Quality Engineer 3

About the role

The Quality Engineer will be based in Austin, Texas, reporting to Crecencio C Zepeda.

What a typical day looks like

• Maintaining quality engineering programs, standards and improvements within the organization.
• Developing and initiating standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devising sampling procedures and designing and developing forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Developing and implementing methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devising methods to assess cost.
• Directing workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.
• Compiling and writing training material and conducting training sessions on quality control activities.
• Holding up Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.
• Assuring data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidating and reporting quality results.
• Initiating corrective action requests as needed and tracking to satisfactory completion.
• Assisting with development and implementation of quality audits.
• Developing, applying, revising and maintaining quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Designing and implementing methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.
• Exploring reports and returned products and recommending corrective action.
• Establishing program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement and research of equipment and facilities.
• Approving product, process and equipment qualifications.
• Providing liaison to various regulatory bodies.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 4 years of experience in engineering in the high technology electronics industry or related field.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Skills

• AS9100 and/or Aerospace/Defense experience ++.
• Electronic Assembly: color code, component, schematics. May require various PCB operations.
• Testing: oscilloscope, cable and harness testing, trouble shooting, component testing, logic analyzer.
• Inspection: bare board, systems, components, cable and harness, microscope, measuring tools.
• Mechanical & Electrical Tools: taps and dies, alignment tools, measuring tools.
• Office skills: telephones, data entry, office software to include word processing, spreadsheet and presentation package.
• Demonstrates operations and technical skills and understanding of Flex's functional standards.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of functional concepts and a solid understanding of Flex policies and procedures.
• Some knowledge of computerized electronic test equipment and programming.
• Demonstrates advanced functional and technical skills and basic process skills.
• Demonstrates advanced/thorough knowledge of the function and Flex business.
• Skill in troubleshooting and diagnostics, and overview of the entire test process and the ability to train others.