As a Lead Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for:

Non-conformance Management

- Lead review, investigation, and triage of field and factory non-conformances, ensuring transparent documentation of containment, correction, root cause, and validation.
- Coordinate field return analysis and failure investigations with internal teams and external suppliers.
- Partner crossfunctionally (Sales, Projects, Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, Services) to initiate early Stop Work actions, drive rapid issue resolution, and implement lessons learned.

Continuous Improvement

- Facilitate and lead crossfunctional root cause analyses using structured methodologies (8D, Apollo Reality Charting, 5Why, Ishikawa).
- Lead RCA readouts with leadership to align on root cause, corrective actions, and risk mitigation.
- Support BuiltIn Quality (BiQ) initiatives in Manufacturing by developing and executing quality improvement roadmaps.
- Track corrective actions and audit findings, ensuring timely and effective closure
- Conduct Voice of Customer engagement and analyze customer survey feedback to identify improvement opportunities.
- Perform quality data analysis, including use of AI tools where applicable, to identify trends, risks, and systemic issues.

Quality Management System Support

- Supporting internal audit program to assure compliance and evaluating effectiveness of Quality Management System to deliver intended results.
- Supporting Quality KPIs: customer satisfaction, customer issue and nonconformance resolution, CoPQ, continuous improvement and corrective action cycle times, line stops, risk analysis.




- Communicating and mentoring widely to cultivate a quality culture of customer passion, compliance, and waste reduction.
- Other
- Support deployment of new and emerging quality initiatives as required.
- Act as a trusted quality advisor to leadership and operational teams.

What You Will Bring:

- Bachelors degree in STEM majors (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) from an accredited college or University or equivalent.
- Have minimum 5 to 8 years in Quality role including demonstrated success facilitating cross-functional root cause analysis.

Desired Characteristics

- ASQ CQE certification.
- Experience with ISO9001 and nuclear quality standards.
- Experience with ERP systems (SAP).
- Hold Six Sigma Black or Green Belt and/or Lean certification.
- Be comfortable and effective working in new areas that require rapid problem solving
- Experience in controls and/or turbines.
- Have solid understanding of key manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, Services processes.
- Excellent communicator, works well in a team environment, appreciates challenges.
- Flexible, continuous learner, willing to share knowledge and experience
- Organizational skills to manage multiple and changing priorities.
- Presentation skills, both oral and written.

Leadership:

- Highly motivated, energetic, confident, self-starting personal characteristics
- Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas
- Identifies opportunities and actively pursues appropriate changes with the input & support of the Quality Team
- Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility when necessary

📌 Lead Quality Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Quest Global
📍 Hyderabad