Senior Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

Manufacturing Quality Execution

• Serve as the primary quality interface with contract manufacturers; drive alignment on build quality, yield, and corrective actions.
• Lead day-to-day quality activities at the factory floor — audits, line walks, quality gates, outgoing quality checks.
• Monitor SPC charts, AOI/inspection data, and parametric performance to proactively identify and correct drift.
• Coordinate issue containment, corrective action, and verification to closure.
• Own the quality alert process and partner with Engineering to ensure effective disposition of non-conformances.

NPI Quality & Control Plan Strategy

• Lead NPI quality readiness: establish control plans, process audits, and quality gates for new product builds.
• Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to translate product requirements into measurable quality controls.
• Proactively identify and de-risk potential failure modes before ramp using PFMEA and design reviews.
• Ensure a smooth handoff from prototype to volume production with stable processes and clear accountability.

Continuous Improvement & Problem-Solving Leadership

• Act as a pacesetter for problem-solving excellence — driving the consistent use of 8D, 5 Whys, and PFMEA across functions.
• Partner with Reliability Engineering to integrate manufacturing and field data, accelerating detection of systemic issues.
• Identify and prioritize key quality metrics (yield, defect rates, escape rates, first-pass yield) and ensure visibility to stakeholders.
• Support manufacturing change reviews to ensure risks are understood and mitigated before implementation.

Supplier & CM Engagement

• Work with Supplier Quality to ensure incoming material quality is stable and consistent with outgoing factory performance.
• Build strong working relationships with CM quality teams, establishing clear escalation paths and accountability.
• Participate in supplier audits and quality reviews, feeding learnings back into manufacturing processes.

Skills and Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in Manufacturing Quality Engineering for complex electro-mechanical products, ideally in semiconductors, consumer electronics, datacenter hardware, or automotive tech.
• Proven track record managing CM quality — containment, corrective actions, yield improvement.
• Strong knowledge of SPC, DOE, control plan strategy, AOI, and inspection systems.
• Hands-on problem-solving experience with 8D, 5 Whys, PFMEA/DFMEA; known as a go-to problem solver and mentor for others.
• Experience supporting NPI builds and standing up quality controls at new factories.
• Data fluency: ability to analyze yield and quality trends in Excel, Python, or SQL and present findings in clear dashboards.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with aggressive ramps and evolving processes.
• B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering (or related technical field).