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Quality Engineer

Waterloo, IA

24.0 Months

Full-Time $17-$22/hr

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Posted: Jun 26, 2026

Ref: JNIAEQ269

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Position Overview

Your Responsibilities
As a Quality Engineer you will:
Become an important member within a highly aligned, effective, quality, manufacturing & operations team.
Provide production support for containment, inspections, quality procedures and tools to monitor critical processes.
Provide quality planning, control, and improvement (CI) support for operations teams to ensure client product quality meets customers’ expectations.
Report defined quality KPI’s through operations teams and management.
Analyze system data & KPI’s to facilitate quality-related discussions with internal and external customers & suppliers to drive corrective action.

What Skills You Need
Background in Engineering (construction, mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, power systems, logistics etc.).
1 or more years of related experience in quality or manufacturing engineering in a manufacturing environment (excluding internships)
Excellent communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
A hands-on mentality and ability to lead with minimal supervision to robustly solve quality issues.
Understanding of the Quality Process Controls and the connection to people executing them in a “No Fault Forward” structure.
Understanding of the execution of quality tools such as Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Root Cause Analysis (5W, 8D).
Adaptability to effectively change priorities to meet business objectives.

What Makes You Stand Out
1 or more years of related experience in quality or manufacturing engineering in a manufacturing environment
Experience using standard quality management principles and tools (such as FMEA, SPC, Root Cause, Control Plans, Gauge RR, MSA and Capability Studies)
Experience with gear or shaft manufacturing standards, processes, and controls
Experience reading and interpreting complex part drawings, including functional knowledge of GD&T principles and terminology
Experience using advanced data gathering and analysis techniques, including statistical analysis
Experience in driving a closed loop corrective action process, including rigorous root cause analysis
Experience in project management; including effectively facilitating, leading, and managing cross functional teams
Experience with Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, or Minitab software
ASQ certifications such as CQE, CSSGB, and/or CSSBB

Education
Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:
Bachelors degree in Engineering

Additional Information:
Position will spend roughly 50% of the day on the shop floor and feet versus at a desk. May also lift up to 20 lbs.
Must wear metatarsal footwear from day one.
This position may drive a client owned Gator inside the factory to get from the office area to a different office area in another part of the factory (all connected and indoors). Worker will need to successfully complete client safety training to be approved to drive this. They will transport their computer or parts/tools. Other workers could ride along if they are going to the same areas due to limited number of available Gators. This would not be driven outside. May also drive their personal vehicle to other facilities within a 20 mile radius. Rental cars are not used for this travel.

Notes:
Shift: 1st shift (6:00 am – 2:30 pm) - Overtime possible.

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Health Insurance

VIVA provides employees access to a comprehensive group health insurance plan (Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Term Life, and Accidental Death) through our flexible PPO plan-allowing you the freedom to choose healthcare providers.

401(k) Retirement Planning

Plan securely for your future with automatic payroll deductions into a tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement plan, including employer-matching contributions for eligible employees.

Performance Bonuses & Referrals

Earn performance-based bonuses and generous referral incentives of up to $500 when recommending talented candidates who become part of the VIVA family.

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