Quality Assurance Engineer (Hardware & Manufacturing)

We are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to lead and coordinate the company's quality activities across subcontractors and suppliers in Israel and internationally. The role is responsible for supplier qualification, continuous product and process improvement, and ensuring end-to-end product quality.
This position includes close collaboration with local and global subcontractors, electronic and mechanical assembly lines, and ownership of implementing a strong quality culture throughout manufacturing and shipping operations.
Responsibilities include ensuring workforce qualification at subcontractor sites (including work instructions, training, preventive and corrective actions, and audits), reviewing and approving production deviations, defining quality improvement KPIs and monitoring their implementation, supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, monitoring engineering change implementation, ensuring the latest product revisions are used in manufacturing, participating in reliability and regulatory compliance activities, and generating quality performance reports for both operations and subcontractors.
The role involves extensive cross-functional collaboration throughout the organization.
If you have a systems-oriented mindset, deep understanding of manufacturing and assembly processes, and proven experience in high-tech or defense companies, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Manufacturing Quality Management:
Lead quality assurance activities across electronic and mechanical manufacturing and assembly lines.
Define quality gates, inspection checkpoints, and manufacturing quality control processes.
Drive implementation of quality standards throughout production.
Supplier & Contract Manufacturer Quality:
Lead, monitor, and audit electronic (EMS) and mechanical contract manufacturers.
Qualify suppliers and subcontractors and approve manufacturing processes.
Conduct supplier quality audits and drive continuous supplier performance improvement.
Failure Investigation & Root Cause Analysis:
Lead engineering investigations to identify root causes of manufacturing and product quality issues.
Analyze quality data and failure trends.
Define, implement, and monitor corrective and preventive actions (CAPA, 8D, 5-Why).
Continuous Improvement:
Initiate and lead process improvement projects.
Reduce scrap rates and improve First Time Yield (FTY).
Establish quality KPIs and monitor improvement initiatives.