Quality Engineer

Purpose Statement The Quality Engineer I ensures continuous quality compliance during manufacturing operations. They monitor ongoing manufacturing operations to ensure quality issues are quickly addressed; provide quality alerts and lead containment and purges when required. Lead the development of the inspection strategy for receiving inspection, pre‑ship inspection, and out‑of‑box audits. Ensure Certificates of Compliance are created and maintained, including documentation of deviations. Ensure creation and maintenance of manufacturing quality history documentation, as required. Key Job Accountabilities Build and embed Quality Awareness in Operations by ensuring effectiveness of training and inspections. Educate operators and production associates on quality and compliance procedures. Ensure compliance of customer requirements, industry standards, and safety in the workplace. Serve as the primary interface with customers on quality related matters and lead improvements to incoming customer inquiries to reduce Return Material Authorizations (RMAs). Participate and support regulatory and customer audits at site. Understand and follow Plexus quality policy guidelines, customer specifications and adhere to regulatory compliance. Monitor own work to ensure quality standards are met and seek opportunities to improve quality and eliminate waste. Deliver work that eliminates scrap or rework. Keep supervisors informed and escalates issues when needed. Drive proactive continuous improvement on yield and quality metrics by designing templates for documents, file types and document databases. Drive cross‑functional teams to deliver continual improvement activities for internal processes and deliverables. Provide supervision to Quality Assurance Inspectors and Technicians and guide them in ongoing quality improvement activities. Education and Experience Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree with 1 or more years of related experience preferred. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered. Other Qualifications Ability to work well in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment. Strong ability to identify and solve problems proactively using structured problem‑solving tools. Apply systemic data analysis and problem solving to address a full range of technical and organizational problems with creativity, imagination, confidence and responsibility. Ability to design and conduct experiments, analyze, interpret, validate, and communicate data to key stakeholders. Ability to seek out best practices and apply them within assigned area. Design a system or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, efficiency, repeatability, environmental, health and safety, including documentation and controls to ensure long‑term sustainability. Become a subject matter expert for an assigned system or process. Coach and mentor technicians and other support staff within assigned areas of expertise. Operate effectively in a cross‑functional team environment. Physical Requirements Role will support operational teams in a manufacturing environment with required personal protective equipment. Requires walking, standing, sitting, using a computer, inspecting, qualifying, troubleshooting and improving jigs, fixtures, and manufacturing methods using various components or material. May require working individually on tasks with prolonged focus on written material and collaboratively within a multi‑discipline team. Travel Requirements Less than 40%. Required Credentials Some offers of employment are contingent upon successfully passing a drug screen and/or background check. Salary Range $64,200.00 - $96,200.00 Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. #J-18808-Ljbffr Plexus Malaysia Sdn Bhd