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Job Title:  Quality Coordinator

Location: 

Nuevo Laredo, MX, 88285

Business Unit:  Energy Conversion Solutions

Posting Date:  Apr 28, 2026

Job Description: 

The Quality Coordinator is a hands-on quality role focused on PCBA manufacturing, responsible for ensuring product quality throughout SMT, THT, and inspection processes. This position owns and validates AOI inspection activities, supports incoming, in-process, and outgoing inspections, and ensures compliance with engineering drawings, customer requirements, IPC standards, and ISO 9001.

This role is floor-oriented, actively supporting production and acting as a key quality reference within the SMT and assembly areas in a high-mix electronics manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform hands-on quality inspections of PCBA at incoming, in‑process, and final (outgoing) stages.

• Execute Incoming Quality Inspections (IQC) for electronic components, bare PCBs, and related materials.

• Provide direct quality support within SMT and THT processes, including:

  • Solder paste inspection support
  • SMT line inspections
  • THT and selective solder inspection

• Own, validate, and release AOI programs to ensure defect detection effectiveness and alignment with IPC and customer requirements.

• Analyze AOI results, identify false calls vs real defects, and coordinate continuous program improvements.

• Apply IPC‑A‑610 acceptance criteria during manual and automated inspections (certification preferred).

• Perform and document First Article Inspections (FAI) for new products, ECOs, and process changes.

• Conduct Outgoing / Final Inspections to ensure PCBA compliance prior to customer shipment.

• Maintain quality records using digital inspection forms, quality systems, and ERP tools.

• Collaborate daily with Production, Engineering, and Materials to resolve quality and process issues.

• Support internal, customer, and external audits, providing technical input and shop‑floor evidence.

• Enforce and support ESD control, workmanship standards, and 5S within inspection and production areas.

Qualifications:

Education

• Technical degree or Engineering background (Electronics, Industrial, Mechatronics, or related), or equivalent hands‑on industry experience.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of experience in electronics manufacturing quality(preferably), with strong focus on PCBA.
• Proven experience working directly on the SMT floor and assembly areas.
• Solid background in:
• Incoming Inspection (IQC)
• In‑Process Quality (SMT / THT)
• Outgoing / Final Inspection
• Experience supporting or owning AOI inspection systems.
• Technical Skills
• IPC‑A‑610 knowledge –(preferred).
• Strong understanding of SMT and through‑hole processes.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, BOMs, schematics, and customer specs.
• Experience with AOI validation, defect classification, and program optimization.
• Skilled in use of inspection and measurement tools.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Experience using ERP/MES systems (Oracle, SAP, or equivalent) is a plus
• English-Spanish bilingual

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility.  AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit [ more information.