Senior Quality Engineer

As a Senior Quality Engineer at Fluke, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and safety of Fluke products across the entire product lifecycle.

This position demands strong analytical capability, technical depth in electronics and mechanical systems, disciplined problem solving, and the ability to influence teams without authority.

You will drive robust quality planning, verification and validation rigor, risk mitigation, and continual improvement initiatives. You will ensure that Fluke products meet customer expectations, comply with regulatory and industry standards, and deliver world‑class performance in the field.

The ideal candidate will have hands on experience in representing Product Quality in Engineering Design Reviews, Product Part Approval Process (PPAP) / Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) (or equivalent), problem solving, and a 3rd party ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor credentials.

This is an on‑site, in‑person role based at our Fluke Everett location.

Key Responsibilities:

Design & Development Quality

• Lead development, review, and execution of product lifecycle quality plans from concept through launch.
• Own and drive Design for Quality (DfQ), DFMEA, design control deliverables, ensuring traceability from requirements to verification / validation.
• Champion risk management throughout the lifecycle owning control plans and maintaining risk files.
• Define acceptance criteria, test strategies, measurement system analyses (MSA/GR&R), and Critical‑to‑Quality (CtQ) parameters.
• Partner with Design Engineering, Product Management, and Operations on design specifications, manufacturability, reliability, and risk.
• Plan and execute APQP (or equivalent) including PFMEA, control plans, PPAP, and process capability analysis / rolled throughput yield (RTY), and production readiness assessments.
• Validate production test systems, calibration methods, and in-process inspection strategies.
• Ensure smooth transition from development to production through cross‑functional reviews and readiness gates.
• Track and own launch quality metrics (DPPM, escapes, warranty early life failures).
• Monitor product health (returns, complaints, yields, warranty, reliability, etc.) and own problem solving to drive continual improvement.
• Identify, measure, monitor, and improve product rework and scrap that contributes to Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ).
• Lead root‑cause investigations using 8D, 5‑Whys, Ishikawa, and statistical methods.
• Lead stop ship, containment, investigations, communications and other quality‑related activities.
• Optimize in-process and end of line inspection and testing strategies and reduce variation.

New Product Introduction (NPI)

• Plan and Execute APQP (or equivalent) including PFMEA, control plans, PPAP, and process capability analysis / rolled throughput yield (RTY), and production readiness assessments.
• Validate production test systems, calibration methods, and in-process inspection strategies.
• Ensure smooth transition from development to production through cross‑functional reviews and readiness gates.
• Track and own launch quality metrics (DPPM, escapes, warranty early life failures).

Sustaining Quality

• Support change control evaluations (ECOs, process changes, component changes) to ensure continued product quality.
• Collaborate with Service and Customer Support on customer issues, containment, corrective actions and communication.
• Lead cross‑functional quality reviews and drive consensus on quality‑critical decisions.
• Communicate risks, issues, and performance trends to leadership with clarity and data‑driven insights.
• Serve as lead auditor for ISO 9001:2015 in planning, executing, and reporting internal audits while supporting external audits.
• Ensure quality procedures, work instructions and records meet QMS requirements.
• Support supplier and customer audits, including verification of effectiveness of closure on nonconformities.
• Promote a culture of quality, data integrity, and continual improvement leveraging the Fortive Business System (FBS).

Quality Systems, Compliance & Auditing

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Manufacturing, Systems, or related engineering discipline.
• 8-10+…