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Morcom Induction Private Limited; Sonipat; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Morcom Induction Private Limited, based in Sonipat, Haryana, seeks a Quality Engineer – Plant to own IQC, IPQC and end-of-line testing for induction cooktops. You will lead incoming, in-process and final quality, build inspection records, and ensure BIS registration compliance; strong hands-on testing experience and discipline are essential.

The role reports to the QA leadership and requires 3–7 years of hands-on quality experience in electrical or home-appliance manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on quality experience in electrical/electronic or home-appliance manufacturing.
• Experience across IQC, IPQC and final inspection.
• Must personally operate end-of-line electrical safety tests.
• Strong documentation and record-keeping on quality data.

Responsibilities

• Inspect incoming material against written standards and approved drawings.
• Apply written sampling plans using AQL (IS 2500 / ISO 2859-1) with defined defect classes.
• Perform end-of-line electrical safety tests on every unit.
• Record test results with serial numbers and segregate rejects on the line.

Skills

In-line inspection

IQC/IPQC experience

Quality control

Education

Diploma or B.E./B.Tech in Electrical or Electronics or Instrumentation or Mechanical

Tools

Vernier caliper

Micrometer

Multimeter

Megger

Hi-pot tester

Job description

# Quality Engineer – PlantManufacturing / Quality Assurance · Harsana Kalan, Sonipat, HaryanaApply for this roleYou apply directly to Morcom — no consultant, no fee.## At a glancePosition: Quality Engineer – Plant (Incoming, In-Process & Final Quality)Department: Quality Assurance — an independent function, not a sub-department of ProductionLocation: Morcom Induction Pvt Ltd, Harsana Kalan, Sonipat (Haryana) 131001 — full-time, on the shop floorReports To: Director / QA Head — with direct access for quality decisions and the authority to hold a dispatch. Day-to-day co-ordination with Production; the accept-or-reject decision is yours.Team: Line QC Inspectors (incoming, in-process, final) as the function is built outExperience: 3 – 7 years of hands-on quality in an electrical, electronic or home-appliance manufacturing plant, of which at least 2 years on a mains-powered product lineQualification: Diploma or B.E. / B.Tech in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation or Mechanical. Electrical or Electronics strongly preferred.The Non-Negotiable: Must have PERSONALLY operated end-of-line electrical safety tests — earth continuity, high-voltage (hi-pot) dielectric, insulation resistance and leakage current. Having watched them, supervised them or 'seen the testing team do them' does not qualify.CTC: Competitive — commensurate with experience and last drawn; discussed during the interview process.Working Days / Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM. Present on the floor, not at a desk.Joining: Immediate to 30 days## ROLE PURPOSEMorcom manufactures and assembles induction cooktops at Harsana Kalan, Sonipat, and supplies finished goods and CKD/SKD kits to brand owners who put their own name on the carton. That business model has one consequence that defines this role: every unit that leaves our gate carries somebody else's brand and our BIS registration. A single unsafe or non-functional piece in the field is not a return — it is a customer relationship, a registration and a reputation at risk.This role is the product gate. The Quality Engineer – Plant owns quality on the material and on the product itself: what comes in from suppliers, what happens on the line, and what is allowed into a carton. Nothing untested reaches packing, nothing unrecorded reaches a customer, and no lot moves on a verbal clearance. The seat is deliberately placed outside the production reporting line so that the person holding it can say no to a dispatch and have that no stand.## THE STARTING POINT — WHAT YOU ARE WALKING INTOThe candidate should know exactly what they are joining, because it decides whether they are the right person. Morcom does not yet hold an ISO 9001 certificate. There is no controlled document set, no calibration register and no formal internal audit history. Quality on the line today is held largely by experienced people and by habit rather than by written standards, sampling plans and signed records. Our BIS CRS registration for induction cooktops is live and must be protected without exception.A separate Manager – QMS seat owns building the ISO 9001 system and taking Morcom through certification. This role is not that seat and is not expected to certify the company. This role is the hands on the product: it builds and runs the day-to-day inspection and testing regime that the system will later be wrapped around, and it supplies the records the auditor will eventually ask to see. If a candidate wants a documentation desk, this is the wrong job. If a candidate wants to own a line's quality outright and build the formats from a blank sheet, it is the right one.## KEY RESPONSIBILITIES### 1. Incoming Quality Control (IQC) — Stop Bad Material at the Gate* Inspect before it is issued: Inspect every incoming lot of bought-out material against a written incoming standard before stores issues it to the line — PCBs and populated PCBAs, IGBTs and power devices, work coils and litz wire, thermistors and sensors, fans, ceramic glass tops, wiring harnesses, connectors, power cords, plastic housings, packing and printed matter.* Sampling, not guesswork: Build and apply a written sampling plan per item class using AQL principles (IS 2500 / ISO 2859-1) with defined critical, major and minor defect classes and stated accept/reject numbers. Move an item to one-hundred-per-cent screening when its history justifies it, and record why.