quality assurance / control - electronic components.

Soldering Defects: Checking for bridges (accidental connections between points), cold solder joints (cracked or weak connections), or missing solder.

Component Placement: Ensuring resistors, capacitors, and microchips are placed in the correct orientation, are right-side up, and aren't misaligned or "tombstoning" (standing up on one end).

IPC-A-610 Compliance: This is the global standard for electronic assembly acceptability. You would use these specific guidelines daily to grade the quality of the boards.

AOI (Automated Optical Inspection): Programming or running machines that take high-speed, top-down photos of PCBs and use software to instantly flag missing or misplaced components.

X-Ray Inspection: For advanced components like Ball Grid Arrays (BGAs)?where the solder joints are completely hidden underneath the chip?you would use X-ray machines to peer through the component and verify the hidden solder connections are solid.

First Article Inspection (FAI): When a new production run starts, you inspect the very first unit off the line with extreme scrutiny. Production cannot continue until QA signs off that the first unit is perfect.

Defect Tracking: Logging any failures into a database. If you notice five boards in a row have the exact same misplaced resistor, you immediately alert the assembly line operators so they can recalibrate the pick-and-place machines.

Working hours: 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Skills:

IPC-A-610 Certification: This is the gold standard for the acceptability of electronic assemblies. Being certified (or having deep familiarity with it) shows an understanding of what makes a solder joint or component placement "acceptable," "process indicator," or a "defect."

J-STD-001 / IPC-WHMA-A-620: Familiarity with these standards means knowing the requirements for soldered electrical assemblies and cable/wire harness assemblies.

Microscope & Small-Piece Experience: Can you sit at a workstation and comfortably inspect incredibly tiny, surface-mount components (SMT) under a microscope or magnifying lamp for hours without losing focus?

Blueprints and Schematics: The ability to read engineering drawings, circuit schematics, and Bill of Materials (BOM) lists to verify that the physical board in front of you matches exactly what the client engineered.

Soldering Knowledge: Even if you aren't the one building the boards, having hands-on soldering experience helps enormously. If you know how to solder, you are much faster at diagnosing bad solder joints (like cold joints, bridging, or insufficient wetting).

Precision Measurement: Experience using standard inspection tools like calipers, micrometers, and magnifying loops.

Automated Inspection Software: Previous experience operating Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) machines or X-ray inspection systems for hidden solder joints (like on BGA chips).

ISO 9001 Knowledge: Because Linear is an ISO 9001:2015 certified shop, understanding how standard operating procedures (SOPs) and quality management systems work is highly preferred.

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