IQC/SQE Engineer in Santa Clara, California at Foxconn-PCE Technology
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Job Description
Company Overview:
Established in Taiwan in 1974, Hon Hai Technology Group, commonly known as Foxconn, is the world’s largest electronics manufacturer and leading provider of technological solutions with a network of over 233 campuses across 24 countries. In the US, Foxconn employs 8,000 across 56 different sites with manufacturing operations in Virginia, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, and California. As of 2025, Foxconn ranks 28th among the Fortune Global 500 and reported revenue of approximately USD $259 billion.
The company’s diverse product offerings span four major segments: smart consumer electronics, cloud, and networking solutions, computing, and various other components. Foxconn makes 40% of the consumer electronics that we find in our everyday lives. In recent years, Hon Hai has adopted the 3+3 strategy, focusing on three emerging industries - electric vehicles, digital health solutions, and robotics - while leveraging three key technologies: next-generation communications, artificial intelligence (AI), and semiconductors. Together, these initiatives position the company as a leader in innovation for the 21st century.
Hon Hai Technology Group is deeply committed to championing environmental sustainability within its manufacturing processes. By integrating sustainability into its operations framework, the company strives to serve as a best-practice model for global enterprises, enhancing corporate responsibility while meeting the growing demand for environmentally conscious production methods.
Job Summary:
The IQC/SQE Engineer is responsible for incoming material quality, supplier quality coordination, supplier issue containment, inspection planning, and corrective action follow-up for manufacturing operations. This role supports incoming inspection performance, supplier quality metrics, material nonconformance control, supplier corrective action requests, and production support related to supplier or material quality issues. The IQC/SQE Engineer works closely with Quality Management, Supply Chain, Procurement, Warehouse, Manufacturing, Engineering, suppliers, and customer-facing teams to ensure incoming materials meet quality requirements and support production continuity.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support incoming quality control through inspection planning, inspection execution, sampling review, material release decisions, and incoming inspection record management.
- Review supplier material quality performance, incoming inspection results, nonconforming material trends, supplier DPPM, and supplier corrective-action status.
- Coordinate containment, sorting, rework direction, disposition support, escalation, supplier corrective-action requests, 8D follow-up, failure-analysis responses, and verification of effectiveness.
- Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Warehouse, Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers to resolve material quality issues, update inspection requirements, and support ECO/ECN quality impact review.
- Maintain supplier quality reports, nonconforming material records, quality alerts, action trackers, audit readiness, KPI reporting, and clear communication of material-quality risks and recovery plans.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field required.
- Lean Six Sigma, ISO 9001, IPC, ESD, quality auditing, or related quality certification preferred.
Experience:
- 4-7 years of quality engineering, supplier quality, incoming quality control, manufacturing quality, or related experience in electronics manufacturing or related industries.
- Demonstrated experience supporting incoming inspection, supplier corrective actions, nonconforming material control, supplier quality metrics, and material-quality issue resolution.
- Experience working with suppliers and cross-functional procurement, supply chain, warehouse, engineering, and production teams; structured problem-solving experience preferred.
EEOC Statement
Foxconn is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Foxconn prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetics, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal law. In addition to federal law requirements, Foxconn complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.