* Verify to specification: Check dimensions, ratings, markings, part numbers and material against the approved drawing, specification or golden sample — not against memory and not against 'what came last time'.* Decide and record: Accept, reject or accept-under-deviation with written authority. Every lot gets an incoming inspection record with lot quantity, sample size, defects found and the decision, signed and dated.* Hold what fails: Physically segregate and tag rejected material, raise a supplier non-conformance, and ensure nothing rejected can be issued to the line by mistake.### 2. In-Process Quality Control (IPQC) — Catch It on the Line, Not in the Carton* First-piece approval: Approve the first piece after every model changeover, tool change, shift start or process adjustment, and record the approval before the run is allowed to continue.* Patrol the stages: Run defined patrol inspections at the stages that matter — coil winding and coil insulation, PCB assembly and soldering, heat-sink and thermal-paste application, wiring and crimping, earth bonding, glass-top fitting and final assembly — at a stated frequency, with readings written down.* Workmanship standards: Establish and display written and photographic workmanship standards at each station, so that 'acceptable' means the same thing on every shift and to every operator.* Stop authority: Stop the line or hold the output when a process is producing defects, escalate in writing, and release it only when the cause is addressed — not when the shift is under pressure.* Feed the fix: Report in-process defect trends to Production daily so problems are corrected at source rather than sorted at the end.### 3. End-of-Line Electrical Safety & Functional Testing (FQC) — The Core of This Job* One hundred per cent, never a sample: Every finished unit is safety-tested. Electrical safety testing is a safety obligation, not a quality sample — sampling is for dimensional and cosmetic attributes only. There is no batch, no rush order and no customer commitment that changes this.* Earth continuity and bonding: Verify the earth path from the earth pin to every accessible metal part at the prescribed test current, and confirm the resistance is within the limit permitted by the applicable edition of IS 302 (Part 1) — of the order of 0.1 ohm, excluding the supply cord.* High-voltage (hi-pot) dielectric test: Apply the prescribed test voltage between live parts and earth for the prescribed duration with a correctly set trip current, and record pass or fail. Confirm the exact voltage, duration and trip setting against the current edition of the standard and the routine-test annex before fixing the parameters.* Insulation resistance: Measure insulation resistance at the prescribed DC test voltage and confirm it meets the routine-test limit for the insulation class involved.* Leakage current: Measure leakage current in the normal operating condition and confirm it is within the limit applicable to a portable Class-I appliance.* Functional and performance test: Confirm power input within the permitted tolerance, correct heating with a standard vessel, pan detection, touch panel and timer operation, temperature cut-out and thermistor response, fan operation, absence of abnormal noise, and correct display and error-code behaviour.* Record the reading, not the verdict: Every unit's test result is captured with the instrument used, the parameters set, the reading obtained and the tester's identity — traceable to the unit serial number. A tick mark is not a record.* Failures go backwards, not forwards: Every failed unit is tagged, quarantined, root-caused and re-tested in full after repair. A unit that failed once is never released on a partial re-test.### 4. Outgoing Quality & Pre-Dispatch Audit (OQC)* Independent audit of packed stock: Audit packed cartons on a sampling basis before dispatch — the correct model and variant, accessories, instruction manual and warranty card, rating plate and marking, carton printing, brand and barcode, and packing integrity.* Brand-owner accuracy: Because Morcom supplies under customer brands, verify that every brand-specific detail is right for that customer — logo, model code, rating-plate text, carton artwork and manual. A correct cooktop in the wrong customer's carton is a rejected consignment.* Release the lot in writing: Issue a signed pre-dispatch clearance for every consignment, with the lot quantity, models covered, test coverage and any deviation noted. No signature, no dispatch.* Retain the evidence: Keep dispatch inspection records, test summaries and photographs so that any later customer complaint can be answered with what was actually shipped.### 5. Non-Conformance, Rejection and Rework Control* Contain first: The moment a defect is found the affected material is segregated and tagged, and the rest of the lot — including anything already packed or dispatched — is traced. Containment comes before analysis, always.* A single register: Maintain one non-conformance and rejection register covering incoming, in-process, final and customer-returned material, with clear disposition — use as is, rework, re-grade, return to supplier or scrap — and the authority who decided.* Rework is controlled work: Reworked units are inspected and fully re-tested before release, and rework is recorded separately from first-pass output so that the true first-pass yield is visible.* Root cause, honestly: Use 4M, 5-Why, Ishikawa and Pareto on the top defects. 'Operator error' is a symptom, not a root cause. Convert findings into corrective action with an owner and a date, verify effectiveness afterwards, and apply the fix to every other model where the same failure can occur.