Quality & Reliability Engineer

About the Opportunity:

Saratech is seeking a Quality & Reliability Engineer to collaborate with cross-functional and production teams to resolve quality and reliability issues, analyze data, and define corrective and preventive actions that improve processes, reduce scrap, and support existing products in both manufacturing and field environments. This role completes defined technical tasks, prepares documentation and reports, and applies standard engineering practices and tools (including Lean, Six Sigma, and structured continuous-improvement methodologies) to enhance reliability, manufacturability, cost effectiveness, and overall customer value. This is a full-time position or part-time leading to full-time position located at our corporate headquarters in Mission Viejo, CA and/or discussed during interview.

Salary Range:

• $70,000 - $115,000 annually
  

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (BS) in an engineering or scientific technical discipline, or a Professional Engineer (PE) certification.

• Entry-level professional position; typically requires 1-3 years of related experience.

• Fundamental knowledge of engineering principles, concepts, and techniques relevant to the discipline.

• General familiarity with industry products, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory considerations.

• Working knowledge of basic engineering design and analysis tools (e.g., CAD software).

• Ability to learn and utilize specialized engineering databases; programming exposure may be beneficial.

• Developing familiarity with product specifications, customer standards, and system requirements.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey technical status and actions taken.

• Ability to work with general direction regarding assignment scope, determine priorities, and exercise sound judgment in selecting methods and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate within a team environment to help resolve issues impacting production or product quality, including nonconformances, yield concerns, and supplier-related challenges.

• Review data, participate in structured problem-solving sessions, and assist in defining corrective and preventive actions.

• Support production teams with technical guidance and help implement improvements that stabilize processes, improve quality, and reduce scrap or rework.

• Investigate issues affecting existing products in the field or in manufacturing to ensure continued performance as intended.

• Collect and analyze data, review test results, and collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to identify root causes.

• Support the definition and implementation of corrective actions and provide clear, engineering-based technical feedback to internal stakeholders.

• When needed, assist customer-facing teams by supplying accurate technical information grounded in engineering analysis.

• Complete defined technical tasks, such as modifying product functional specifications, detailed drawings, schematics, data structures, and interpreting test reports.

• Develop technical reports and documentation in response to information requests.

• Provide technical input for product engineering reviews and design review activities.

• Consistently apply established engineering practices, standards, and documentation methods.

• Contribute to procedures, technical reports, and supporting documentation.

• Participate in initiatives aimed at improving reliability, manufacturability, and cost effectiveness through basic application of Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous-improvement tools.

• Support standardization, design-for-manufacture, and design-for-reliability activities to extend product life, reduce complexity, and increase delivered value.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to quickly understand and learn new technologies
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to understand and learn professional terminology
• Responsible, responsive, and accountable for tasks

Other Requirements:

• Complies with all organizational policies and procedures
• Maintains strict confidentiality of all customer and/or employee information to assure customer and/or employee rights are protected
• Adheres to policies regarding notification of absence and PTO requests
• Attends all mandatory management and staff meetings
• Represents the organization in a respectful and professional manner
• Attend and comply with annual health, safety, training, and education requirements
• Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean

Additional Information:

• Physical demands:

• • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
  • Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Follow detailed complex directions, reason and problem solve.
• The person will frequently communicate and converse with other staff. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Company participates in E-Verify.
• Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time;
• This description reflects managements assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned
• This job description is subject to change at any time.

Benefits

Insurance : All full-time regular employees (and dependents) are eligible to get medical, dental, vision coverage. Employees also can buy up on benefits like FSA, HSA, Life insurance, long and short-term disability.

Comprehensive health care and wellness plans

Retirement Plan: All employees can enroll in the company's 401k with company matching.

Paid Time Off: All full-time regular exempt employees are eligible for our Discretionary Time Off vacation policy after 90 days from their start date, Discretionary Time Off plan is a non-accrual plan for employees. All full-time regular non-exempt employees are eligible for our Paid Time Off Plan policy after 90 days, Paid Time Off plan is an 3.33 hours accrual per pay period for employees.

Paid Time Off: All full-time regular exempt employees are eligible for our Discretionary Time Off vacation policy after 90 days from their start date, Discretionary Time Off plan is a non-accrual plan for employees. All full-time regular non-exempt employees are eligible for our Paid Time Off Plan policy after 90 days, Paid Time Off plan is an 3.33 hours accrual per pay period for employees.

Paid Holidays: All full-time employees will receive 8 paid holidays per year. Full-time non-exempt employees receive an extra floater holiday per year.

Paid Sick Time: All full-time and part-time employees will receive 40 sick hours per year or minimum sick time required by the state.

NOTE TO STAFFING AGENCIES AND RECRUITERS: Saratech does not accept unsolicited resumes from any external agency for the placement of any position. Unsolicited resumes submitted by agencies and received by Saratech will be considered the property of Saratech and may be contacted and engaged with directly by Saratech. Saratech will not pay a placement fee or any other fees to any third-party agency, firm, or recruiter who is not specifically retained with a signed fee agreement by Saratech Human Resources to conduct a candidate search. Please do not forward unsolicited resumes to our website or to any Saratech employee. Saratech will not be responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY NOTICE: Paydarfar Industries, Inc. dba Saratech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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