Quality Specialist

**Quality Specialist**

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Drive process improvements throughout our organization.
- Implements established methods and procedures for testing and inspecting the quality level of products and production equipment.
- Analyzes failure reports and returned products and report corrective action to customers.
- Prepares and maintains defect trend analysis reports.
- May be required to witness in-plant testing of electronic equipment in accordance with an approved test procedure.
- Inspects a variety of complex electrical, electronic, and electro-mechanical items for workmanship acceptability as well as complex and precision mechanical parts and assemblies for acceptability by using a variety of tools, gages, and basic shop math.
- Records results of inspections in the MRP system and prepares inspection reports, identifying approved and rejected quantities.
- Instructs and trains employees in processes or methods in accordance with departmental procedures, practices and/or process sheets.
- Be responsible for performing source inspections and reducing the variability of purchased materials through strong leadership and continual improvement of supplier quality planning processes.
- Maintains quality standards by approving in-process production, and finished products and recording quality results.
- Approves incoming materials by confirming specifications, and alloys conducting visual and measurement tests, rejecting, and returning unacceptable materials. Establish and maintains a vendor/outsource database. Manages all non-conforming materials.
- Perform internal quality audits and external supplier quality audits.
- Maintains a positive work environment by professional and courteous conduct and communications with others, including supervisors, co-workers, clients, and vendors.

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Associate degree or ASQ-CE certification or equivalent experience required.
- J-STD-001 and IPC-610 knowledge and/or certifications required.
- 5 years experience in quality control inspection with electronic components as well as Quality Assurance/Manufacturing experience including SMT high reliability electronics in a ISO9001/AS9100 environment.
- Knowledge of LEAN manufacturing and 5S is a plus.
- Excellent communications skills, teamwork, and problem-solving skills
- Microsoft Office proficiency

Pay: $36.00 - $40.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance

Experience level:

- 5 years

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work setting:

- In-person
- Manufacturing facility

Work Location: In person