### 6. Records, Reporting and Quality MIS* Design the formats: Create the inspection formats this plant does not yet have — incoming inspection report, in-process patrol sheet, end-of-line test log, rejection register, rework log, pre-dispatch clearance — numbered, dated and version-controlled.* Write it the same day: Records are completed on the shift they belong to, in ink or in the system, legibly. What is not written did not happen, and a record reconstructed a week later is worth nothing to an auditor or a customer.* Daily and weekly reporting: Publish a daily quality report to the Director and Production, and a weekly summary carrying rejection PPM by stage, first-pass yield, top five defects with a Pareto, supplier rejection, rework quantity and open non-conformances.* Odoo: Maintain quality records in Odoo as the ERP roll-out reaches quality, and keep Excel discipline until it does.### 7. Calibration and Measuring Instruments* Build the register: Create and maintain the master calibration register the plant currently lacks — every gauge, meter, tester and instrument with a unique identification number, location, calibration date, due date and certificate reference.* Traceable certificates: Ensure external calibration is carried out by NABL-accredited laboratories with traceability to national standards, and file the certificates so they can be produced on demand.* Discipline on the floor: No instrument in use beyond its due date. Any instrument found out of calibration is withdrawn immediately, and the product released on its readings since the last valid calibration is reviewed and dispositioned in writing.* Daily checks: Perform and record zero checks and functional checks on measuring and test equipment before each shift's use.### 8. Supplier Quality, BIS Support and Customer Complaints* Supplier feedback with teeth: Raise supplier non-conformance reports with evidence, follow up corrective action to closure, and maintain incoming rejection data by supplier and by part so that purchase decisions are made on facts.* First-article discipline: Inspect and report on first articles from a new supplier, a new tool or a changed process before series supply is accepted.* Protect the BIS registration: Support the company's BIS CRS obligations for induction cooktops under IS 302 (Part 2 / Section 6): ensure the marking, registration number and rating-plate details on the line match the registration, and immediately escalate any change of a critical component, vendor or construction detail so that intimation and re-testing can be arranged before the change reaches production.* Answer the complaint properly: Investigate every customer or brand-owner complaint and field return, establish whether the cause is design, component, manufacturing, packing, transit or usage, and issue a written reply with the corrective and preventive action taken.* Maintain traceability: Keep batch and lot traceability from the finished unit back to its critical components and their suppliers, so that a field problem can be bounded rather than guessed at.### 9. Improvement, Training and Quality Culture* Train the operators: Deliver practical training on the line — defect identification, workmanship standards, soldering and crimping quality, ESD handling, and why the safety tests exist. Demonstrate rather than lecture.* Improve, do not just inspect: Use Kaizen, poka-yoke and 5S to make defects harder to produce. A go/no-go gauge, a jig or a one-way connector prevents more failures than any amount of sorting.* Support the QMS build: Provide the inspection standards, control plans, records and calibration data that the Manager – QMS needs for the ISO 9001 system, and act as an internal auditor once trained.* Set the tone: Hold the standard when production pressure argues against it, and be equally willing to release quickly when the evidence supports it. Credibility is built on both.## YOUR AUTHORITY — AND ITS LIMITS* You report to the Director, not to Production: This role's reporting line is deliberate. Quality cannot be judged by the function whose output it judges. Day-to-day co-ordination with the Production Head is expected and necessary; the accept-or-reject decision is not his to make.* You may hold or stop: You have the authority to hold material, hold a lot, hold a dispatch or stop a process on quality grounds, without prior permission. You are expected to use it sparingly, on evidence, and to inform the Director immediately in writing when you do.* A release must be written: No lot is released on a verbal clearance from anyone, at any level. If someone with authority decides to ship despite a quality hold, that decision is recorded in writing with the name of the person taking it. The record is the protection — for the company and for you.* Escalation is not disloyalty: Raising a quality concern in writing to the Director is the job, not a complaint against a colleague. Nobody at Morcom is penalised for holding a doubtful lot.* What you do not own: You do not own line output, manpower or the production plan, and you do not own ISO 9001 certification — that is the Manager – QMS seat. You own the product gate.## CANDIDATE SPECIFICATION### Essential — screened at the phone stage* Personally run the safety tests: Has personally operated earth continuity, hi-pot, insulation resistance and leakage current testing on mains-powered products — with the tester in his own hands. This is screened on the phone and re-tested in the interview.* Appliance or electrical product background: Real inspection experience on a mains-powered assembled product — induction cooktops, mixer grinders, kettles, hot plates, fans, water heaters, hair dryers, lighting, chargers, small kitchen appliances, wiring devices or similar. Auto-component or plastics-only quality experience is a weaker fit for this seat.