Quality Assurance Engineer

Delta Electronics Americas; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 92,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Electronics Americas seeks a Quality Assurance Engineer to support incoming material, supplier quality, and manufacturing QA across product lifecycles. You will participate in audits, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement with teams across Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Service.

You will ensure quality readiness for new product introductions, control plans, and nonconforming material handling, while maintaining compliance with ISO and customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 1–3 years of quality assurance, quality control, engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, service quality, or quality system experience in electronics/manufacturing.
• Experience coordinating quality issues and corrective actions with cross-functional teams, suppliers, customers, or global manufacturing organizations.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, quality requirements, inspection criteria, test or qualification reports, and controlled documents.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, RCA, 8D, FMEA, SPC, and control plans.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn quality, document control, MES, inspection, and data-reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and improve product and process quality standards and related documents.
• Support supplier quality activities including supplier qualification, incoming inspection, NCR handling, supplier audits, and corrective actions.
• Assist manufacturing QA through line and process audits, control verification, production issue resolution, and product transfer.
• Perform inspections including first article, calibration, and gauge R&R; document results.
• Identify and contain nonconforming material or product; coordinate disposition with functions.
• Lead root cause analysis and failure analysis; implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Monitor quality data and KPIs; report trends and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support audits and compliance with ISO, UL, ESD, and customer-specific certifications.

Skills

Quality analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

MES systems

Quality management systems

Job description

Delta, founded in 1971, is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products with a thriving portfolio of smart energy-saving systems and solutions in the fields of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, data center infrastructure, EV charging, renewable energy, energy storage and display, to nurture the development of smart manufacturing and sustainable cities. As a world-class corporate citizen guided by its mission statement, “To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow,” Delta leverages its core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and its ESG-embedded business model to address key environmental issues, such as climate change. Delta serves customers through its sales offices, R&D centers and manufacturing facilities spread over close to 200 locations across five continents. Delta has 158 sales offices, 72 R&D centers and 48 manufacturing facilities worldwide.

Throughout its history, Delta has received various global awards and recognition for its business achievements, innovative technologies, and dedication to ESG. Since 2011, Delta has been listed on the DJSI World Index of Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices for 11 consecutive years. In 2021, Delta was also recognized by CDP with leadership level ratings for its substantial contribution to climate change and water security issues and named Supplier Engagement Leader for its continuous development of a sustainable value chain.

The Quality Assurance Engineer supports the overall quality function across incoming material, supplier quality, manufacturing processes, in-process and final inspection, customer and service quality, failure analysis, and quality management system and document control activities. This role partners with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Service, suppliers, customers, and global quality teams to ensure product and process compliance, effective issue resolution, accurate quality records, audit readiness, and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and improve product and process quality standards, quality plans, inspection criteria, procedures, and work instructions based on customer, regulatory, company, and factory requirements.
• Support incoming material and supplier quality activities, including supplier qualification, incoming inspection, material nonconformance handling, supplier corrective actions, performance monitoring, and supplier audits.
• Support manufacturing quality assurance through line and process audits, process control verification, production issue resolution, line qualification, product transfer, and implementation of product or process changes.
• Perform or support in-process, final, outgoing, and special inspections in accordance with applicable requirements, including first article inspection, quality checklists, calibration, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and issue reporting.
• Identify, contain, document, and escalation nonconforming material or product; coordinate segregation, review, disposition, rework verification, and follow-up actions with the appropriate functions.
• Conduct or coordinate root cause analysis and failure analysis for supplier, production, inspection, field, customer, and returned-product issues, including test setup, evidence collection, and technical reporting as needed.
• Lead or support corrective and preventive actions using structured problem-solving methods such as root cause analysis, 5 Whys, fishbone diagrams, PDCA, and 8D to ensure effective closure and prevent recurrence.
• Support customer and service quality activities, including customer complaints, RMA processing, screening or rework coordination, quality reports, timely communication, and satisfactory issue closure.
• Monitor, analyze, and report quality data and KPIs, including defect rates, yield, supplier performance, RMA rate, complaint closure time, recurrence, cost of quality, and audit findings, to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Support quality management system and document control activities, including controlled records, procedures, work instructions, audit readiness and compliance documentation.
• Participate in internal, supplier, customer, process, product and quality system audits and support compliance with applicable ISO, UL, ESD, customer-specific and third-party certification requirements.
• Support new product introduction, process reviews, FMEA, control plans, qualification activities, new line set up, product transfer, and engineering change implementation to ensure quality readiness.
• Coordinate quality activities and communicate findings, risks, status and recommendations with Production, Engineering, Material Management, Supply Chain, Service, customers, suppliers, and global teams, including periodic meetings with Taiwan or other APAC teams outside normal business hours.
• Initiate containment and recommend the hold, release, or disposition of nonconforming material and product; upscale significant quality risks and recommend stopping or resuming production or shipment to Quality and Operations management.
• Drive risk reduction and continuous improvement across supplier, manufacturing, inspection, service, and quality system processes; perform additional duties assigned by management or customers and travel occasionally for audits, investigations, qualifications, or quality support.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant education and experience may be considered.
• One to three years of quality assurance, quality control, engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, service quality, or quality system experience in an electronics, electrical, power, coolant rack, or related manufacturing environment.
• Practical experience in one or more quality areas such as incoming quality, manufacturing quality, inspection, supplier quality, customer or service quality, or failure analysis.
• Experience coordinating quality issues and corrective actions with cross-functional teams, suppliers, customers, or global manufacturing organizations.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, quality requirements, inspection criteria, test or qualification reports, and controlled documents.
• Working knowledge of inspection and measurement methods, sampling, calibration requirements, defect evaluation, and quality record preparation.
• Ability to collect and analyze quality data, monitor process or product performance, identify trends, and recommend corrective or improvement actions.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems, document control, audits, and problem-solving tools such as ISO 9001, RCA, 8D, FMEA, SPC, and control plans.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and the ability to learn and use quality, document control, supplier quality, MES, inspection, and data-reporting systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, prioritisation, time-management, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work for extended periods at a desk and to walk or stand regularly in production, warehouse, laboratory, supplier or customer environments.
• Ability and willingness to participate periodicaly in eveing meetings with Taiwan and other APAC teams and to travel occasionally for supplier audits, customer visits, investigations, qualifications, and quality support.

Pay Range

USD $92,000.00 - USD $105,000.00 /Yr.

Preferred Qualifications

• Quality, auditing, inspection, metrology, or continuous improvement certification.
• Experience working with Asia-based or other global manufacturing, supplier, and customer teams.
• Mandarin communication skills due to frequent interaction with APAC teams and customers.

Benefit at Delta Electronics Americas

Life at Delta

EEO Statement

Delta Electronics Americas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Delta Electronics America is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. The base salary range for this full-time position is 45k-55k per year. Actual pay will depend on factors such as location, skills, experience, market conditions, and business needs. This role may also be eligible for incentive pay, subject to the terms of the applicable plan. Eligible employees receive company-provided benefits in accordance with plan terms and eligibility requirements. Benefits include health coverage, wellness resources, retirement savings plan, paid time off, and other company‑sponsored programs; parental leave is provided in accordance with applicable law.