Title: QA Engineer

Career at Bourns:

If working for an organization with a long history of technological innovation and high advancement potential in a supportive, collaborative, and positive work environment are top considerations for your next career move, then you need to look at the opportunities at Bourns.

Bourns was founded 75 years ago with the guiding principles of providing breakthrough technology solutions, high-quality products, responsive service, and exceptional value. Those principles still hold true today and have instilled a culture that is committed to excellence and ethical operations. As a leading provider of advanced components for power conversion, circuit protection, and motion control sensing solutions, Bourns employs more than 9,000 people in 21 countries and operates 17 manufacturing centers and 15 R&D facilities. Our customers and partners rely on Bourns to meet strict design requirements and satisfy international standards in a broad range of industries and applications. We achieve this stature because Bourns employees excel in the development of new products and continuous improvement processes that keep the company a global leader in delivering outstanding service.

Job Description:

I. BASIC PURPOSE:

Quality Assurance Engineer acts as the primary QA lead for partnership factories management with diverse sourced products. He / She assures conformance of sourced products to specifications and responsible for customer complaint handling and post-FA activities. In addition, the Quality Assurance Engineer takes lead in customer oriented audit activities happened in partnership factories. The Quality Assurance Engineer works independently and following initial training is expected to accept responsibility for learning, understanding, documenting and conveying all Quality Assurance policies, procedures and processes.

II. DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Interface with partnership factories for all quality, reliability and process issues.

• Act as Quality representative in dealing with customer complaint handling and service activities.

• Work with partnership factories to analyze customer complaints and returned materials to identify cause of failure. And then drive factory to initiate and implement corrective and preventive action which conforms to Bourns’ CAR process with timely manner.

• Access SPC data and production record periodically to work with partnership factories to drive Continuous Improvement in process.

• Conduct regular partnership factories on site audit with finding issues tracking.

• Take lead in customer oriented audits in partnership factories with finding issues tracking.

• Work within Bourns to conduct assessment while partnership factory development.

• Serve as Quality representative in material review board activities and coordinates Quality Control requirements as appropriate.

• Involve in new product development process with Engineering team and partnership factory.

III. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

This position requires exceptional organizational skills as well as a keen eye for detail for proofreading and auditing tasks. Ability to follow instructions and work independently is also essential for success in this role.

IV. BASIC JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree or above major in EE, IE or Engineering related filed.

TRAINING, EXPERIENCE and SKILLS:

• Minimum 5 years or above working experience in Quality functions and Quality satisfaction field.

• Good at reading, writing, listening and speaking English.

• Must have knowledge in ISO9001 and/or IATF16949 Quality Management System.

• 3-5 Years of experience working with Automotive Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC).

• Must familiar with 8D process with capability of failure analysis and trouble shooting.

• Adapt to frequent travels.

• Be independent as well as a team player and takes directions with ease.

• On site surveillance and conduct periodical audit in supplier’s production line.

• Access SPC data and work with suppliers to drive continuous improvement project in process.

• Work within Bourns for supplier assessment while supplier development.

• It will be a plus with passive component background. • It will be a plus with ”VDA 6.3 auditor”, ”Internal Auditor”, ”ISO/IATF Lead auditor” and / or ’6- Sigma GB/BB” certification.

• It will be a plus with CQT/CQE/CRE certification.

Bourns is an equal opportunity employer. At Bourns, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Employees fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law. Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

If you are results-oriented, have the drive to find industry-leading ways to meet ongoing technological challenges, and go the extra mile to maximize customer relationships, then we invite you to apply to join the Bourns team.