Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer/ Hardware Failure Analysis Engineer Location : Lexington, KY-- occasional travel (once per month) to additional sites located in Louisville and Cincinnati

Description

- Hands-on experience with hardware device handling, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.
- Ability to diagnose, reproduce, and resolve hardware and system-level issues using appropriate diagnostic tools and methodologies.
- Proven ability to manage multiple failure investigations, escalations, and yield improvement initiatives concurrently while driving root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective communication channels to support issue resolution.
- Experience using ticketing and documentation systems such as JIRA or similar platforms.
- Ability to coordinate and manage device shipments to external laboratories, vendors, and contract manufacturers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present technical findings and failure analysis results to engineering teams and leadership.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, capable of coordinating complex investigations across multiple stakeholders.
- Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience supporting quality engineering programs within consumer electronics, hardware manufacturing, or a related industry.
- Familiarity with failure analysis processes, device teardown procedures, and defect classification methodologies.
- Experience reproducing hardware or system failures and validating corrective actions to improve product reliability.
- Experience working in a warehouse, fulfillment center, reverse logistics, or similar operational environment.
- Familiarity with large-format display handling, testing, and TV screening processes.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Lexington, KY.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $90.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Lexington, KY.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 14, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Lexington,KY. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without
regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,
sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected
by law.

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city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants
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