ACARA Jobs
Quality Assurance Engineer
Apply- ID: 558913
- Posted: 4/7/2026
- Location: Erie, PA
- Category: Pro - Engineering
- Job Type: Direct Placement
- Duration: Direct Placement
Description
Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: Erie, PA
Employment Direct Hire
Industry: Manufacturing
Compensation: $75K/year.
Schedule: 40 hours/week.
About the Opportunity:
- Acts with integrity, drive for results, communicates and influences, demonstrates business acumen, thinks strategically, drives a continuous improvement culture, develops employees, team, and self.
- The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving quality systems that ensure products meet customer requirements, regulatory standards, and internal specifications.
- This role supports manufacturing operations through process control, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects, improve yield, and drive operational excellence.
- Reports to Engineering Director.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability
- Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries
- People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work
- Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates
Why This Opportunity is Exciting:
- This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.
About Acara Solutions
- Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
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What You'll Do:
- Maintain and improve the Quality Management System (QMS) in accordance with ISO 9001 and other applicable standards.
- Support internal and external audits, including customer and supplier audits.
- Develop, revise, and enforce quality procedures, work instructions, and inspection standards.
- Ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal quality requirements.
- Provide day‑to‑day quality engineering support for manufacturing, assembly, and machining operations.
- Establish and maintain process control plans, inspection plans, and quality metrics.
- Verify proper use of gauges, measurement devices, and statistical tools.
- Assist with first article inspections (FAI) and validation of new or revised processes.
- Lead root cause analysis using tools such as 5‑Why, Fishbone, Pareto analysis, and SPC.
- Implement and verify corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Analyze scrap, rework, and customer returns to drive measurable improvements.
- Support supplier quality activities, including supplier evaluation and issue resolution.
- Review incoming inspection data and assist with supplier corrective actions.
- Collaborate with Purchasing and Engineering on supplier quality requirements.
- Participate in new product introductions (NPI), design reviews, and process validations.
- Review drawings, specifications, and bills of material for quality risk.
- Support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) from a quality and manufacturability perspective.
- Drive Lean and continuous improvement projects related to quality, yield, and cost reduction.
- Support Six Sigma or similar problem‑solving initiatives when applicable.
- Train production employees on quality standards, inspection methods, and defect prevention.
Job Requirements
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.
- 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of experience with ERP systems and quality data reporting.
What Sets You Apart:
- Excellent communications and people skills.
- Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 and manufacturing quality systems.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering documents, including GD&T.
- Proficiency with common quality tools: calipers, micrometers, CMM, OGP etc.
- Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
- Lifting/Moving 20-50 lbs.; Frequent.
- Ability to move over 50 lbs. using lifting aide equipment; Occasional.
- Twisting/Bending; Seldom.
- Use of personal protective equipment as needed.
- Pushing/Pulling/moving objects, equipment with wheels; Occasional.
- Climbing/accessing heights; Seldom.
- Sitting; Occasional.
- Standing; Frequent with ability to stand for extended periods of time.
- Walking; Frequent.
- Talking / Hearing; Occasional.
- Writing/Manual Keying/Data Entry; Frequent.
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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.