**Description** SAIC is seeking a **Printed Circuit Boards Quality Assurance Engineer** to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of **Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)** throughout the manufacturing process. By adhering to internal specifications, customer requirements, and industry standards, you will play a critical role in driving defect reduction, optimizing processes, and delivering high-quality products to our customers. **Key Responsibilities:** + **Inspection & Testing:** Perform visual, dimensional, and functional inspections on PCBs. Conduct and oversee PCB testing (e.g., electrical, environmental) utilizing tools such as oscilloscopes and multimeters. + **Standards Compliance:** Champion adherence to IPC standards (e.g., IPC-600 and IPC-6012 certifications), ISO certifications, and customer-specific quality requirements. + **Problem Solving:** Lead root cause failure analysis (RCA) efforts and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to address non-conformances using 8D methodology. + **Documentation:** Maintain and manage quality records, test reports, audit findings, and standard operating procedures (SOPs). Create and update training materials as necessary. + **Auditing & Training:** Perform internal and external quality audits, ensuring compliance with applicable standards. Provide training to cross-functional teams and suppliers on quality standards and processes. + **Process Improvement:** Drive continuous improvement initiatives through the application of process control methodologies such as statistical process control (SPC) and Six Sigma principles. + **Supplier Quality Management:** Manage supplier quality processes, oversee disposition of non-conforming materials, and support Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs). + **Cross-functional Collaboration:** Partner with design, production, procurement, and R&D teams to resolve technical issues and embed quality standards in new product development cycles. **Qualifications** **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:** **Education:** + Associate degree or equivalent experience in electronics manufacturing is required. Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field is preferred. **Experience:** + 3+ years of experience in bare board PCB quality assurance. + IPC-A-600/CIS and IPC-6012 certifications are required. **Technical Skills:** + Strong understanding of PCB fabrication, design, testing, and troubleshooting processes. + Proficiency in the use of diagnostic tools such as oscilloscopes and digital multimeters (DMM). + Expertise in root cause failure analysis and problem resolution. **Quality Methodologies:** + Familiarity with quality management systems (ISO 9001,IPC A 600/CIS, IPC 6012 certification or equivalent). **Soft Skills:** + Strong auditing, training, and documentation skills. + Proven ability to collaborate across functions, including design, production, and supplier quality teams. + Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills. **Clearance Requirements:** Interim secret clearance required to start with he ability to obtain a secret clearance. SAIC will sponsor the clearance process. REQNUMBER: 2600509 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability