Customer Quality Engineer

Position Title: Customer Quality Engineer

Department: Quality

Location: Santa Ana CA

FLSA Status: Exempt Full- Time

Job Summary:

The Customer Quality Engineer serves as the primary liaison between the company and its customers regarding quality-related matters. This role is responsible for managing customer quality issues leading root cause investigations coordinating corrective actions and ensuring timely and effective communication with customers.

The Customer Quality Engineer works closely with internal teams including manufacturing engineering supply chain and program management to ensure customer requirements are met and quality performance is continuously improved. This position plays a key role in protecting customer relationships while driving corrective and preventive actions across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Customer Issue Management

• Manage and respond to customer quality issues and concerns ensuring timely communication and resolution.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customer complaints nonconformances and escalations.
• Lead investigations related to customer-reported defects and coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve issues.

Lead the customer quality team to provide deliverables meeting customer requirements. (First Article PQP etc.)

Root Cause & Corrective Action

• Lead structured root cause investigations using quality tools such as 8D Fishbone (Ishikawa) 5 Whys and corrective action methodologies.
• Develop implement and monitor corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to prevent recurrence of issues.
• Ensure corrective action responses meet customer expectations and timelines.

Customer Change Management

• Support and coordinate customer-driven engineering or process changes across the organization.
• Ensure changes are properly documented reviewed and implemented in accordance with company and customer requirements.
• Communicate change impacts to internal stakeholders and customers.

Customer Quality Performance

• Develop and track Customer Quality KPIs to measure company performance against customer expectations.
• Monitor customer scorecards and quality metrics and implement improvement plans when needed.
• Present quality performance data to internal leadership and support customer reviews when required.

RMA & Customer Returns

• Oversee Return Material Authorization (RMA) processes ensuring proper documentation analysis and resolution.
• Coordinate with internal teams to investigate returned products and determine root causes.
• Ensure timely closure of RMA investigations and communication with customers.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with engineering manufacturing supply chain and program management to resolve quality issues and improve processes.
• Provide quality input during new product introductions and project reviews.
• Support projects by applying lessons learned from past quality issues to prevent recurrence.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve customer satisfaction and quality performance.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing defects and improving customer experience.
• Promote a culture of quality and accountability across the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree required; Engineering degree (preferred - Mechanical Industrial Manufacturing or related field).
• Minimum 8 years of experience managing customer relationships or customer quality within a manufacturing environment. Experience handling customer complaints corrective actions and quality issue resolution.
• Experience working with structured problem-solving tools and quality methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in quality systems (CQE CQA ASQ or equivalent).
• Experience with ITAR NADCAP and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS).
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Experience working with CM/EMS environments for aerospace/defense customers.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit stand walk reach with hands and arms and use hands to operate standard office and inspection equipment.
• Occasionally required to stoop kneel crouch or crawl.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds occasionally.
• Must be able to work in environments that include manufacturing floors clean rooms and test labs with occasional exposure to machinery or moving parts.

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This job description is intended to provide a clear overview of the primary duties and responsibilities for the Customer Quality Engineer position. It is not an exhaustive list and other tasks may be required as needed to support the companys operations.

Regal Technology Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability genetic information sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where everyone is valued and respected.

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