Product Quality Engineer (Ipoh)

Coherent; Ipoh; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Coherent, a global leader in lasers and engineered materials, seeks a Product Quality Engineer (PQE) to assure product quality and reliability across the manufacturing lifecycle. You will own health indicators, drive CAPAs, and enable NPI transitions while ensuring customer satisfaction through robust quality controls and issue resolution.

You will collaborate with engineering, production, supplier quality, and customer-facing teams to monitor quality, conduct root cause analyses, and implement

Qualifications

• Experience implementing quality systems and QMS in a manufacturing setting.
• Knowledge of PFMEA/Risk assessment and CAPA management.
• Strong root cause analysis and corrective action skills (ICAR/CAR).

Responsibilities

• Oversee QA product/process health indicators and dashboards.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions for QA/test/process failures.
• Lead cross-functional teams for NPI and sustaining quality improvements.
• Support NPI transitions and mass production readiness.
• Manage defect verification, lot disposition, and quality release decisions.
• Prepare quality reports and maintain compliant QMS documentation.

Skills

Quality control

Process improvement

NPI collaboration

Root cause analysis

ICAR/CAR

Quality dashboards

Cross-functional teamwork

ISO/QMS knowledge

Job description

Job Description – Product Quality Engineer (PQE)

Position Summary

The Product Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring product quality and reliability throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. This role owns product/process health indicators, drives systematic corrective actions, supports NPI transitions, and ensures customer satisfaction through robust quality controls and issue resolution.

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality Control & Process Effectiveness

• Assess and recommend improvements to QC procedures to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
• Own and monitor QA product/process health indicators (e.g., DPPM) and quality dashboards.
• Analyze QA/Test/Process failures and drive structured, systematic corrective and preventive actions (e.g., ICAR/CAR).

2. Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Participate in and lead cross‑functional teams for product quality and reliability improvement projects (both NPI and sustaining).
• Work closely with NPI teams to coordinate and implement new products into mass production.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, supplier quality, and customer‑facing teams on quality escalations and improvement activities.
• Perform defect verification, root cause analysis, containment, and follow‑up on quality issues.
• Perform lot disposition, shipment blocking/approval, and oversee quality release decisions.
• Generate, implement, and close ICARs/CARs in timely manner.

4. New Product Introduction (NPI) Support

• Provide technical evaluation support for NPI builds.
• Monitor corrective actions, qualification progress, and production readiness.

5. Customer Quality Management

• Analyze and follow up on customer‑reported problems and ensure timely containment, corrective action, and communication of status.

6. Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare quality reports, data analysis summaries, and audit‑related documentation.
• Ensure quality documentation and procedures are properly maintained and compliant with internal QMS requirements.

Additional Expectations

• Lead continual improvement activities through defining test/process problems that drive quality excursions.
• Support ISO audit preparation and quality metrics performance reviews.
• Practice risk‑based thinking and contribute to process FMEA/PFMEA updates where required.

Job Description – Product Quality Engineer (PQE)

Position Summary

The Product Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring product quality and reliability throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. This role owns product/process health indicators, drives systematic corrective actions, supports NPI transitions, and ensures customer satisfaction through robust quality controls and issue resolution.

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality Control & Process Effectiveness

• Assess and recommend improvements to QC procedures to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
• Own and monitor QA product/process health indicators (e.g., DPPM) and quality dashboards.
• Analyze QA/Test/Process failures and drive structured, systematic corrective and preventive actions (e.g., ICAR/CAR).

2. Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Participate in and lead cross‑functional teams for product quality and reliability improvement projects (both NPI and sustaining).
• Work closely with NPI teams to coordinate and implement new products into mass production.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, supplier quality, and customer‑facing teams on quality escalations and improvement activities.

3. Defect Management & Lot Disposition

• Perform defect verification, root cause analysis, containment, and follow‑up on quality issues.
• Perform lot disposition, shipment blocking/approval, and oversee quality release decisions.
• Generate, implement, and close ICARs/CARs in timely manner.

4. New Product Introduction (NPI) Support

• Provide technical evaluation support for NPI builds.
• Monitor corrective actions, qualification progress, and production readiness.

5. Customer Quality Management

• Analyze and follow up on customer‑reported problems and ensure timely containment, corrective action, and communication of status.

6. Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare quality reports, data analysis summaries, and audit‑related documentation.
• Ensure quality documentation and procedures are properly maintained and compliant with internal QMS requirements.

Additional Expectations

• Lead continual improvement activities through defining test/process problems that drive quality excursions.
• Support ISO audit preparation and quality metrics performance reviews.
• Practice risk‑based thinking and contribute to process FMEA/PFMEA updates where required.

Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Coherent provides a comprehensive career development platform within an environment that challenges employees to perform at their best, while rewarding excellence and hard-work through a competitive compensation program. It's an exciting opportunity to work for a company that offers stability, longevity and growth. Come Join Us!

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