Sr. Quality Control Engineer

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.; Mexicali; On-site; MXN 260,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer in Mexicali to investigate product failures and drive corrective actions. You will work with Reliability, Design, and Manufacturing to strengthen quality and reliability through PPAP and LEAN practices.

The role emphasizes SPC design and implementation, trend analysis, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements and improve processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing or Electronic Engineering.
• Experience in electronics or automotive manufacturing environments.
• 3+ years in manufacturing quality roles preferred.
• English proficiency around 85%.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-functional strategies to meet customer quality requirements.
• Perform failure and root cause analyses and drive corrective actions.
• Define and implement SPC tools for manufacturing, assembly, and test fixtures.
• Establish and maintain the quality management system.
• Support PPAP and smooth transfer of new products with engineering and operations.
• Lead weekly/monthly quality performance analyses and countermeasures.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and Operations using LEAN tools.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Failure analysis

Root cause analysis

SPC tools

Quality management

PPAP

LEAN tools

Design reviews

Excel

Statistical software

Education

Bachelor's in Manufacturing

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Excel

Statistical software

Job description

The Quality Engineer is responsible for providing investigation and root cause analysis of product failures. Works closely with various Engineering functions (Reliability, Design, Manufacturing, etc) in a closed-loop, corrective-action process to improve product quality and reliability performance.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for working with cross-functional groups to coordinate strategies for meeting customer’s requirements in all quality areas that also serve AE’s business needs.
• Failure Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, corrective and preventive action due customer (internal-external) complaints.
• Define, design, develop and Implement SPC tools for assembly tools, manufacturing, and test fixtures.
• Establish, implement, and maintain the quality management system.
• Interact with Engineering and Operations to ensure an appropriate transfer of new products, PPAP.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, and managing activities of receiving / outgoing quality functions.
• Participates in Design Reviews to ensure compliance with reliability standards and customer requirements.
• Review Engineering Change Requests for customer approval requirements and submission.
• Perform weekly, monthly trend analysis and coordinate corrective actions with involved areas.
• Defines SPC to manufacturing processes and monitor weekly and monthly performance, implement countermeasure.
• Interact constantly with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Materials, Support Areas to ensure robust processes using PPAP, SPC and LEAN tools.

SKILLS

• Responsible for working with cross-functional groups to coordinate strategies for meeting customer’s requirements in all quality areas that also serve AE’s business needs.
• Failure Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, corrective and preventive action due customer (internal-external) complaints.
• Define, design, develop and Implement SPC tools for assembly tools, manufacturing, and test fixtures.
• Establish, implement, and maintain the quality management system.
• Interact with Engineering and Operations to ensure an appropriate transfer of new products, PPAP.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, and managing activities of receiving / outgoing quality functions.
• Participates in Design Reviews to ensure compliance with reliability standards and customer requirements.
• Review Engineering Change Requests for customer approval requirements and submission.
• Perform weekly, monthly trend analysis and coordinate corrective actions with involved areas.
• Defines SPC to manufacturing processes and monitor weekly and monthly performance, implement countermeasure.
• Interact constantly with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Materials, Support Areas to ensure robust processes using PPAP, SPC and LEAN tools.

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Experience in Electronics Industry Preferable
• Experience in Automotive Industry and/or Production Part Approval Process (PPAP),
• Bachelor's degree (Manufacturing, Electronic Engineering)

Preferable

• Six Sigma Certification preferable
• 3+ years’ experience in manufacturing is preferred.
• 2+ years in quality system maintenance
• English 85%
• LEAN Manufacturing tools
• Excellent computer skills (Statistical Software, Office –Excel-,etc)