Senior PQA Engineer
Required skills
- NPI
- Manufacturing Readiness Reviews
- PFMEA
- Control Plan
- FAI
- quality inspection planning
- customer quality requirements
- product quality control standards
- validation mechanisms
- production quality performance
Nice to have
- greenfield factory start-up
- overseas manufacturing sites
- Spanish
Role summary
A leading company in the wireless broadband communications industry seeks a Senior PQA Engineer with 8+ years of experience in EMS, networking, automotive, or industrial electronics manufacturing. The role involves product quality planning (NPI, PFMEA, Control Plan), product quality management (KPIs, trend analysis, corrective actions), problem-solving (8D, RCA, CAPA), and customer quality support. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams and providing quality expertise. Experience in factory start-up and knowledge of Quality Management Systems, auditing, and various quality methodologies are preferred. Fluency in Chinese and English is required; Spanish is a plus. Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field is necessary.
We are a leading company in the wireless broadband communications industry looking for talented professionals with a winning attitude.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Product Quality Planning:
- Participate in NPI and Manufacturing Readiness Reviews.
- Lead PFMEA, Control Plan, FAI and quality inspection planning activities.
- Ensure customer quality requirements are properly translated into manufacturing and quality control requirements.
- Establish product quality control standards and validation mechanisms for new products.
2. Product Quality Management
- Monitor production quality performance.
- Analyze quality trends and drive improvement activities.
- Lead investigations and corrective actions for major quality issues.
- Establish quality KPIs and monitoring mechanisms.
3. Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement
- Utilize 8D, RCA, and CAPA methodologies to drive problem resolution.
- Conduct process capability analysis and improvement activities.
- Reduce defect rates, rework, and cost of poor quality.
- Drive Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives.
4. Customer Quality Support
- Support customer audits and certification activities.
- Respond to customer quality issues and track corrective action effectiveness.
- Participate in customer quality reviews and quality assessment activities.
5. Cross-functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and R&D teams. Participate in quality risk assessments and product change management activities.
- Provide quality expertise and technical guidance.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of quality experience in EMS, networking products, automotive electronics, or industrial electronics manufacturing.Experience in NPI, production quality management, and customer quality support.
- Experience leading cross-functional quality improvement projects.
- Experience supporting greenfield factory start-up or overseas manufacturing sites is preferred.
- Experience with Quality Management Systems, Product Quality Assurance, PFMEA/Control Plan/FAI/SPC/MSA/8D/RCA/CAPA, Quality Auditing, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Verification and Validation (V&V), Data Analysis, Risk Management, Change Management
- Language - Chinese and English. Spanish is a plus
Primary Working Location:
Texas, United States
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