Quality Assurance Engineer
Delta Electronics Americas · Plano, TX
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Delta Electronics Americas (industrial) in Plano, TX. Establish, maintain, and improve product and process quality standards, quality plans, inspection criteria, procedures, and work instructions based on customer, regulatory, company, and factory requirements.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, FMEA, Control plans, Supplier quality, Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $90k–$126k.
Median of the low and high ends of 25 live postings that list pay, out of 132 quality engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 131 other live quality postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $90k–$126k, from 24 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 58%
- Lean 30%
- ✓ New product launch 29%
- ✓ FMEA 28%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 28%
- Six Sigma 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Delta Electronics Americas in Plano
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Full description from Delta Electronics AmericasAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Establish, maintain, and improve product and process quality standards, quality plans, inspection criteria, procedures, and work instructions based on customer, regulatory, company, and factory requirements.
- ◆Support incoming material and supplier quality activities, including supplier qualification, incoming inspection, material nonconformance handling, supplier corrective actions, performance monitoring, and supplier audits.
- ◆Support manufacturing quality assurance through line and process audits, process control verification, production issue resolution, line qualification, product transfer, and implementation of product or process changes.
- ◆Perform or support in-process, final, outgoing, and special inspections in accordance with applicable requirements, including first article inspection, quality checklists, calibration, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and issue reporting.
- ◆Identify, contain, document, and escalate nonconforming material or product; coordinate segregation, review, disposition, rework verification, and follow-up actions with the appropriate functions.
- ◆Conduct or coordinate root cause analysis and failure analysis for supplier, production, inspection, field, customer, and returned-product issues, including test setup, evidence collection, and technical reporting as needed.
- ◆Lead or support corrective and preventive actions using structured problem-solving methods such as root cause analysis, 5 Whys, fishbone diagrams, PDCA, and 8D to ensure effective closure and prevent recurrence.
- ◆Support customer and service quality activities, including customer complaints, RMA processing, screening or rework coordination, quality reports, timely communication, and satisfactory issue closure.
- ◆Monitor, analyze, and report quality data and KPIs, including defect rates, yield, supplier performance, RMA rate, complaint closure time, recurrence, cost of quality, and audit findings, to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
- ◆Support quality management system and document control activities, including controlled records, procedures, work instructions, audit readiness, and compliance documentation.
- ◆Participate in internal, supplier, customer, process, product, and quality system audits and support compliance with applicable ISO, UL, ESD, customer-specific, and third-party certification requirements.
- ◆Support new product introduction, process reviews, FMEA, control plans, qualification activities, new line setup, product transfer, and engineering change implementation to ensure quality readiness.
- ◆Coordinate quality activities and communicate findings, risks, status, and recommendations with Production, Engineering, Material Management, Supply Chain, Service, customers, suppliers, and global teams, including periodic meetings with Taiwan or other APAC teams outside normal business hours.
- ◆Initiate containment and recommend the hold, release, or disposition of nonconforming material and product; escalate significant quality risks and recommend stopping or resuming production or shipment to Quality and Operations management.
- ◆Drive risk reduction and continuous improvement across supplier, manufacturing, inspection, service, and quality system processes; perform additional duties assigned by management or customers and travel occasionally for audits, investigations, qualifications, or quality support.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant education and experience may be considered.
- ✓One to three years of quality assurance, quality control, engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, service quality, or quality system experience in an electronics, electrical, power, coolant rack, or related manufacturing environment.
- ✓Pract
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Who We Are
Delta, founded in 1971, is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products with a thriving portfolio of smart energy-saving systems and solutions in the fields of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, data center infrastructure, EV charging, renewable energy, energy storage and display, to nurture the development of smart manufacturing and sustainable cities. As a world-class corporate citizen guided by its mission statement, “To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow,” Delta leverages its core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and its ESG-embedded business model to address key environmental issues, such as climate change. Delta serves customers through its sales offices, R&D centers and manufacturing facilities spread over close to 200 locations across five continents. Delta has 158 sales offices, 72 R&D centers and 48 manufacturing facilities worldwide.
Throughout its history, Delta has received various global awards and recognition for its business achievements, innovative technologies, and dedication to ESG. Since 2011, Delta has been listed on the DJSI World Index of Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices for 11 consecutive years. In 2021, Delta was also recognized by CDP with leadership level ratings for its substantial contribution to climate change and water security issues and named Supplier Engagement Leader for its continuous development of a sustainable value chain.
The Quality Assurance Engineer supports the overall quality function across incoming material, supplier quality, manufacturing processes, in-process and final inspection, customer and service quality, failure analysis, and quality management system and document control activities. This role partners with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Service, suppliers, customers, and global quality teams to ensure product and process compliance, effective issue resolution, accurate quality records, audit readiness, and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.