Quality Engineering Technician - Research and Development

Join us as a Quality Engineering Technician and put your problem-solving skills to work on products that change lives. In this role, you'll dive into hands-on troubleshooting, uncover root causes, and team up with R&D to make sure every hearing aid and accessory is reliable, high-quality, and ready to help people hear their world more clearly.

Starkey is a world leader in the manufacturing and distribution of advanced hearing technologies. We are in the business of connecting people and changing lives. Our teams come to work each day focused on ensuring people everywhere have the products and services they need to hear better and live better.

Founded in 1967 by Bill Austin, Starkey is known for our cutting-edge hearing health innovations, industry-leading research and development, and not being afraid to push the edge of what's possible.

We are headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, have over 5,000 employees in 29 facilities across the globe, and do business in more than 100 markets worldwide.

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This position is responsible for providing technical support for the Reliability Engineering group. Responsibilities include troubleshooting products, determining action items and resolving problems, evaluating components and processes, and collecting data.

• Perform failure analysis and troubleshooting to discover failure modes and mechanisms using laboratory equipment to find the root cause of failures.
• Ensure that hearing aids, hearing aid accessories, and their components perform to desired specifications by performing evaluation and reliability testing, documenting results with written reports.
• Execute all failure analysis procedures & tests, report discrepancies to the Engineer, ensure work requests are clear and accurate, and complete analysis in a timely manner.
• Communicate reliability issues to R&D groups and actively seek out R&D engineering to communicate results.
• Support product launch by providing white glove failure analysis and timely execution of new product failure analysis, processing test report requests, organizing the Quality Lab area for maximum workflow, and maintaining storage for test report samples.

• 2-year technical degree and/or 2 years' relevant work experience required.

• Minimum 2 years' work experience, preferably with hearing aids or related technology.

• Knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.

• Excellent organizational/documentation skills.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to read schematics.
• Ability to follow written test plans independently.
• Strong soldering skills desirable.
• Good communication skills.
• Knowledge of electronics preferred.

• Computer and associated spreadsheet/word processing software.
• Microscope, RTA, Digital multi-meter, wiring equipment, soldering iron, small hand tools, environmental chambers, cross‑sectioning equipment, force tester.

Salary and Other Compensation:
The target pay rate for this position is between $19.25 - $27.56 per hour. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is eligible for a bonus based upon performance results. There is no guarantee of payout.

Benefits:
The following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements, include medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, company‑paid life and short‑term disability insurance, long‑term disability insurance, employee assistance plan, hearing aid benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, paid floating holidays, paid volunteer service day, paid paternity and maternity leave and tuition reimbursement.

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