Quality Technician - SMT Service & Repair

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Full Time Georgetown, TX, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $21.00 To $31.00 Hourly

Position Summary

The Quality Technician supports day-to-day quality activities for an SMT/PCBA manufacturing facility supporting server and rack manufacturing, service, and repair operations.

This role performs manufacturing quality control, incoming material inspection, in-process and final inspection, laboratory testing, quality data collection, and basic failure analysis activities. The technician works closely with Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production, SQE, and other cross-functional teams to ensure materials and products meet applicable drawings, specifications, workmanship standards, and quality requirements.

The position requires a hands‑on individual who can follow established procedures and Quality Engineer instructions while independently performing routine inspection and testing activities.

Key Responsibilities

1. Manufacturing Quality Control

• Perform routine quality inspections and manufacturing quality control activities throughout the SMT/PCBA production process.
• Support SMT, DIP/through‑hole, assembly, testing, repair, and pack‑out quality activities as required.
• Conduct in‑process and final inspections according to drawings, specifications, work instructions, control plans, and workmanship standards.
• Monitor manufacturing quality conditions and identify workmanship or process abnormalities.
• Support First Article Inspection (FAI), First Piece Inspection, trial builds, NPI builds, and process qualification activities.
• Identify, document, segregate, and escalation of nonconforming materials and products.
• Support containment, sorting, re‑inspection, and verification activities when quality issues occur.

2. Incoming Quality Control (IQC)

• Perform incoming inspection of materials and components according to inspection procedures and sampling requirements.
• Inspect mechanical parts, PCB/PCBA materials, electronic components, connectors, cables, thermal/mechanical components, and other production materials as applicable.
• Perform dimensional and visual inspection using appropriate inspection and measurement equipment.
• Verify supplier documentation, part identification, labeling, packaging, workmanship, and material condition.
• Record inspection results and support disposition of nonconforming incoming materials.
• Assist SQE/Quality Engineering with supplier quality investigations and material‑related issues.

3. Laboratory Testing & Measurement

• Perform laboratory testing and measurement activities by following approved procedures, test methods, or Quality Engineer instructions.
• Operate common quality laboratory and inspection equipment such as microscopes, digital microscopes, measuring tools, gauges, dimensional measurement systems, and other applicable test equipment.
• Prepare samples and specimens for inspection, measurement, testing, and failure analysis.
• Accurately record test conditions, results, observations, measurements, and supporting photos/data.
• Maintain appropriate traceability of samples and test records.
• Support Quality Engineers with validation, reliability, and failure analysis testing.

4. SMT / PCBA Quality Support

• Perform visual inspection of PCBAs for soldering, component placement, polarity/orientation, contamination, damage, and workmanship issues.
• Familiar with common SMT/PCBA defects such as solder bridging, insufficient/excess solder, opens, tomb stoning, misalignment, damaged components, contamination, and handling damage.
• Support inspection activities involving AOI, X‑ray,…