Quality Control Technician

Job Title: Quality Control Technician II

Location(s): Milpitas, CA - Onsite

Compensation: $23.00 – $28.00 Hourly (Non-Exempt)

Advantech is seeking a Quality Control Technician II to support advanced quality inspection and process adherence across our manufacturing and hardware operations. This role requires technical expertise, the ability to work independently, and experience identifying, documenting, and escalating complex quality issues. The Quality Control Technician II plays a critical role in ensuring products meet Advantech's quality standards prior to shipment.

• Perform advanced cosmetic, functional, and hardware inspections on components and finished products.
• Execute inspections based on engineering specifications, drawings, schematics, and quality requirements for Advantech and locally fabricated products.
• Maintain and follow inspection guidelines, SOPs, and quality records across assigned QC functions, which may include IQC, IPQC, FQC, OQC, and ECOM.
• Maintain inspection databases and documentation to ensure traceability and record retention.
• Perform hardware modifications and rework to meet quality and specification requirements.
• Identify, document, and escalate specification discrepancies, defects, or quality concerns to QC Specialists and QC Supervisors.
• Independently perform assigned inspections and projects while collaborating with team members and supporting additional quality initiatives as needed.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in quality control, electronics manufacturing, computer hardware, or a related technical field.
• Associate degree, relevant technical certification, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Strong working knowledge of computer hardware inspection and quality control guidelines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft OS installation and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation, engineering drawings, and specifications.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to identify, document, and communicate product defects or deviations from specifications.

• Experience supporting multiple QC functions in a manufacturing or hardware environment.
• Experience with hardware rework or modification.
• Familiarity with quality documentation systems and traceability requirements.

Benefits:

Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support; all backed by industry-leading front and back-office e-business solutions. Advantech has always been an innovator in the development and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance computing platforms.

We cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. To realize our corporate vision of Enabling an Intelligent Planet, Advantech will continue collaborating and partnering for Smart city & IoT Solutions.

Advantech is an authorized alliance partner of both Intel® and Microsoft®. Our customers will find the technologies we use inside our products to be widely compatible with other products in the global marketplace. In 2018 and 2019, Interbrand, the world-renowned brand consulting firm, once again recognized Advantech efforts to build a trusted, global brand; it also symbolizes a promise we gave to our business partners, which was to do our best to keep building a trustworthy brand that is recognized everywhere in the world. Advantech was selected as Interbrand’s #5 best Taiwan Global Brand in 2018.

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR), applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8. U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. More information can be found at

Advantech is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We accept applications directly from candidates only and will not be responsible for any recruiting agency fees absent a formal agreement.