Quality Engineer - SMT

The SMT Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of surface-mount technology (SMT) processes and products. This role involves developing, implementing, and maintaining quality control systems, conducting audits, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve quality issues. The engineer will analyze data to drive continuous improvement initiatives, establish inspection criteria, and provide training to staff on quality standards and best practices.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for managing all inspection points in the manufacturing process and determining inspection for supplied parts. Creates product's first article package with all assemblies and components.
• Works with Germany's team in reviewing the overall manufacturing process and technical data package. Able to assist in failure and problem investigations and implement corrective action. Provide feedback for process and design changes.
• Analyze quality performance and collaborate with the program team to develop improvement plans for the identified problem areas.
• Expertise in MRB, RCCA, and troubleshooting, along with experience in both analog and digital electronic circuits.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause corrective analysis (RCCA)
• Interpret Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) and resolve issues related to failures
• Author MRB and Engineering Change documentation and support associated processes
• Resolve quality issues from a technical & engineering perspective
• Training VEGA team members to IPC-A-610.
• Work with Sales, Field Service, and representatives to understand, define, and communicate customer expectations, including customer satisfaction measures.
• Monitor and help control scrap; including pare to and corrective action analysis. Where appropriate, provide for the disposition of non-conforming material in a timely, economical manner and assure that proper preventive action is taken.
• Develop, revise, and maintain process documentation to support quality improvement.
• Measure and analyze key quality performance data; make recommendations on specific opportunities to improve quality.
• Maintain relationships with the Engineering Department regarding quality standards, inspection and test methods, supplier needs, drawing and specification clarity and completeness.
• Assist in accomplishing in-process, final, and vendor inspection tasks as required.
• Where appropriate, in cooperation with Purchasing, communicate to suppliers to identify and correct quality problems. Support vendor quality objectives. Maintain appropriate supplier and component history and records.

REQUIREMENTS

VEGA Americas manufactures, distributes, and services process instrumentation to measure level, density, weight, and pressure. Our products have been making industrial processes safer and more efficient for over 60 years.

As an employee, you'll find VEGA Americas commits itself to the highest quality standards and respect for the individual needs of employees, customers, vendors, and shareholders. Don't take it from us alone, VEGA has been awarded a Cincinnati Enquirer's Top Workplace Award for 9 years running!

Our Mission : With innovative technologies and services, we develop solutions that inspire. Through our sense of simplicity and our focus on people, we are looking to the future with curiosity. Locally grounded and globally connected, together we give values a home.

Our Values : Curiosity, Humanity, Simplicity, Connectivity

VEGA Americas, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy that we will not discriminate against any person based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, or veteran status.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. EOE AA Minority / Female / Vet / Disability