Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Why Work at Rehlko

Our work is guided by our purpose: creating an energy-resilient world for a better future. This purpose embodies the legacy we bring, with more than 100 years as the global leader in energy resilience, delivering solutions critical to sustain and improve life.

Our teams have the opportunity to provide a critical resource – energy – that ensures safety, security, and independence for people around the world. Our team members are focused on pushing boundaries, continuing to innovate in an ever-changing landscape, and keeping up with the pace required to create solutions for today’s world demands.

Our product range includes engines, generators, power conversion, UPS systems, EV components and electrification solutions, microgrid controls and management, and clean energy solutions that serve a broad spectrum of OEM, residential, industrial, and commercial customers. At Rehlko, you have the freedom to identify, create, and deliver solutions – large and small – that help people and communities thrive in the moments that matter.

At Rehlko, our team members are the essential energy that powers our organization’s success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyone’s responsibility. We empower every team member to actively participate in our Zero Is Possible safety culture by encouraging open communication, proactively reporting hazards, following protocols, and suggesting improvements. Join us in creating an energy resilient world for a better future!

What We Offer

At Rehlko, our Total Rewards programs are designed to accelerate growth, energize performance, and support a culture of inclusion at every stage of life and work. We offer total rewards that are easily understood, recognize results, enable career mobility, and reflect our commitment to valuing diverse needs in a fast-moving world. We provide:

Competitive compensation and benefits

Work-life flexibility

Recognition and rewards

Development and career opportunities

A safe and inclusive workplace

Why You Will Love this Job

The Manufacturing Quality Engineer will lead and elevate our incoming material quality processes. This is a critical role responsible for ensuring that all incoming components meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and compliance. This role will also be responsible for supporting the building of the incoming inspection process for the Mosel plant.

In this Quality Engineering position, you will support or oversee inspection operations across multiple shifts, own the Material Review Board (MRB) process, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance supplier quality and internal efficiency. You'll play a key role in strengthening inspection systems, developing team capability, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver best-in-class quality outcomes.

This opportunity is ideal for a quality engineer who thrives in a hands-on environment, enjoys building robust systems, and is passionate about driving measurable improvements.

This is a multi-level posting. We are building a pipeline of manufacturing quality engineering talent across several career levels: Project Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, Staff Engineer, and Senior Staff Engineer. Final level and compensation are determined at the time of offer based on demonstrated experience, technical depth, and scope of prior responsibility, as measured against our engineering competency model. Please apply once; you will be evaluated against all applicable levels.

Work mode: onsite Monday-Friday

Location: MOSEL--N7650 County Rd LS, Sheboygan, WI, 53083

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring new or transfer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Key Responsibilities

All levels contribute across the areas below. Depth, autonomy, and scope scale with level — see Level Expectations.

Incoming Inspection Excellence

Execute, improve, and standardize incoming inspection processes, including workflows, standards, and data collection methods

Implement inspection and measurement methodologies using MSA, statistical analysis, and appropriate gaging systems

Evaluate and select inspection tools and technologies while ensuring calibration and gage R&R compliance

Support inspection readiness for new product introductions, supplier launches, and engineering changes

Support the buildout of incoming inspection capability for the Mosel plant

Nonconformance & MRB Leadership

Own the Material Review Board (MRB) process for nonconforming incoming materials, ensuring timely disposition and accurate inventory control

Drive containment, root cause analysis, and corrective action efforts for supplier-related quality issues

Coordinate rework processes, including routing, verification, and closure of nonconforming material

Quality Systems & Continuous Improvement

Drive improvements to inspection processes to reduce variation and improve first-pass yield

Apply Lean, Six Sigma, SPC, and MSA tools to enhance quality performance and operational efficiency

Partner with Supplier Quality to provide actionable data, trends, and insights to improve supplier performance

Lead or support Kaizen events focused on defect prevention and process optimization

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and maintain critical-to-quality (CTQ) requirements

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to resolve quality issues and improve product outcomes

Provide feedback on design for manufacturability and inspection

Support internal and external audits related to incoming quality and supplier controls

Level Expectations

Years of experience are a guideline, not a gate. Each level assumes demonstrated competency at all prior levels.

Project Engineer — typically 2+ years of experience

Receives general direction but exercises discretion as to personal work details

Performs moderately complex quality analyses using SPC, APQP, kaizen, and 6-sigma tools; understands GD&T and measurement systems concepts

Identifies specific and detection root causes; translates customer quality feedback into action

Executes assigned MRB and disposition activity

Participates in Continuous Improvement project teams; acts as co-auditor for management system and quality audits

Partners effectively with cross-functional associates and suppliers

Uses data to make decisions

Senior Project Engineer — typically 4+ years of experience

Operates independently with limited guidance; supports or leads multiple projects concurrently

Applies GD&T; independently conducts measurement systems analysis (MSA); advanced technical proficiency in applicable processes

Identifies systemic root causes; leverages process lessons learned across multiple processes

Co-owns the MRB process; co-leads containment and corrective action

Leads Continuous Improvement project teams; performs independent management system and quality audits

Provides technical guidance to less experienced engineers; coordinates statements of work and supplier agreements with internal partners

Incorporates business impact into decision making

Staff Engineer — typically 6+ years of experience

Assumes responsibility for all engineering project work; delegates and coordinates sub-tasks across functions

Uses advanced quality engineering and systems techniques with bottom-line impact; understands outputs and quality relevance of statistical and reliability analysis

Leads root cause efforts on complex issues; structures risk and accounts for information uncertainty in decision making

Owns the MRB process end to end; accountable for disposition quality and cycle time

Identifies and executes Continuous Improvement initiatives; able to act as lead auditor

Mentors and guides less experienced engineers; has direct interaction with senior management on