Quality Engineer

Basic Job Functions:

This role serves as a cross‑functional Quality Engineer partnering with division teams and NBT to ensure business systems, processes, and data interact in ways that protect product quality, customer outcomes, and operational integrity.  The Quality Engineer applies a quality lens to systems engineering—connecting sales, planning, production, quality control, shipment, and returns—by translating business intent and real‑world manufacturing behavior into clear requirements, configuration guidance, and test scenarios that reflect downstream impacts and accurate failure modes.

• Facilitate discussions with steel making divisions and product group locations to develop aligned business processes, identify business needs, translate into functional system requirements, and create and configure rule sets within MES and/or ERP applications.


• Create testing scenarios/scripts execute testing and validate outcomes.


• Create documentation and facilitate training for both internal and external customers/users.


• Provide hands-on support for division teammates throughout system implementation project cycle.


• Order Dressing and Quality are the primary focus areas but coordination across all teams.


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This position requires travel approximately 75% to support other divisions.

­­Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US (Nucor Business Technology (NBT) will not sponsor the need for a visa now or in the future).

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4-year degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or equivalent experience.


• 2 years' experience working in a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.


• Knowledge and practical application of standard steel specifications.


• 1+ year(s) of experience programming and/or configuring within an MES or equivalent.


• Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., GitHub, Copilot, ChatGPT) to accelerate analysis, documentation, or requirements gathering