Quality Assurance Engineer I
Southco Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Mid-level QA & Test role at Southco. Honeoye Falls · $70,000–$90,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Prepare first-piece inspection reports and initial sample packages for new products and customer-specific requests
- Help apply company quality procedures and move customer complaints through problem analysis and corrective and preventive action
- Work with manufacturing and engineering to resolve quality issues and support ongoing improvement
- Develop and put control plans in place for new products, then send completed PPAP submissions to customers
- Review supplier PPAPs and take part in APQP and cross-team new-product launches
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering or an equivalent qualification
- Up to two years of relevant technical work, with co-op experience counting
- Clear written and spoken communication, plus the ability to learn company business and quality systems
- Ongoing visual capability, including corrected 20/40 vision, depth perception and color discrimination
Who this fits
This entry-level quality engineering role suits you if you can apply engineering knowledge to inspections, customer and supplier quality issues, and product launches. You’ll work across manufacturing, engineering, product management and suppliers, with ongoing visual demands.
From the employer
About the role
Successful execution of quality engineering tasks requiring the application and interpretation of standard and advanced principles, techniques and procedures in a professional, productive and creative manner. Should demonstrate the ability to successfully complete tasks on schedule and within budget. Should demonstrate working knowledge of quality engineering techniques, processes and products. Performs work that requires knowledge and experience in a field of quality engineering which may include a variety of complex technical problems, innovation, and coordination requirements to complete assignments.
Compensation: $70,000-$90,000
Annual Broad Based Bonus: 10%
What you will be doing
- Provide first piece inspections reports and/or initial sample submissions for all new products and per any specific customer requirements.
- Assists in enforcing the Corporate Quality Assurance policies and procedures.
- Assist in processing complaints including problem solving, corrective actions and preventative actions to ensure customer has quick response with immediate corrective action.
- Interface with manufacturing and engineering to effectively resolve internal and/or external quality problems in corrective, preventative, or continuous improvement manner.
- Create, issue and implement control plans on an on-going bases, as required, for new products.
- Successfully complete and submit P PAP’s to our customers. Work with our supplier base to improve and approve their P PAP’s to Southco, Inc.
- Participate in the new APQP process for new product introductions.
- Interface with design engineering, product management, and manufacturing engineers to launch new products.
About you
- BS Engineering or equivalent degree
- Knowledge of Southco product line preferred
- 0-2 years of relevant technical experience (Co-op experience is acceptable)
- Computer competency/expertise, ability to learn Southco Business and Quality Systems
- Six Sigma experience desired
- ASQ CQE certification desired
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Safety and quality conscious
- Ability to maintain good visual capabilities including 20/40 vision, corrected, depth perception, and color discrimination (continuous)
How will we reward you
- Competitive base pay
- Generous time off – starting at 3 weeks of annualized PTO (first year is prorated based on start date), 9 company holidays plus 2 floating holidays
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan – Company makes automatic 2% contribution of eligible pay plus matching contributions of 50% up to the first 6% of eligible pay you contribute.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan valued at approximately 4-6% of eligible earnings which includes dividend payments after 3 year vesting period
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) beginning first day of employment; company funds a portion of HSA for high deductible health plans
- Company paid Life & Disability Insurance including: Short term, Long Term, and Life
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