Quality Engineer II - Process Control & QA Improvement

Benchmark Electronics Inc; California (MO); On-site; USD 86,014 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus plan

401(k)

Paid time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Benchmark Electronics Inc in Concord, California is seeking a Quality Engineer to design, implement, and evaluate QA process sampling systems, inspection methods, and testing mechanisms. You will monitor manufacturing activities and help revise specifications to improve process capability.

The role requires collaboration with engineering, customers, and suppliers, with travel up to 10% and a 4‑year engineering or technical degree preferred.

Qualifications

• 4-year engineering or technical degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Experience with QA processes and standards.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Assist with analysis of contract requirements to determine which quality characteristics must be controlled.
• Validate SPC limits and controls; audit processes to ensure proper use and trigger corrective action when limits are exceeded.
• Review contract data descriptions and requirements to establish necessary controls for compliance.
• Create control plans aligned to customer, product, regulatory, and sector requirements.
• Participate in pilot runs and pre-production runs; assist with basic analysis of results.
• Review production and manufacturing specification processes to ensure conformance to drawings, specifications, and contract requirements.
• Establish quality controls over all production processes and testing during the product cycle.
• Generate and review specification documents, drawings, and acceptance test procedures.
• Conduct measurement capability and correlation studies to ensure continual adequacy and capability.
• Monitor special test programs on assemblies, components, and special processes to address design changes or emerging problems.
• Assist in inspection and testing of pre-production equipment to ensure compliance prior to customer acceptance.
• Prepare summaries and analyses of evaluations, including charts and graphs, under guidance of senior engineers.
• Maintain records and files in all relevant QA documentation.
• Perform QA audits to determine program effectiveness and prepare audit reports.
• Participate in verification (First Article Configuration Inspection) of hardware versus drawings/specifications.
• Prepare corrective action documentation in response to customer inquiries or complaints regarding inspection, test, and production activities.
• Drive corrective, preventive, and closure actions for project quality and test nonconformities.
• Use KPIs to assess process effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support cross-functional teams in executing quality-improvement projects targeting scrap reduction and supplier quality.
• Write verification and validation documentation and conduct required testing as needed.
• Assist in standardizing manufacturing processes for global customer accounts.

Skills

Quality engineering

Statistical analysis

SPC

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or technical field

Job description

Benchmark Electronics Inc in Concord, California is seeking a Quality Engineer to design, implement, and evaluate QA process sampling systems, inspection methods, and testing mechanisms. You will monitor manufacturing activities and help revise specifications to improve process capability.

The role requires collaboration with engineering, customers, and suppliers, with travel up to 10% and a 4‑year engineering or technical degree preferred.