ADVANCED Motion Controls® (AMC) is looking for an experienced Quality Component Engineer. Your impact will go beyond compliance—you’ll be at the center of driving product excellence, advancing innovation, and making safety a top priority.

Come and join our fast-moving, world-class organization in Camarillo, CA. We design, manufacture and supply high performance servo drives and motor controllers. From complete PWM servo control to custom servo solutions, AMC provides brushed and brushless motor drives all designed using our advancements in digital servo technology and seasoned analog servo expertise. Our products are used in a vast array of industries, ranging from Manufacturing, to Entertainment, to Robotics, to Homeland Security and Defense, to Medical Healthcare and many more.

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive, technically skilled Quality Component Engineer to serve as a key liaison between our company and our customers—championing quality, problem-solving technical challenges, and continuously improving both product designs and processes.

You will have a strong foundation in component-level analysis, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration. You will take the lead in evaluating electronic and mechanical components, validating manufacturing processes, and conducting detailed failure mode and effects analyses (FMEA). As part of the quality team, you will ensure that every part that goes into our systems meets the highest standards of safety, performance, and compliance.

Job Requirements:

• Serve as the technical lead for component quality across the product lifecycle—from selection and qualification through design changes and field performance.
• Perform component risk assessments, including obsolescence, performance variability, and sourcing stability.
• Lead Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) efforts in collaboration with design, manufacturing, and reliability engineering teams.
• Support the process validation activities for new and modified components, processes or suppliers, including IQ/OQ/PQ protocols and reports.
• Support and drive functional safety activities, ensuring compliance with relevant standards.
• Collaborate with design engineering to evaluate the impact of component changes, deviations, and substitutions.
• Investigate and resolve complex quality issues using tools like 8D, 5-Why, and Ishikawa/Fishbone diagrams.
• Lead supplier evaluations and support incoming inspection criteria development for critical components.
• Monitor key quality metrics (yield, DPPM, failure rate trends) and proactively drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain and enhance the Quality Management System and support internal and external audits
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Design, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Field Service teams.
• Participate in safety committee activities and promote a culture of risk-based thinking.
• Additional job duties as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 3-years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing or product development environment, preferably involving electronic components.
• Hands-on experience with FMEA, risk analysis, and process validation.
• Familiarity with functional safety standards and verification methods is highly desired.
• Knowledge of quality systems including ISO 9001:2015, IPC standards, and component qualification best practices.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in problem-solving methodologies.
• Experience with ERP/PLM systems (Microsoft Dynamics, Omnify/Empower is a plus).
• Excellent communication and organizational skills with a detail-oriented mindset.
• This is a full-time position located at our Camarillo, CA facility. Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm, with additional hours as required.
• Must be able to occasionally/frequently/constantly: stand, walk, sit, use both hands, and carry/lift/push/pull to 25 lbs.
• We are ITAR Registered (International-Traffic-In-Arms-Regulations). Hired candidate must be a US Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident.

Required Education:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Pay Range: $80,000 to $110,000 annual salary.

Advanced Motion Controls considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to: the candidate’s education/training, work experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, responsibilities of the position, internal pay equity, as well as market and business considerations.

ADVANCED Motion Controls prohibits discrimination or harassment based on the following categories: race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the California Family Rights Act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law. ADVANCED Motion Controls is ITAR Registered (International Traffic In Arms Regulations). Any candidate we hire must be a U.S. citizen or a Lawful Permanent Resident.

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