Quality Engineer - DOT Regulatory & Product Compliance

Job Title: Quality Engineer - DOT Regulatory & Product Compliance

Location: Canton, OH 44705

Employment Type: Full-Time | Direct Hire

Work Environment: In-Office / In-Field

Direct Reports: None

• Lead Quality. Drive Compliance. Bring Products to Market.

• We are seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to take ownership of quality, regulatory compliance, and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approval and certification processes for our manufactured products.

• This is a highly visible, hands-on engineering role where you will serve as the primary technical owner for regulatory approvals, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, testing laboratories, and state DOT agencies.

• You will help guide products through the complete lifecycle-from development and testing to regulatory approval and sustained production-while ensuring products consistently meet applicable quality, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements.

• This is a production-focused individual contributor role with no direct reports, making it an excellent opportunity for an experienced Quality Engineer who enjoys technical ownership, cross-functional collaboration, regulatory work, and solving complex quality challenges.

What You'll Do:

• DOT & Regulatory Compliance

• Own the DOT approval and certification process from initial requirements through testing, submission, agency review, approval, and ongoing compliance.

• Interpret applicable DOT, federal, state, and industry standards and specifications and translate them into product and manufacturing requirements.

• Develop and manage regulatory approval and certification roadmaps, including schedules, milestones, testing requirements, documentation, and deliverables.

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact with DOT agencies, certification organizations, testing laboratories, and other regulatory stakeholders.

• Coordinate qualification, validation, performance, durability, environmental, and other required product testing.

• Prepare and/or oversee technical documentation, compliance reports, test plans, engineering reports, specifications, and regulatory submissions.

• Maintain technical records and supporting evidence necessary to demonstrate ongoing regulatory compliance.

• Support regulatory inspections, audits, customer quality reviews, and product certification renewals.

Quality Engineering & Manufacturing:

• Partner with Product and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure products are manufacturable and consistently meet approved specifications.

• Develop and implement quality plans, inspection criteria, control plans, process validation requirements, and production acceptance criteria.

• Lead root-cause analysis, corrective actions, nonconformance investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Establish effective change-control and configuration-management systems to ensure design or manufacturing changes do not inadvertently invalidate regulatory approvals.

• Develop supplier quality requirements and collaborate with suppliers to ensure incoming materials and components meet applicable specifications.

• Identify quality and regulatory risks early and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.

• Establish and monitor KPIs related to quality, compliance, approval cycle time, defects, corrective actions, and manufacturing process capability.

• Drive cross-functional teams toward regulatory approval and production-readiness milestones.

What We're Looking For:

• The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, technically capable Quality Engineer who can independently manage complex regulatory requirements while effectively coordinating with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in:

• Quality Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Civil Engineering

• Manufacturing Engineering

• Materials Engineering

• Or a related engineering discipline

• 3-5+ years of experience in quality engineering, regulatory compliance, product certification, manufacturing quality, or a related field.

• Demonstrated experience managing DOT, federal, state, or other regulatory approval/certification processes.

• Experience working with government agencies, third-party testing laboratories, certification organizations, or regulatory bodies.

Strong understanding of:

• Quality systems

• Root-cause analysis

• CAPA

• FMEA

• Control plans

• Process validation

• Statistical and process controls

• Ability to translate engineering and regulatory requirements into practical manufacturing processes and quality controls.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, test standards, bills of materials, purchase orders, and regulatory requirements.

• Strong project management skills with the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and keep projects moving toward regulatory deadlines.

• Excellent technical writing, verbal communication, and documentation skills.

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

• Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate reliability.

Preferred Experience:

Experience with any of the following is highly desirable:

Infrastructure products

• Transportation products

• Construction products

• Engineered materials

• Regulated manufactured products

• DOT product approvals

• Government regulatory compliance

• Product certification

• Manufacturing quality

• Experience with the following software is also preferred:

• AutoCAD

• SolidWorks

• ERP systems

• Epicor ERP is particularly desirable

The Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for someone who can confidently operate at the intersection of:

• Engineering + Quality + Manufacturing + Regulatory Compliance

• You should be comfortable working independently, digging into technical requirements, communicating with regulatory agencies and testing organizations, and coordinating internal teams to keep products moving toward approval and production.

• If you enjoy owning complex projects, solving quality problems, navigating regulatory requirements, and seeing your work directly translate into approved and successfully manufactured products, this could be an excellent opportunity.

• Physical Requirements & Work Environment

• This position requires the ability to work in both office and field/manufacturing environments.

• Physical requirements may include:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

• Periods of walking throughout the facility or worksite

• Working in environments with extreme temperatures

• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• This role offers the opportunity to have significant technical ownership without the responsibilities of direct people management.

• You will become a key resource for product quality, regulatory compliance, DOT approvals, and production readiness, working across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, testing organizations, and government agencies.

• If you're ready to take ownership of critical quality and regulatory initiatives and make a measurable impact on manufactured products, we encourage you to apply.

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