Position Summary:

The Senior Quality Technician is a hands-on quality role focused on PCBA manufacturing, responsible for ensuring product quality throughout SMT, THT, and inspection processes. This position owns and validates AOI inspection activities, supports incoming, in-process, and outgoing inspections, and ensures compliance with engineering drawings, customer requirements, IPC standards, and ISO 9001.

This role is floor-oriented, actively supporting production and acting as a key quality reference within the SMT and assembly areas in a high-mix electronics manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform hands-on quality inspections of PCBA at incoming, in‑process, and final (outgoing) stages.

• Execute Incoming Quality Inspections (IQC) for electronic components, bare PCBs, and related materials.

• Provide direct quality support within SMT and THT processes, including:

• Solder paste inspection support.

• SMT line inspections.

• THT and selective solder inspection.

• Own, validate,



and release AOI programs to ensure defect detection effectiveness and alignment with IPC and customer requirements.

• Analyze AOI results, identify false calls vs real defects, and coordinate continuous program improvements.

• Apply IPC‑A‑610 acceptance criteria during manual and automated inspections (certification preferred).

• Perform and document First Article Inspections (FAI) for new products, ECOs, and process changes.

• Conduct Outgoing / Final Inspections to ensure PCBA compliance prior to customer shipment.

• Maintain quality records using digital inspection forms, quality systems, and ERP tools.

• Collaborate daily with Production, Engineering, and Materials to resolve quality and process issues.

• Support internal, customer, and external audits, providing technical input and shop‑floor evidence.

• Enforce and support ESD control, workmanship standards, and 5S within inspection and production areas.

Qualifications:

Education

• Technical d

📌 Sr. Quality Technician (Nuevo Laredo)
🏢 Ametek
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