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Associate Quality Engineer

Rocket EMS

Posted about 2 hours ago

Quality Engineer

About the Role
We are seeking a detail-driven Quality Engineer to champion product reliability and ensure every assembly meets the highest customer and industry standards. You’ll work cross-functionally with Production, Process, and Engineering teams to prevent defects, investigate issues, and drive continuous improvement throughout our PCB manufacturing operations.

What You’ll Do

  • Monitor production quality performance and lead root cause analysis for nonconformances, escapes, and yield issues.

  • Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to eliminate recurring problems.

  • Support first article inspections (FAI), in-process audits, and final inspection verification for SMT, Through-Hole, and mechanical assemblies.

  • Collaborate with Process and Manufacturing Engineers to validate new processes, tooling, and equipment from a quality standpoint.

  • Review MPIs, customer specifications, and inspection criteria to ensure compliance with IPC-A-610 and other applicable standards.

  • Analyze defect and rework data to identify trends and drive process and quality improvements.

  • Support DFM reviews, ECOs, and MRB activities to ensure proper documentation and traceability of quality decisions.

  • Participate in internal and external audits (ISO, customer, regulatory) and maintain quality system compliance.

  • Provide quality training and guidance to production operators and technicians.

What We’re Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).

  • Experience in electronics or PCBA manufacturing environments (SMT, Through-Hole, Reflow, Wave Solder).

  • Strong knowledge of IPC-A-610/620, AS9100 or ISO 9001 quality systems, and data-driven problem solving (8D, 5 Whys, Pareto, etc.).

  • Proficiency with quality tools such as PFMEA, control plans, and statistical analysis (SPC).

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across teams.

Pay Range
$90,000$120,000 USD

Rocket EMS will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the California Fair Chance Act. Candidates are not required to disclose criminal history or participate in a background check unless and until a conditional offer of employment has been made. Any final offer of employment may be conditioned on completion of a background check, consistent with applicable law.

Job details

Workplace

Office

Location

Santa Clara,CA

Experience

EN

Salary

90k - 120k USD

per year

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About

Rocket EMS would rather invest its effort in figuring out how to solve a problem instead of telling you all the little things that will delay a project or get in the way. Too many EMS manufacturers would rather tell you what they can’t do instead of just delivering on time, on budget, and beyond expectations. Rocket EMS Inc., founded in Jan 2011, is a Santa Clara, Calif.-based Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) company serving fast-growth, high-technology companies. We are uniquely positioned to meet the very high demands of New Product Introduction (NPI) manufacturing and test. Rocket is a one-stop partner, specializing in ultra-quick-turn (24 – 48 hour) manufacturing of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), design and complementary services. Our core team has a proven track record of investing in and utilizing advanced technology, equipment and software to manufacture customer products extremely quickly with the highest quality. Our strategy is to build a team of the industry’s very best people, to invest in the most advanced technologies and to serve as a model for EMS industry best practices. With this as our foundation, we’re committed to executing far above our competitors. It isn't easy, but if you put the right people together, all with exceptional experience, a shared drive, and a pursuit of excellence, you’ll have something truly remarkable. Throw in a facility with top of the line equipment and you have the core of what is Rocket EMS. Rocket EMS: Taking contract manufacturing to the next level. Contact Information: Telephone:408-727-3700 E-mail: [email protected]

Key Team Members

Kelly Fine

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Gregg Johnson

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