Quality Engineer

AMETEK; George Town; On-site; MYR 78,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

AMETEK in Penang, Malaysia seeks a Lead Quality Assurance and Quality Management System lead to drive ISO compliance and document control. You will coordinate audits, customer visits, and internal process reviews while developing a robust document control system.

You will implement quality controls, support new product qualification, and analyze quality data. The role requires collaboration with manufacturing and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or E&E engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and ensure QMS compliance with ISO standards.
• Develop and implement quality control systems and work instructions.
• Ensure SOPs and procedures are maintained and updated.
• Support new product qualification and first article inspection reports.
• Monitor and analyze quality performance.
• Compile and analyze outgoing inspection data using statistical tools.
• Collaborate with operations to implement controls and improvements.
• Maintain filing/archives for project deliverables.
• Handle non-conforming product and lead MRB disposition.
• Improve reject criteria for standardization.
• Assist QA head in quality activities and issue resolution.

Skills

Quality engineering

FMEA

8D

SPC

MSA

GR&R

AI tools awareness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Internal audit tools

Job description

Lead Quality Assurance and Quality Management System function, which includes Internal/External Audit, Customer Visits/Audits, Product/Manufacturing Process Audits and Document Control. Develop and integrate Document Control System. Establish necessary processes and procedures, which would ensure essential security and controls in place for efficient specifications generation and release. Coordinate reviews of customer specific requirements and maintain approved specific requirements and warrants.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintain effectiveness and compliance of the company's Quality Management System in according to the ISO Standards.
• Developing and implementing quality control systems such as create, review and update inspection work instruction, inspection checklist, control plan or special inspection instructions.
• Ensure written Standard Operation Procedures and its related procedures are effectively maintained and implemented and review when necessary.
• Support on the new product qualification process and also developing the first article inspection reports.
• Monitoring and analyzing quality performance.
• Compile and analyze outgoing inspection data using statistical tools.
• Collaborating with operations and manufacturing team to develop and implement controls and improvements.
• Set-up and maintain filing and archives system for all project related deliverables.
• Handle and verify any non-conforming product and lead the MRB for disposition.
• Improve and establish reject criteria for standardization.
• Assist QA Department Head in quality activities, quality issues or any other support required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical & Electronic Engineering or any equivalent degree
• Preferable with 1-2 years of working experience in related field (preferably in quality engineering).
• Proven ability to work productively with individuals at all levels inside and outside the organization.
• Experience in quality tools (FMEA, 8D, SPC, MSA etc), quality management system (ISO), and basic GR&R knowledge.
• Able to perform the internal audit and ensure the compliance in the manufacturing process flow.
• Demonstrated proficiency with the Microsoft Office application (MS Word, Ms Excel etc)
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision‑making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI‑generated outputs.
• Able to work in the fast‑moving and deliver the results accordingly.

Performance in this position is evaluated objectively through Quality system performance.

Performance in this position is evaluated subjectively by supplier quality improvement, customer confidence and satisfaction, sustain the ISO certificates.

Compensation

• Currency: MYR
• Salary Minimum: Market
• Salary Maximum: Market
• Incentive: Market
• Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.