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Overview

Delta, founded in 1971, is a global provider of power and thermal management solutions focused on innovative, clean, and energy-efficient solutions. The Manufacturing Factory Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and improving manufacturing process quality by identifying defects and implementing corrective actions.

Responsibilities

  • Experience with sheet metal, welding, stamping, bending, welding, fabrication, or powder coating.
  • Develop and maintain process inspection plans, control plans, and quality checklists.
  • Establish and monitor Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) requirements.
  • Perform in-process and process audits to verify manufacturing requirements are being followed.
  • Analyze FPY, defects, scrap, rework, and quality trends to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for manufacturing defects.
  • Support MRB, nonconforming material, containment, and rework activities.
  • Use quality tools including 5 Why, Fishbone, Pareto, PFMEA, SPC, and 8D/CAPA.
  • Work with Manufacturing and Engineering to implement error-proofing and process improvements.
  • Verify corrective-action effectiveness and prevent recurrence.
  • Support new or modified manufacturing processes through PFMEA, control plans, inspection requirements, and process validation.
  • Support ISO 9001 requirements applicable to manufacturing quality.
  • Maintain accurate quality records and reports.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or related technical field.
  • 3+ years of manufacturing quality or quality engineering experience.
  • Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
  • Ability to read engineering drawings and specifications.
  • Experience with manufacturing process controls and inspection methods.
  • Working knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans, 8D/CAPA, and SPC.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with production teams.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Benefits

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How this job compares in Plano, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $53/hr, this posting sits about 89% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 487 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 94% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Plano, TX

Plano, TX currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 8 employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Plano, or widen the search to Texas.

Delta Electronics Americas currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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