Quality DFC / NPI Engineer (CHAS)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Quality DFC / NPI Engineer for a contract opportunity in Fremont, CA, supporting advanced PCBA manufacturing within the electronics, components, and semiconductor manufacturing industry. This role is ideal for a quality, manufacturing, or electronics engineering professional with experience in conformal coating, polymeric applications, and New Product Introduction activities.

The Quality DFC / NPI Engineer will help ensure customer board designs, technical data packages, and process requirements are aligned with IPC, MIL, NASA, and other applicable manufacturing standards before release to production. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with quality, engineering, manufacturing, sales, and customer-facing teams in a collaborative environment focused on technical excellence, process improvement, and reliable product outcomes.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on technical review, cross-functional problem solving, customer engagement, and supporting continuous quality improvement across complex PCBA manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities

- Support Design for Conformal Coating reviews for new and existing PCB assemblies, including manufacturability assessments and technical risk evaluations.
- Review customer RFQs, drawings, specifications, technical data packages, and workmanship requirements for completeness, accuracy, and compliance.
- Evaluate PCBA design requirements against IPC-A-600, IPC-A-610, IPC J-STD-001, IPC-CC-830, MIL, NASA, and other applicable standards.
- Support NPI builds, first article readiness activities, masking methods, coating application strategies, and manufacturing release preparation.
- Document DFC review findings, technical risks, mitigation recommendations, and process requirements in JIRA.
- Partner with sales, quality, engineering, manufacturing, and customers to resolve design-related concerns, support RCCA investigations, and improve process standardization.

Compensation and Benefits

- Pay Rate: $40 to $50 per hour.
- Job Type: Contract/Temporary.
- Location: Fremont, CA.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.

Company Description

This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.