Senior Quality Engineer

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Business Unit:
Energy Conversion Solutions

Posting Date:
Jul 21, 2026

Job Description:

About Us:

AMETEK Programmable Power Business Unit (~$160M) is headquartered in San Diego, CA and provides the most advanced Power and Instrumentation solutions for Precision Stimulus, Process Power and Measurement and Switching applications. We also provide a deep expertise in Programmable Power, Data Acquisition and Functional Test applications.

Job Summary:

The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring the highest possible reliability and quality of the Manufacturing processes and products. The Senior Quality Engineer will ensure that AMETEK’s products and processes meet established quality standards from supply chain to end user by identifying requirements based on customer needs, implementing quality assurance and quality control methods at the points of quality, identifying issues and opportunities, and developing continuous improvement, corrective, and preventive measures.

In addition, the Senior Quality Engineer will set up and monitor QMS procedures and processes.

This is a cross-functional role that will frequently interact with management and Customers to provide technical assistance related to product expectations, failure analysis and other quality considerations. This role is also required to demonstrate a heightened sense of urgency in resolving matters related to quality and contribute positively to a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and incorporate Quality Management System (QMS) procedures and processes per ISO 9001, AS9001, AS5553A and Customer Special Requirements.
• Work collaboratively with all levels of the organization in AMETEK Programmable Power’s goals and objectives.
• Lead internal audits of other departments for compliance to the QMS. ECO
  -QA Review/Approval.
• Champion activities to contribute and drive in the investigation and elimination of internal and external quality problems using applicable problem-solving techniques for determining Containment, Root Cause and Corrective/Preventive Action solutions along with Verification actions.
• Participate as required in new product development, perform HALT, analyze data and perform design reviews to create acceptance criteria, specifications and control limits for product, components and manufacturing.
• Lead reviews, failure analysis and corrective action reports on reliability and technical issues for both field and internal manufacturing issues.
• Direct efforts of Quality Technicians and other staff as assigned. Support MRB activites.
• Support Quality issues in production lines.
• Lead quality improvement projects such as reduction or warranty, scrap and yield improvement.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality.
• 6 years of experience within quality function within an electronics manufacturing environment.
• Due to the nature of our programs and products, applicants must have the legal right to work in the U.S. and additionally must be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code.

Desired

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees throughout the organization.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to lead and facilitate a group of technical experts in root cause analysis.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001:2015.
• Knowledge of product manufacturing, assembly, test, and inspection processes.
• Capable of using electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, DVM’s Signal Generators etc
• Use quality tools FMEA, Quality Control Plans, SPC, Metrics and Product/Process Capability that ensures quality attainment via process validation.
• Knowledge of complex circuits, technical circuits and mechanical designs.
• Ability to work independently or as a team member.
• Profici…