Quality Engineer

AWT is a leading manufacturer of custom labels, flexible packaging, and precision converting solutions servicing Healthcare, Consumer Brand, and Technology clients worldwide. AWT employs nearly 630 associates and operates facilities in Minneapolis, MN (Headquarters), South Elgin, IL, Hauppauge, NY, Grand Blanc, MI, Anaheim, CA, Ottawa, Canada, Napa, CA, Winston-Salem, NC, and Vaughn, Canada. AWT is the trusted partner for leading brands;

delivering comprehensive, innovative, and sustainable solutions with exceptional quality, expertise, and responsiveness. More information about AWT can be found at

Developing, maintaining, and improving process-level risk assessments and control protocols to ensure product and process quality. This role supports assessing risks, cross-functional teams in identifying potential failure modes, and implementing effective controls to prevent defects and ensure compliance with quality standards.

• Demonstrating leadership in daily standard work, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and proactive quality management.
• Lead the development and maintenance of Process FMEAs (PFMEAs) for new and existing processes, guiding cross-functional teams in identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Drive the creation and alignment of Control Plans that align with PFMEA outputs, ensuring robust process controls and consistent product quality throughout the production lifecycle.
• Analyze quality data such as print defects, registration accuracy, ink adhesion, and substrate performance to identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Facilitate structured problem-solving activities (e.g., 5 Whys, 8D) with process owners to ensure root causes are effectively addressed and corrective actions are sustained.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and supply chain teams to resolve quality issues and enhance process capability.
• Support new product development (NPD) by integrating quality requirements into design reviews, material selection, and process validation to ensure quality is built into every stage of production.
• Provide leadership in quality system improvements, including SOP development, training, and implementation of best practices across departments.
• Participate in quality improvement activities for continuous improvement.
• Support regulatory and customer compliance audits.
• Special projects assigned by the Quality Manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Five or more years of experience in a quality role within a printing or manufacturing environment, strong understanding of risk assessments, experience with quality tools such as PFMEA, CAPA, and root cause analysis, ISO
  9001 or 13485 internal auditor a plus; lean manufacturing a plus. Six Sigma certification a plus.

• Strong leadership and team collaboration skills
• Effective communicator with the ability to lead, mentor, and coach team members with problem-solving tools
• Ability to write structured reports
• Ability to interpret blueprint drawings
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (computer-savvy)
• Skills in data analysis and trending; ability to perform multiple tasks and understand priorities.

• Experience with quality tools such as PFMEA, CAPA, and root cause analysis
• ISO
  9001 or 13485 internal auditor a plus