Quality Technician
Flex · South Carolina
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at Flex (industrial) in South Carolina. Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent, technical training, or equivalent experience.
- They ask for
- 4+ years
- Tools it names
- Root cause
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $50k–$68k.
Median of the low and high ends of 21 live postings that list pay, out of 463 quality technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
South Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 11 other live quality postings in South Carolina.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 50%
- Team leadership 42%
- SPC 33%
- GD&T 33%
- Tooling 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Quality Technician located in Orangeburg, SC.
Reporting to the Quality Engineer the Quality Technician is in charge of performing product inspection and/or audits of quality control programs, first article inspections and calibration, inspecting flat blank layouts, out of box audit (OBA) and sampling and testing of incoming components and raw materials. Purge material. Ensures raw materials, in process and finished products meet company standards. General documentations updated (Quality alerts).
The experience we’re looking to add to our team
- ✓Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent, technical training, or equivalent experience.
- ✓Typically requires a minimum of 4 years of related experience.
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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.
What a typical day looks like
- •Audits processes, tests and inspects products and/or develops, compiles and evaluates statistical data to define and maintain quality and reliability of products.
- •Working from engineering drawings, specifications, schematics, diagrams, written descriptions, layouts or defined plans to perform complex engineering testing, checkout, First Article Inspection, root cause research, internal corrective actions and supplier correction actions.
- •Interprets engineering drawings, schematic diagrams or formulas and confers with management or engineering staff to define quality and reliability standards.
- •Selects processes to be audited from primarily the manufacturing areas and checks for a variety of features, including ESD (electro-static discharge) and handling practices, documentation, training and process integrity.
- •Selects products for audits at specified stages in the production or post-production process, and tests products for variety of qualities such as dimensions, performance and mechanical, electrical or cosmetic characteristics.
- •Records audit data, applying statistical quality control procedures.
- •Evaluates data and writes reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards.
- •Recommends modifications of existing quality or production standards, programs or reports to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.
- •Perform calibration on inspection tools e.g. micrometers, calipers height gages etc.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide
- •Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- •Life Insurance
- •Short-term and Long-term Disability
- •Matching 401(k) Contributions
- •Vacation and Paid Sick Time
- •Tuition Reimbursement