Senior Quality Engineer - PCB, ITAR & Six Sigma

Sanmina; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays and PTO

RSU program

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation is a leading EMS provider with ITAR facilities in the United States. The role focuses on quality engineering and process optimization across cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance with QMS and aerospace/defense standards.

The candidate will lead corrective actions, perform data-driven trend analyses, and act as a primary customer contact to uphold Quality First across the plant. A BS in a science/engineering field and 5+ years in quality/engineering are required; Six

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Physics or Materials Engineering is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of Quality or Engineering experience in related field.
• Experience with quality systems ISO9001, ISO14001, TL9000, Nadcap is required.
• Six Sigma, Lean processes; certifications in quality field or technical knowledge.
• Experience with quality tools such as FMEA, Control Plans, DOE, 8D problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Support customers and internal teams in resolving quality issues using technical expertise and problem solving.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve internal and customer quality issues.
• Provide strong technical support to manage permanent global process optimizations and corrective actions for quality events.
• Perform trend analysis on quality data to identify defects and lead corrective action initiatives.
• Ensure compliance to Sanmina QMS and industry standards (ISO9001/ISO14001, TL9000, Nadcap, AS9100).
• Serve as Primary Customer Contact and advocate for Quality First within the plant.
• Perform other quality related activities as needed.

Skills

Quality management

Six Sigma

Lean processes

FMEA

DOE

8D

Communication

ITAR compliance

Education

Bachelors of Science in Chemistry, Physics, or Materials Engineering

Tools

ISO9001

ISO14001

TL9000

Nadcap

IPC standards

Minitab

Oracle Agile PLM

Job description

Sanmina Corporation is a leading EMS provider with ITAR facilities in the United States. The role focuses on quality engineering and process optimization across cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance with QMS and aerospace/defense standards.

The candidate will lead corrective actions, perform data-driven trend analyses, and act as a primary customer contact to uphold Quality First across the plant. A BS in a science/engineering field and 5+ years in quality/engineering are required; Six