Quality Engineer: Reliability & Process Improvement

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation in San Diego, CA seeks a Quality Engineer to support design and manufacturing teams to improve quality and reliability, with exposure to customers and suppliers.

The role involves ensuring products are manufacturable, meeting specifications and environmental requirements, applying quality tools, and driving corrective actions across centers; some travel is required to supplier and customer sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management or related field.
• Experience with quality tools and systems (SPC, MSA, PPAP, 8D).
• Familiarity with ISO-9001, IATF-16949, MIL-STD-810, IPC standards desirable.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand manufacturing processes for antennas and how they affect quality.
• Ensure designs are manufacturable and meet specifications and environmental standards.
• Follow qualification and change-control processes for products.
• Improve quality using process controls, inspection data, and analysis.
• Perform failure analysis to determine root causes and document with 8D reports.
• Support ISO/IATF compliance across design centers and factories.
• Travel to Kyocera-AVX locations, suppliers, and customer sites as needed.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Customer Support

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Quality Management

Tools

Smartsheet

Minitab

MS Excel

Job description

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation in San Diego, CA seeks a Quality Engineer to support design and manufacturing teams to improve quality and reliability, with exposure to customers and suppliers.

The role involves ensuring products are manufacturable, meeting specifications and environmental requirements, applying quality tools, and driving corrective actions across centers; some travel is required to supplier and customer sites.