Senior PQA Engineer

RiseMe; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

RiseMe, a leading wireless broadband company in the United States, seeks a senior quality leader to drive product quality planning, management, and continuous improvement across NPI and manufacturing processes. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, support customer audits, and mentor teams in PFMEA, CAPA, and SPC practices.

Qualified candidates have 8+ years in EMS or related electronics manufacturing, strong English and Chinese language skills, and experience with global manufacturing and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of quality experience in EMS, networking products, automotive electronics, or industrial electronics manufacturing.
• Experience in NPI, production quality management, and customer quality support.
• Experience leading cross-functional quality improvement projects.
• Experience supporting greenfield factory start-up or overseas manufacturing sites is preferred.
• Language - Chinese and English; Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Quality Planning: participate in NPI reviews, create PFMEA, control plans, FAI, and quality inspection plans.
• Manage Product Quality: monitor production quality, analyze trends, drive improvement, and lead investigations.
• Apply problem-solving methods (8D, RCA, CAPA) to resolve issues and reduce defects.
• Support customer audits, corrective action tracking, and quality reviews with customers.
• Collaborate across Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and R&D on risk assessments and change management.

Skills

Quality management

Cross-functional teamwork

Statistical analysis

8D CAPA

English language

Chinese language

Education

Bachelor in Industrial Engineering

Quality Engineering

Tools

PFMEA

Control Plan

FAI

SPC

MSA

RCA

CAPA

V&V

Job description

We are a leading company in the wireless broadband communications industry looking for talented professionals with a winning attitude.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Product Quality Planning

• Participate in NPI and Manufacturing Readiness Reviews.
• Lead PFMEA, Control Plan, FAI and quality inspection planning activities.
• Ensure customer quality requirements are properly translated into manufacturing and quality control requirements.
• Establish product quality control standards and validation mechanisms for new products.

2. Product Quality Management

• Monitor production quality performance.
• Analyze quality trends and drive improvement activities.
• Lead investigations and corrective actions for major quality issues.
• Establish quality KPIs and monitoring mechanisms.

3. Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement

• Utilize 8D, RCA, and CAPA methodologies to drive problem resolution.
• Conduct process capability analysis and improvement activities.
• Reduce defect rates, rework, and cost of poor quality.
• Drive Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives.

4. Customer Quality Support

• Support customer audits and certification activities.
• Respond to customer quality issues and track corrective action effectiveness.
• Participate in customer quality reviews and quality assessment activities.

5. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and R&D teams. Participate in quality risk assessments and product change management activities.
• Provide quality expertise and technical guidance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of quality experience in EMS, networking products, automotive electronics, or industrial electronics manufacturing.Experience in NPI, production quality management, and customer quality support.
• Experience leading cross-functional quality improvement projects.
• Experience supporting greenfield factory start-up or overseas manufacturing sites is preferred.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems, Product Quality Assurance, PFMEA/Control Plan/FAI/SPC/MSA/8D/RCA/CAPA, Quality Auditing, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Verification and Validation (V&V), Data Analysis, Risk Management, Change Management
• Language - Chinese and English. Spanish is a plus

Primary Working Location

Texas, United States

Education

Bachelor - Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering and other related fields

Skills

Acceptance Test Procedures, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Data Validation, Data Verification, Design Failure Mode And Effects Analysis, Error Analysis (Numerical Analysis), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA, Fault Detection And Isolation, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Instrumentation Controls, ISO 9000, Minitab Statistical Software, Product Inspections, SAS Statistical Software, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Statistics, Technical Documents, Testing Operations, Visual Inspections