Sr. Quality Technician

Position SummaryThe Senior Quality Technician is a hands-on quality role focused on PCBA manufacturing, responsible for ensuring product quality throughout SMT, THT, and inspection processes. This position owns and validates AOI inspection activities, supports incoming, in-process, and outgoing inspections, and ensures compliance with engineering drawings, customer requirements, IPC standards, and ISO 9001.

Position SummaryThe Senior Quality Technician is a hands-on quality role focused on PCBA manufacturing, responsible for ensuring product quality throughout SMT, THT, and inspection processes. This position owns and validates AOI inspection activities, supports incoming, in-process, and outgoing inspections, and ensures compliance with engineering drawings, customer requirements, IPC standards, and ISO 9001.

• Perform hands-on quality inspections of PCBA at incoming, in-process, and final (outgoing) stages.
• Execute Incoming Quality Inspections (IQC) for electronic components, bare PCBs, and related materials.
• Provide direct quality support within SMT and THT processes, including:
  • Solder paste inspection support.
  • SMT line inspections.
  • THT and selective solder inspection.
• Own, validate, and release AOI programs to ensure defect detection effectiveness and alignment with IPC and customer requirements.
• Analyze AOI results, identify false calls vs real defects, and coordinate continuous program improvements.
• Apply IPC-A-610 acceptance criteria during manual and automated inspections (certification preferred).
• Perform and document First Article Inspections (FAI) for new products, ECOs, and process changes.
• Conduct Outgoing / Final Inspections to ensure PCBA compliance prior to customer shipment.
• Maintain quality records using digital inspection forms, quality systems, and ERP tools.
• Collaborate daily with Production, Engineering, and Materials to resolve quality and process issues.
• Support internal, customer, and external audits, providing technical input and shop-floor evidence.
• Enforce and support ESD control, workmanship standards, and 5S within inspection and production areas.

Education

• Technical degree or Engineering background (Electronics, Industrial, Mechatronics, or related), or equivalent hands-on industry experience.

• Minimum 2 years of experience in electronics manufacturing quality (preferably), with strong focus on PCBA.
• Proven experience working directly on the SMT floor and assembly areas.
• Solid background in:
  • Incoming Inspection (IQC)
  • In-process Quality (SMT / THT)
  • Outgoing / Final Inspection
• Experience supporting or owning AOI inspection systems.

• IPC-A-610 knowledge – (preferred).
• Strong understanding of SMT and through-hole processes.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, BOMs, schematics, and customer specs.
• Experience with AOI validation, defect classification, and program optimization.
• Skilled in use of inspection and measurement tools.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Experience using ERP/MES systems (Oracle, SAP, or equivalent) is a plus

• English: MUST

• Manufacturing production and warehouse environment.
• Frequent presence on SMT and assembly lines.
• Extended standing and inspection activities.
• Occasional lifting to 35 lbs.
• Recurrent use of AOI systems and magnification equipment.

Currency: USD

Salary Minimum: Market

Salary Maximum: Market

Incentive: Market

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.