Quality Engineer / Auditor

For almost 30 years, SQA Services has been a premier leader in the provision of managed supplier quality services for audits, assessments, remote surveillance assessments, corrective actions, remediation, inspections, and engineering to manufacturers within all industries. We deliver services by deploying associates who are located throughout the United States and in 90+ countries around the world to your supplier sites. Our associates are expert quality assurance professionals with broad experience and local knowledge who can represent our clients on-demand and on-site faster than our competitors.

We are seeking a dedicated and highly skilled Quality Engineer/Auditor to join our team to support general process auditing for electromechanical assemblies. This critical role requires an experienced professional with a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of quality assurance practices in the electronics and manufacturing industries. If you have a background in quality auditing, are proficient with quality management systems, and can interpret complex standards and specifications, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

What to Expect:

• As a Quality Engineer/Auditor, you will be part of an elite team ensuring the quality of products and processes from global suppliers. Your role will involve both virtual and onsite assessments, focusing on maintaining our client's standards. This one-day audit position supporting our client in Pullman, WA. 

What You'll Do:

• Conduct Virtual and Onsite Assessments: Evaluate supplier products and processes according to our client's stringent requirements using QuaSAR and ProBAR tools.
• Quality Management System Audits: Assess suppliers' QMS against our client's QuaSAR QMS and ProBAR product quality requirements, ensuring procedures, work instructions, and documentation meet our standards.
• Inspection Verification: Ensure inspection equipment and methodologies are capable of detecting defects, and validate in-process controls and records traceability.
• Root Cause Analysis: Perform RCCA, failure analysis, and 8D problem-solving to address and mitigate quality issues.
• Report Compilation: Compile detailed assessment reports, incorporating evidence and documenting scores and identified gaps.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with suppliers and our client's internal teams to resolve quality issues and ensure effective implementation of CAPA procedures.
• Support Testing: Witness and assess tests, including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), ensuring compliance with commissioning processes before shipment to our client's Data Centers.
• Continuous Improvement: Develop and maintain quality procedures, work instructions, and PFMEA documents, driving continuous improvement in supplier processes.

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years in quality engineering, with expertise in statistics, variability reduction, manufacturing methods, and data analysis.
• Strong knowledge of RCCA, failure analysis, 8D, and Six Sigma methodologies.
• As part of the role, you will need to communicate effectively in English. Therefore, candidates must be able to read, write, and speak English fluently.
• A degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Ability to detect discrepancies and ensure thorough, accurate quality assessments.
• Effective verbal and written communication, with the ability to convey technical information clearly.
• Proactive approach to identifying issues and driving solutions.
• Willingness to travel to supplier locations as required.