quality technician Walker location

Job Posting Start Date 05-20-2026 Job Posting End Date 06-20-2026

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

At Flex, we welcome people of all backgrounds. Our employees thrive here by living our values: we support each other as we strive to find a better way, we move fast with discipline and purpose, and we do the right thing always.

Through a respectful, inclusive and collaborative culture, a career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your career growth and join our purpose - to make great products that create value and improve people’s lives.

Summary:

The “ Quality Technician – 1st shift”(M-F 7am-3pm) will be based in Walker, MI reporting to Quality Supervisor.

In charge of performing product inspection and/or audits of quality control programs, first article inspections and calibration, inspecting flat blank layouts, out of box audit (OBA) and sampling and testing of incoming components and raw materials. Purge material. Ensures raw materials, in process and finished products meet company standards. General documentations updated (Quality alerts) .

What your typical day will look like:

• Audits processes, tests and inspects products and/or develops, compiles and evaluates statistical data to define 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 research, internal corrective actions and supplier correction actions.

• Interprets engineering drawings, schematic diagrams or formulas and confers with management or engineering staff to define 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.

• Records audit data, applying statistical quality control procedures.

• 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 research data.

• Download quality information from quality system to be used for QA reports.

• Research for engineering test results and implements process changes to resolve problems.

• Performs out of box audits (OBA) as required.

• Provides factory hold up to identify and resolve issues associated with purchased parts, materials and manufacturing.

• May be required to perform receiving inspection.

• Review at the beginning of the shift the Quality Auditors assistance and validated the Check List.

• Scrap disposition at MRB in less than 24 hours.

• Assure that the Customer implementation activities are in place.

• Meet the SSYMA requirements (boats, goggles, gloves, ear plugs).

• Review the SPC data and confirm the actions are effective.

• Validate the tooling and gauges are working properly (microscope, magnifier, etc).

Here is some of what you’ll need:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent, technical training, or equivalent experience.

• Typically requires 2 years of related experience.

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans

• Life Insurance

• Short-term and Long-term Disability

• Matching 401(k) Contributions

• Vacation and Paid Sick Time

• Tuition Reimbursement

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Job Category

Quality

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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