Senior QA Leader, High-Reliability Manufacturing

FLIR; Garland (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development support

Job summary

Teledyne Micropac seeks a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to lead quality initiatives across development, manufacturing, and supplier processes. You will drive CAPA, perform data analysis, and mentor junior staff while ensuring compliance with AS9100, ISO standards, and customer requirements.

You will collaborate with manufacturing engineering to improve process capability, review engineering changes, and support audits and NPI activities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of quality engineering or quality assurance experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support quality assurance activities across product development, manufacturing, and supplier processes.
• Perform internal process audits and assist with AS9100 compliance activities.
• Analyze quality data, identify trends, and implement corrective actions to reduce defects and improve process capability.
• Conduct root cause investigations using tools such as 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone Diagram, FMEA, and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Develop, maintain, and improve quality procedures, work instructions, and inspection plans.
• Support internal, customer, and third-party quality audits.
• Drive Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) and verify effectiveness.
• Review and disposition nonconforming material.
• Participate in New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, qualification testing, and process validation efforts.
• Monitor key quality metrics, including First Pass Yield (FPY), Scrap, Rework, PPM, Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ), and Customer Returns.
• Collaborate with suppliers to resolve quality issues and improve supplier performance.
• Review engineering changes and ensure quality requirements are appropriately implemented.
• Mentor junior quality engineers and quality technicians.
• Support customer quality requirements, failure analysis activities, and problem resolution.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards such as ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13485, or customer-specific requirements.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to improve process capability and reduce defects.

Skills

Quality engineering

Process improvement

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

FMEA

Control plans

SPC

MSA

PPAP

RCA

CAPA

Lean

Six Sigma

Job description

Teledyne Micropac seeks a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to lead quality initiatives across development, manufacturing, and supplier processes. You will drive CAPA, perform data analysis, and mentor junior staff while ensuring compliance with AS9100, ISO standards, and customer requirements.

You will collaborate with manufacturing engineering to improve process capability, review engineering changes, and support audits and NPI activities.