Sr. Quality Engineer (Manufacturing)

Job Description

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The Senior Quality Engineer serves as a technical and systems steward for site quality processes and business systems. This role provides senior-level quality leadership without direct people management, partnering cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Sales, and Program Management to identify quality risks, investigate root causes, and implement sustainable solutions that improve product quality and business performance.

This position owns key quality systems, metrics, and improvement initiatives, acting as a subject-matter expert and trusted advisor across the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Serves as the senior technical lead for Quality Engineering and Inspection activities, providing guidance, mentorship, and functional direction without direct supervisory responsibility

Partners cross-functionally to drive collaborative problem solving and improved customer outcomes

Supports and maintains the Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards

Represents the Quality function for new product introduction (NPI) and program launches, ensuring customer and regulatory requirements are met

Develops, maintains, and updates Process FMEAs, Control Plans, inspection plans, and quality documentation

Ensures inspection equipment is properly calibrated, maintained, and suitable for intended use

Uses structured methodologies and performance metrics to identify trends, risks, and continuous improvement opportunities

Owns and administers the CAPA system, driving timely root cause analysis, corrective actions, and effectiveness verification

Promotes and reinforces a root-cause, data-driven quality culture across the site

Verifies effectiveness of corrective actions through post-implementation monitoring and performance analysis

Works directly with customers and suppliers on quality audits, source inspections, corrective actions, and quality concerns

Ensures quality-related training requirements are identified, documented, and supported

Develops, implements, and maintains procedures, work instructions, and quality records in compliance with industry standards

Participates in Contract Review to support compliance with customer and regulatory requirements

Acts as a key technical interface with customers on quality-related matters

Qualifications / Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field or minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Quality

Minimum 5 years of senior-level quality experience (technical leadership preferred; people management not required)

Strong working knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001, and IPC requirements

Experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment

Advanced experience with quality tools and methodologies, including:

FMEA, Fishbone, 5-Why, 8D

Value Stream Mapping, Process Flow

Statistical and analytical problem-solving tools

Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes through expertise, data, and collaboration rather than authority

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to travel up to 10%

Times Microwave Systems is an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/VCompany Description

Times Microwave Systems®, a business unit of Amphenol Corporation, is a pioneering brand of innovative RF and microwave interconnect assemblies, cables, and connectors designs. We have more than 70 years of industry experience in designing and manufacturing high-performance coaxial cables, connectors, assemblies, and custom solutions for ultra-demanding applications including aerospace, avionics and airframe, land mobile radio and public networks, medical, military and defense, industrial, quantum computing, radars, railway, space, test and measurement, wireless infrastructure and 5G, and more.

Full-time