Quality

General Responsibilities

The Quality Assurance Technician ensures wire harness assemblies meet customer specifications, industry standards, and internal quality requirements. This role performs in?process audits, final inspections, electrical testing, documentation review, and supports corrective actions to improve production processes. 

  Primary Duties

Inspection & Testing

• Conduct in?process audits on cutting, stripping, crimping, labeling, and harness forming

• Perform final inspection of completed harness assemblies

• Execute electrical testing, including:

  • Continuity

  • Shorts

  • Hi?Pot (dielectric withstand)

  • Resistance verification

• Verify product specifications:

  • Wire gauges and colors

  • Strip lengths

  • Crimp height and pull force

  • Terminal insertion depth and lock

  • Label accuracy

  • Harness layout against drawings

Crimp Quality Control

• Measure crimp height using micrometers

• Perform pull tests using pull testers

• Validate tooling setup and applicators

• Follow IPC/WHMA?A?620 requirements

Documentation & Compliance

• Review drawings, BOMs, and work instructions

• Complete First Article Inspections (FAI)

• Support PPAP submissions when required

• Control non?conforming material (NCMR process)

• Ensure compliance with:

  • IPC/WHMA?A?620

  • UL requirements (if applicable)

  • Customer specifications

Production Support

• Train operators on quality standards

• Approve first piece at job start

• Monitor process changes and audit workstation setups

• Support engineering change implementation

• Communicate audit findings and improvement opportunities to production and the Quality Manager

Requirements

Skills & Knowledge

• Minimum 1 year of Quality Assurance experience

• Ability to read electrical schematics and assembly drawings

• Understanding of wire harness manufacturing processes

• Familiarity with crimping standards and pull testing

• Knowledge of measuring tools (calipers, micrometers, pull testers)

• Root?cause problem?solving ability

• Basic computer skills (Excel)

• Experience in wire harness, cable assembly, or electromechanical manufacturing

• IPC/WHMA?A?620 certification preferred

• Knowledge of PPAP and FAI documentation

Physical Requirements

• Good manual dexterity

• Ability to periodically lift up to 30 lbs

• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment and meet production deadlines