Staff Supplier Quality Engineer PCBA

Title: Example: Staff Supplier Quality Engineer PCB/PCBA

Location: Shenzhen China

Core Responsibility:

• Conduct supplier assessments and on-site audits of PCB PCBA and electronics manufacturing suppliers quality systems process controls and production capabilities.
• Partner with the customers electrical manufacturing and design engineers throughout hardware development to ensure quality planning manufacturability testability and supplier readiness for NPI and volume production.
• Drive supplier qualification including process audits first article (FAI) production validation builds (PVT) and manufacturing readiness reviews.
• Lead supplier quality planning in prototype pre-production and mass production phases including control plans PFMEAs and process validations.
• Manage SCARs 8D investigations containment and root cause analysis to resolve quality issues quickly and drive systemic improvements.
• Analyze manufacturing and field quality data to identify trends assess supplier performance and reduce risk in PCB fabrication SMT assembly component quality and system reliability.
• Work with suppliers to implement test and process control methods that ensure consistent quality and long-term process capability.

Key Deliverables:

• Qualified production-ready electronics suppliers for each build phase.
• Supplier scorecards and KPIs covering quality reliability yield and responsiveness with continuous improvement toward zero defects.
• Quality issues resolved at root cause with systemic corrective actions.
• Proactive identification and mitigation of supplier quality risks.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering or materials science.
• Excellent English language communications skills
• 5 years in an engineering role in electronics manufacturing with a focus on PCBA.
• Experience developing qualifying and managing electronics manufacturing suppliers across multiple geographies.
• Quality engineering experience in high-volume high-complexity consumer electronics aerospace automotive robotics or similar industries.
• Knowledge of PCB fabrication SMT and soldering processes AOI SPI ICT flying probe functional test X-ray and reliability testing.
• Able to interpret schematics assembly drawings Gerber files and fabrication notes and communicate technical requirements to suppliers.
• Proficient with PFMEA DFMEA control plans PPAP 8D root cause analysis SPC process capability analysis and DOE with measurable results.
• Experience with component qualification process validation reliability testing and failure analysis of electronic assemblies.
• Fluency in the local language and excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Travel of approximately 1020%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with IPC-A-610 IPC-6012 J-STD-001 and IPC-7711/7721.