Senior Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.

Position: Senior Quality Engineer

Location: Etters, PA

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market, including mobile networks, storage, servers, routers, and switches. Our products enable major Tier 1 OEMs globally. Our global headquarters are located in Nashua, NH, with design, sales, and manufacturing locations worldwide.

Amphenol is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to serve as the technical quality leader for assigned products, programs, customers, and manufacturing processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The role translates customer requirements into risk-controlled designs, capable processes, effective qualification strategies, and sustainable production controls that support successful launches and long-term operational performance.

This position applies quality engineering principles reflected in the ASQ Certified Quality Engineer Body of Knowledge, including quality systems, product and process design, quantitative methods, risk management, continuous improvement, reliability, auditing, and leadership. The Senior Quality Engineer works with a high degree of autonomy, solves difficult technical problems, influences decisions without formal authority, mentors others, and drives systemic prevention across programs and sites.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

NPI Quality and Program Leadership

• Lead quality planning and risk management from concept and feasibility through EVT, DVT, PVT, production release, launch, and sustaining production
• Own quality risk visibility and provide fact-based go, conditional-go, or no-go recommendations at program and production readiness reviews
• Define quality deliverables, qualification tasks, ownership, timing, and acceptance criteria that support time-to-market objectives
• Serve as the trusted quality advisor to Design, Product Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Reliability, Supply Chain, Program Management, suppliers, and customers

Customer Requirements and Quality Planning

• Lead Voice of the Customer capture and translation into measurable product, process, qualification, reliability, and compliance requirements
• Ensure end-to-end traceability from VOC and specifications through CTQ/CTF identification, DFMEA, PFMEA, Process Flow, Control Plans, inspection plans, validation, and production monitoring
• Lead quality planning activities including APQP, qualification planning, PPAP where applicable, FAI, workmanship standards, metrology planning, and change control
• Represent Quality in customer reviews, audits, assessments, escalations, and corrective action discussions

Risk Management, Reliability, and Prevention

• Lead and facilitate DFMEA, PFMEA, risk assessments, and control strategy reviews; challenge assumptions and drive meaningful risk reduction
• Ensure critical and special characteristics are identified, flowed down, measured, controlled, and supported by capable processes and measurement systems
• Evaluate product, process, supplier, material, tooling, test, and engineering changes for quality and reliability impact
• Capture lessons learned and institutionalize preventive controls across future programs, products, and sites

Statistical Methods and Process Capability

• Plan, perform, review, and interpret MSA, Gage R&R, SPC, Cp/Cpk, Pp/Ppk, Cmk, DOE, hypothesis testing, regression, sampling, and trend analysis
• Analyze yield, cycle time, throughput, defect, reliability, supplier, and customer data to identify variation, systemic risk, and improvement priorities
• Define inspection methods, measurement requirements, capability expectations, and escalation criteria for critical product and process characteristics
• Use Minitab, Excel, Power BI, QMS data, and approved AI-enabled analytics to improve decision quality and execution efficiency

Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement

• Lead complex cross-functional investigations using 8D, DMAIC, 5-Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree, Pareto, and other structured methods
• Ensure containment protects the customer while root cause analysis addresses the verified technical and systemic causes
• Approve and verify corrective and preventive actions, effectiveness checks, recurrence prevention, and lessons-learned deployment
• Drive improvements that reduce customer escapes, defects, scrap, rework, cost of poor quality, and launch risk

Quality Systems, Audits, and Compliance

• Support and improve the Quality Management System and applicable ISO 9001, customer-specific, statutory, regulatory, and internal requirements
• Lead or support product, process, system, supplier, and customer audits; ensure findings are addressed and effectiveness is verified
• Develop and maintain procedures, work instructions, quality standards, checklists, templates, and governance processes
• Promote disciplined documentation, data integrity, configuration control, and audit readiness

Technical Leadership and Organizational Capability

• Mentor and develop Quality Engineers, technicians, and cross-functional team members in quality tools, risk-based thinking, and prevention methods
• Develop and deliver advanced training on FMEA, Control Plans, APQP, MSA, SPC, root cause analysis, qualification, and quality systems
• Lead through initiative, influence, innovation, ownership, accountability, and organizational impact without requiring direct authority

• Standardize and scale best practices, reusable tools, digital methods, and lessons learned across programs and manufacturing sites

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Five to eight years of progressive quality engineering, manufacturing quality, development quality, NPI quality, supplier quality, customer quality, or related technical experience
• Demonstrated experience leading NPI quality planning, APQP, qualification, FMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, capability analysis, FAI, corrective action, and production readiness activities
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, GD&T, technical procedures, professional standards, customer requirements, and applicable regulations
• Ability to write clear technical reports, qualification plans, procedures, audit findings, risk assessments, customer communications, and executive-level status updates
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, work with minimal supervision, influence cross-functional decisions, escalate risks early, and lead difficult technical issues to closure
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, suppliers, managers, engineers, technicians, and global manufacturing representatives
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required to support customers, suppliers, development programs, manufacturing sites, and process ramps
• Ability to proactively manage risk and quality through verified closure, influence with data, solve complex problems innovatively, while weighing long-term business and technical impacts.
• Demonstrated experience with project leadership, executive communication, customer interaction, coaching, mentoring, change leadership, conflict resolution, and systems thinking
• Preferred certifications include: ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt, ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer, and ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or equivalent internal auditor qualification

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

• APQP, PPAP, VOC, CTQ/CTF, DFMEA, PFMEA, Process Flow, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, FAI, CAPA, reliability, risk management, auditing, and quality systems
• DOE, capability analysis, sampling, hypothesis testing, regression, root cause analysis, Lean, Six Sigma, and data visualization
• Minitab or equivalent statistical software; Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Power BI; QMS, ERP, and MES applications

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin. For additional company information please visit our website at -cs.com/