Director of Quality - Electronic Component Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Meritec is seeking talented team players in our Painesville, Ohio facility who are committed to pushing the boundaries of interconnect technology performance and innovation. Join us and connect your career to the future.

Meritec is seeking a hands-on Quality Director to lead and execute our quality strategy in a high-mix, low-volume, vertically integrated electronic component manufacturing environment. This role combines strategic leadership with active daily involvement on the shop floor, driving AS9100 implementation, developing a robust QMS, and improving quality performance across the business.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead company-wide quality strategy while working directly with manufacturing, engineering, and inspection teams.
• Serve as QMS process owner and ensure support of implementation of AS9100-compliant Quality Management System, including procedures, documentation, and training. Ensure ongoing surveillance readiness.
• Conduct and support internal / external audits; manage corrective actions and root-cause investigations (8D, 5-Why).
• Ensure timely and effective root cause analysis and closure of all audit findings.
• Serve as the responsible party for customer quality issues, escalations, and scorecard performance.
• Develop and manage key quality metrics (COPQ, defects, audits, supplier performance).
• Support HMLV manufacturing processes : machining, molding, plating, soldering, cable / connector assembly, and testing.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC / WHMA-A-620 standards.
• Serve as responsible party for supplier quality activities including qualification, audits, and corrective actions.
• Lead and mentor the Quality team, promoting a culture of accountability, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications and Requirements

Benefits

Meritec (a Qnnect Company) is well-established, growth-oriented, signal integrity leaders and preferred vertically integrated manufacturer of high-performance electrical and electronic interconnect embedded systems and connectors with over fifty-years of innovation, serving world-wide markets with cost-effective solutions.

Qnnect and its affiliated companies are affirmative action / equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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