meet organizational and customer expectations.
•Drive a culture of quality excellence, customer-centricity, and continuous improvement across the organization by partnering with leaders to align quality initiatives with customer and business needs.
•Serve as the primary point of contact for customer quality concerns, leading investigation, resolution, communication, and follow-through to improve customer satisfaction and strengthen customer relationships.
•Lead quality improvement initiatives and corrective actions that enhance product quality, operational effectiveness, and the overall customer experience.
•Analyze customer feedback, field quality data, warranty performance, and quality trends to identify improvement opportunities and drive sustainable solutions.
•Partner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve supplier quality performance, address quality concerns, and improve customer experience.
•Support new product development activities and sustaining engineering efforts by ensuring quality

Desired

+Experience with ISO 17025 and IECEX 60079.
+ASQ Certified Quality Manager/OE (CQM/OE), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), or Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
+Experience in precision measurement, instrumentation, or similarly regulated manufacturing industries (semiconductor, environmental monitoring, industrial hygiene).
+Familiarity with QMS/document control software platforms.

Knowledge

•Working knowledge of quality management systems and continuous improvement methodologies including ISO 9001, Lean, and Six Sigma.
•Knowledge of manufacturing quality processes, quality standards, and process improvement techniques.
•Knowledge of quality planning and risk assessment tools such as DFMEA, PFMEA, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies.
•Proficiency with statistical analysis tools.

Travel

Limited travel is expected for this position. Primarily domestic; may include supplier site visits and customer locations. Estimated at less than 10% of time. Some international travel possible.

What Can We Give You?

At TSI, our employees are our most valuable assets, and we care about their health and happiness. We offer a competitive benefits program to keep our employees and their family members