# Quality Engineer

**Company**: Standard Nuclear
**Location**: Oak Ridge, TN
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Energy

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/standardnuclearinc/jobs/5154340008
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## Description

Quality Engineer ====================

We are seeking a Quality Engineer to support our quality management system by ensuring manufacturing processes, materials, and products meet internal and regulatory quality standards.

As a Quality Engineer, you will work closely with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain teams to implement quality controls, investigate nonconformances, and drive continuous improvement across production operations.

Responsibilities ---------------

### Quality Engineering & Process Improvement

- Develop and implement quality controls to ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet product specifications and regulatory requirements.

- Lead root cause investigations for nonconformances, process deviations, and quality events.

- Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and verify effectiveness.

- Support continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen manufacturing quality, reliability, and efficiency.

- Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to improve processes, documentation, and inspection methods.

- Support new product introduction and process development by integrating quality requirements into production workflows.

### Inspection & Verification

- Support receiving, in-process, and final inspections of materials, components, and assemblies.

- Verify that manufacturing work is performed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, and procedures.

- Review inspection results and evaluate nonconformances for disposition.

- Support calibration and maintenance of inspection tools and measuring equipment.

### Supplier Quality & Material Verification

- Assist with supplier quality activities including review of material certifications, inspection reports, and supplier documentation.

- Support supplier qualification, evaluation, and corrective action activities.

- Coordinate with procurement and engineering teams to ensure supplied materials meet technical and quality requirements.

### Quality Systems & Documentation

- Maintain quality documentation, inspection records, and traceability in accordance with company procedures and regulatory requirements.

- Support document control programs and ensure procedures, forms, and work instructions remain current.

- Assist with development and improvement of quality procedures and manufacturing documentation.

### Audits & Regulatory Compliance

- Support internal audits, external audits, and quality system assessments.

- Participate in corrective action reviews and follow-up verification.

- Help maintain compliance with NQA-1 quality requirements and applicable DOE and NRC regulatory frameworks.

- Support audit readiness and quality program implementation as manufacturing operations scale.

Requirements ------------

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

- 3+ years of experience in quality engineering, quality assurance, or manufacturing engineering within an industrial or regulated manufacturing environment.

- Experience working with quality systems such as NQA-1, ISO 9001, AS9100, or similar regulated standards.

- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.

- Experience performing root cause analysis using structured methods such as 5 Whys, Fishbone, or similar tools.

- Hands-on experience with inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, gauges, or other measurement equipment.

- Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to work cross-functionally with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain teams.

- Experience working in nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, or other regulated industries is a plus.

Benefits --------

- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

- Health Savings Account

- Disability and Life Insurance

- 401K Plan

- Paid Time Off, Holidays

## Skills

### Required
- Quality Engineering
- Root Cause Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Inspection and Verification
- Supplier Quality Management
- Quality Systems and Documentation
- Audits and Regulatory Compliance