* The full inspection flow: Has worked across incoming, in-process and final inspection — not only final packing inspection. Candidates whose entire experience is visual and packing checks are not at the engineer level.* Instruments in his own hands: Confident and accurate with Vernier caliper, micrometer, multimeter, clamp meter, megger and hi-pot tester, and knows the least count of the measuring instruments he claims.* Quality tools that he has actually used: Working command of sampling and AQL, first-piece inspection, 4M, 5-Why, Ishikawa, Pareto, PPM, corrective and preventive action and poka-yoke — with a real example for each claim, not a list copied onto a CV.* Records by habit: Writes his own inspection reports, rejection logs and daily reports legibly and completely, in Excel and on paper. A written test is part of the interview.* Language: Fluent Hindi for the shop floor and functional written English sufficient for inspection records, non-conformance reports and customer complaint replies.* Backbone: Able to hold a lot against production pressure and put the reason in writing. Screened deliberately, and weighted heavily.* Local and present: Based in or willing to settle in Sonipat, Rai, Kundli, Murthal, Ganaur, Panipat or the immediate belt, and physically present on the floor six days a week.### Preferred — decides between two good candidates* Induction or cooking-appliance experience: Direct experience with induction cooktops, hot plates or cooking appliances — coil winding, IGBT power stages, thermistors, ceramic glass tops.* BIS CRS exposure: Hands-on familiarity with BIS Compulsory Registration — marking control, critical-component control, sample submission to BIS-recognised laboratories and test-report validity.* PCBA and electronics quality: Solder-joint standards, dry-joint and cold-joint identification, component polarity, ESD control, AOI or in-circuit test exposure.* ISO 9001 exposure: Has worked inside a certified plant and understands control plans, internal audit and non-conforming-output control — valuable, since Morcom's system is being built now and this person will be inside that build.* Odoo or any ERP: Has entered quality transactions in an ERP rather than only in Excel.* Internal Auditor certificate: An ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor qualification is a genuine plus at this level, though it does not substitute for hands-on testing skill.### Personal attributes* Builder, not a caretaker: Comfortable creating an inspection format from a blank sheet rather than waiting to be handed one.* Accurate by temperament: Takes the reading properly, writes it down properly, and is bothered when a record is incomplete.* Contains before he analyses: First instinct on finding a defect is to segregate and trace, not to debate the cause.* Teacher on the floor: Patient with operators, firm about the standard, willing to demonstrate rather than instruct from a distance.* Finisher: Closes what he opens. A corrective action left open for two months is the failure this role exists to prevent.## KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS* Safety test coverage: One-hundred-per-cent electrical safety testing of finished units, with a complete and traceable test record for every unit. Any gap in coverage is treated as a serious lapse, independent of the score on every other measure.* Line quality: Month-on-month reduction in in-process rejection PPM and rework quantity, and improvement in first-pass yield by model.* Incoming quality: Reduction in incoming rejection PPM, with supplier-wise and part-wise data published monthly and acted upon.* Customer quality: Reduction in dead-on-arrival and field-failure rate reported by brand owners; every complaint answered in writing within the agreed time with root cause and corrective action.* Corrective action closure: Ninety per cent of corrective actions closed with verified effectiveness within thirty days of being raised.* Records and calibration: Complete, legible, retrievable inspection and test records; a fully populated calibration register with zero instruments in use beyond their due date.* Compliance: Zero lapse in BIS marking, rating-plate accuracy or critical-component control.## FIRST 90 DAYS — WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE* Day 1 – 30: The whole line walked and understood — coil winding, PCB assembly, wiring, final assembly, testing and packing. Every existing inspection point, format and record mapped, and a written list of what is missing given to the Director. End-of-line electrical safety testing learned to the point of running it unaided. Every measuring and test instrument in the plant located and listed.* Day 31 – 60: Incoming inspection standards and sampling plans issued for the critical bought-out items. End-of-line testing running at one-hundred-per-cent coverage with a signed daily test record. Rejection register and daily quality report live. Calibration register complete, with the out-of-calibration instruments identified and scheduled.* Day 61 – 90: The full cycle owned — incoming, in-process, final and pre-dispatch — with clean records at every stage. A weekly rejection Pareto with PPM by model published to the Director. At least two root-cause investigations closed with verified corrective action. Written inspection standards and control plans for the running models in place and in use, so that quality on the line survives this person being on leave.## HOW TO APPLYInterested candidates may share their updated CV at [e-mail] with the subject line “Application – Quality Engineer (Plant)”. Please include month-and-year dates for every role and qualification; applications without dates will not be processed. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a face-to-face technical interview at the Morcom factory, which includes a practical instrument test and a written test at the line.