Quality Engineer

Day to Day Responsibility

•    Monitor process quality performance to ensure manufacturing processes are operating within defined quality standards and control limits.
•    Identify process-related quality issues, conduct root cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
•    Work closely with Production, Process Engineering, Maintenance, and other related teams to improve process stability and product quality.
•    Develop, maintain, and improve process quality control plans, inspection standards, work instructions, and related quality documentation.
•    Analyze process capability, defect trends, scrap data, and yield performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
•    Support new process introduction, process validation, trial runs, and process change management to ensure quality readiness.
•    Participate in process audits, layered process audits, and compliance checks to ensure adherence to procedures and standards.
•    Apply quality tools such as SPC, FMEA, MSA, control charts, 8D, and CAPA to improve process performance and reduce variation.
•    Support containment actions and quality response for in-process non-conformances and recurring manufacturing issues.
•    Collaborate with cross-functional teams to reduce defects, improve first-pass yield, and enhance manufacturing efficiency.
•    Ensure quality data is accurately collected, analyzed, and reported to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
•    Assist in training operators and relevant personnel on process quality standards and control requirements.
•    Other responsibilities assigned by supervisor.

Education & Experience

•    Bachelor’s degree or above in Engineering, Quality Management, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
•    Minimum 3–5 years of experience in process quality, manufacturing quality, or quality engineering in a manufacturing environment.
•    Hands-on experience in process control, in-process quality management, defect analysis, and quality improvement activities.
•    Experience in supporting production processes, process validation, and manufacturing issue resolution.
•    Familiarity with quality tools and methodologies such as SPC, FMEA, MSA, 8D, CAPA, control plans, and root cause analysis.
•    Experience with quality management systems such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or similar standards is preferred.
•    Experience in cross-functional collaboration with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, and Quality teams.

Required Skills. Competencies, or Certification

Required by Legal or EHS:
•    Know quality relevant law and regulations 

Competencies (knowledge, skills, and behaviors)
•    5-7 years or more experience in process quality management, with preferred experience in optical communication or electronic manufacturing industries
•    Familiar with quality management tools: 8D, 5Why, QC seven major techniques, SPC, FMEA, MSA, CPK, APQP, etc;
•    Familiar with quality management systems: ISO9001, TL9000, knowledge of ISO14001, ISO45001 is preferred;
•    Understand the basic principles, structures, and manufacturing processes of optical communication products;
•    Familiar with reliability testing methods, such as high and low temperature cycling, aging testing, wet heat testing, vibration testing, etc;
•    Can understand mechanical drawings, product specifications, and inspection standards;
•    Have certain data statistics and analysis skills, proficient in using office software such as Excel, Minitab, PPT, etc;
•    Understand common failure analysis methods, have the ability to handle exceptions and write reports.
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective corrective actions.
•    Effective communication and coordination skills for working with cross-functional teams，such as RD,PLM,CSR,Sales,PE,ENG,PD,SCD, etc;
•    Good command of written and spoken English.

Desired competencies

•    Clear logic and strong ability to analyze and solve problems;
•    Strong sense of responsibility, good execution ability, and awareness of on-site quality control;
•    Capable of withstanding certain work pressure and adapting to the pace of work in manufacturing enterprises;
•    Has strong customer orientation and risk awareness.