Quality Engineer in Ithaca

Date Posted: Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Job Snapshot

  • Employee Type:
    Permanent
  • Date Posted:
    Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Job Description

Performs quality assurance activities concerned with the engineering of products, materials, and processes.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Acts as liaison Team leader between departments and makes independent decisions to insure adherence to quality and reliability procedures.
  • Single point of contact to Program Teams for all Product Assurance Elements.
  • Tracks program budgets, provide work scope and budget for the assigned team members.
  • Supports proposals for new jobs and informs team members of the proposal requirements.
  • Provides Program Quality requirements for all members of the team.
  • Work within a team construct in support of the assigned program.
  • Develops and implements quality procedures.
  • Develops and maintains monthly program status.
  • Establishes and collects data for metrics reporting, and analyzes results of activities for potentially adverse trends
  • Prepares status reports for management and presents status to management and customer as required.
  • Generates and tracks responses to internal CARs and supplier CARs.
  • Establishes and maintains an effective monitoring program, including the use of PC-based tools for planning, tracking and evaluating performance.
  • Performs detailed contract reviews to determine the quality assurance requirements.
  • Occasional travel requiring overnight stays may be required. Airline travel must be acceptable.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with personnel at various levels to address both technical and management issues.

 

Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preferably Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering) from a four-year college or university
  • 9 -12 years related experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.