Quality Engineer

Flex

📍Milpitas, CA
Posted May 21, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Quality Engineer

Company

Flex

Location

Milpitas, CA

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4395943511

Job Description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a
Quality Engineer
located in
Milpitas, CA.
The
Quality Engineer
will be maintaining quality engineering programs, standards and improvements within the organization

What a typical day looks like:

  • Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.

  • Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.

  • Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost.

  • Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.

  • Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.

  • Holds up Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.

  • Assures data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidates and reports quality results.

  • Initiates corrective action requests as needed and tracks to satisfactory completion.

  • Assists with development and implementation of quality audits.

  • In charge of developing, applying, revising and maintaining quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.

  • Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.

  • Explores reports and returned products and recommends corrective action.

  • Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement and research of equipment and facilities.

  • Approves product, process and equipment qualifications.

  • Provides liaison to various regulatory bodies.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

  • 4 years quality engineering experience

  • IATF 16949, NPIP experience

  • CORE TOOLS (APQP, CONTROL PLAN, PFMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP experience)

  • Lean manufacturing and 8D methodology experince

  • IPC 620 and Six sigma prefer

-Site

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email accessibility@flex.com and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Can you walk me through how you utilize the Core Tools, specifically APQP and PPAP, to ensure a product meets quality standards before full production launch?
  • 2.How do you apply SPC and MSA to evaluate the precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing facilities?
  • 3.Describe your experience with IATF 16949 and how you ensure compliance during internal quality audits.
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to lead a corrective action using the 8D methodology for a significant discrepant material issue.
  • 2.Give an example of when you had to support Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers during a customer interface on a critical quality issue.
  • 3.Describe a situation where you compiled training material and conducted sessions on quality control activities for production workers.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You discover a recurring defect in a partially finished product, but the Production Manager is pressuring you to approve a deviation to avoid halting the line. How do you handle this?
  • 2.If you were tasked with establishing a program to evaluate the precision and accuracy of new production equipment, what steps would you take?

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IATF 16949APQPPPAPPFMEASPCMSA8D MethodologyLean ManufacturingIPC 620Six SigmaCorrective ActionQuality Audits

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