Through the collective strength of 170,000 team members across 30 countries and responsible, sustainable operations, flex, a fortune global 500 company, is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.we welcome people of all backgrounds.a career with flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your growth, and build great products for our customers that improve people's lives.together, let's create the extraordinary!Job summaryprinciple accountabilities:- audits processes, tests and inspects products and/or develops, compiles and evaluates statistical data to determine 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 analysis, internal corrective actions and supplier correction actions.- interprets engineering drawings, schematic diagrams or formulas and confers with management or engineering staff to determine 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.- 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.- maintain gage track program, print list of gages due for calibration in the beginning of each month and follow up with calibration.- send gages out for calibration, maintain calibration records- prepares graphs or charts of data or enters data into computer for analysis.- download quality information from quality system to be used for qa reports.- analyzes engineering test results and implements process changes to resolve problems ,performs out of box audits (oba) as required,provides factory support to identify and resolve issues associated with purchased parts, materials and manufacturing,may be required to perform receiving inspectionknowledge / skills / abilities:- demonstrates advanced technical and process skills.- demonstrates advanced/ thorough knowledge of the function and flex business- highly skilled with ability to move between shifts/ product lines.- demonstrates advanced technical skills which may be used to conduct on-the-job training and/or lead/guide other employees- demonstrates knowledge of advanced technologies as well as functional techniques and improves processes- applies new technologies and technological changes.- ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.- ability to write routine reports and correspondence.- ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.- ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.- ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.- ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.certificates, licenses, registrations:- asq certification as cqt, cqa, cqpa or cssgb is desiredscope / impact:- contributes to and improves techniques/ concepts.decision making / discretion:- determines quality/testing methods/ procedures on new assignments.decisions may affect external parties.supervision / leadership:- may mentor, coach and lead other employees and or may develop employees at other levels.work environment:- while performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and work that requires repetitive motion.the noise level in the work environment is usually loudphysical demands:- while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.the employee frequently is required to sit.the employee is occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms.the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision.ability to handle small components.job categoryquality*required skills*:optional skills:at flex, we believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and know there is much more to a great employee than just