Eaton’s Electrical division is currently seeking a Quality Engineer. This position is based at our Electrical Manufacturing facility in Santa Ana, CA. 

The Quality Engineer is responsible for carefully monitoring the overall quality of manufactured products. They rigorously test processes and enforce uncompromising quality standards. The engineer is also responsible for creating detailed documentation, designing strict quality tests, and setting clear criteria for test results. Quality Engineers maintain high-quality standards and decisively address any issues that arise. They work alongside a team of professionals to ensure that final products consistently meet and exceed customer expectations while optimizing the manufacturing process to be both efficient and cost-effective.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $82,000 - $120,000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. 

What you’ll do:

• Develops and implements quality standards and control systems
• Monitors and analyze quality performance
• Inspect and test materials, equipment, processes, and products to ensure quality specifications are met
• Collaborate with operations managers to develop and implement controls and improvements
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure that all raw materials meet organizational quality standards
• Interpret customer feedback for identifying flaws in manufactured goods and suggest/implement changes wherever needed
• Monitor employee training and safety standards followed as a part of manufacturing process
• Analyze and document potential issues in production process and design methods to fix them
• Stay updated about the legal standards and regulations for manufactured products and ensure compliance to those standards
• Improve customer satisfaction and brand loyalty through quality consistent products
• Collate data and prepare quality reports to analyze external and internal quality standards
• Lead cross functional teams during root cause analysis event
• Perform Quality and Process Audits
• Support Tool Calibration 

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics from an accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) months of Quality experience in a Manufacturing setting
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Only candidates within a 50 miles radius of Santa Ana, CA. will be considered. 
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years Quality engineering experience
• Understanding of problem-solving methodologies used in determining root cause and formulating corrective action(s)
• Experience in electrical testing procedures, protocols, and mathematic principles
• Project Management experience
• Demonstrated ability to interpret regulation and standards, and implementing Electrical Safe Work practices such NFPA 70E.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and trouble shoot electrical control, protection, instrumentation, and metering schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Experience supporting Engineered to Order (ETO) manufacturing plant.
• Geographic flexibility to relocate within the United States
• Experience using ERP software

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