Job Summary

We are seeking an Electronics Production Lead for a direct hire opportunity in Orange, CA, supporting electronics medical device manufacturing operations. This role is ideal for a hands-on production leader with a strong electronics background who can guide daily assembly activities, support team performance, and help maintain high standards for quality, documentation, and regulatory compliance.

The Electronics Production Lead will oversee production employees involved in electronic assembly, PCB assembly, soldering, inspection, testing, packaging, labeling, and related manufacturing processes. This is a strong opportunity to join a quality-focused manufacturing environment where teamwork, dependable leadership, training, and continuous improvement are valued. The right candidate will play an important role in helping production teams meet customer commitments while maintaining compliance with ISO 13485, FDA QMSR expectations, ESD controls, and internal quality procedures.

Key Responsibilities

- Supervise, coach, and support production team members performing electronic assembly, PCBA assembly, cable and wire harness assembly, soldering, inspection, testing, packaging, and labeling.
- Plan daily work assignments, organize workflow, monitor production schedules, and help ensure output aligns with customer demand and internal delivery priorities.
- Ensure manufacturing activities are completed according to approved procedures, work instructions, bills of materials, assembly drawings, device history record requirements, and controlled documentation.
- Monitor production performance, including output, labor efficiency, downtime, scrap, rework, yield, test pass rates, and other key production metrics.
- Coordinate with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Warehouse, Planning, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams to resolve production, documentation, equipment, test system, and material issues.
- Support training, documentation accuracy, line clearance, root cause investigations, CAPA activities, validation support, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Compensation and Benefits

- Direct hire opportunity.
- Salary range: $70,000 to $85,000 per year.
- Location: Orange, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Lead daily electronics medical device manufacturing activities, including assembly, inspection, testing, packaging, and labeling.
- Manage workflow, production priorities, documentation accuracy, and team performance on the production floor.
- Support quality compliance, issue escalation, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Train and guide production employees on procedures, work instructions, ESD practices, safety, and quality expectations.

- 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in electronics manufacturing, production operations, or a closely related environment.
- Strong electronics background required, including familiarity with electronic assembly, PCB assembly, soldering, inspection, testing, or related production processes.
- Working knowledge of controlled manufacturing documentation, device history records, work instructions, bills of materials, assembly drawings, and production records.
- Ability to support compliance with ISO 13485, FDA QMSR/21 CFR Part 820 expectations, Good Documentation Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices, and ESD control requirements.
- Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to identify and escalate nonconforming product, process deviations, failed tests, equipment concerns, calibration issues, and quality concerns.
- Comfortable coordinating across Quality, Engineering, Planning, Warehouse, Maintenance, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams.

Preferred Qualifications

- CompTIA A+ certification is a huge plus.
- Bilingual Mandarin skills are a huge plus.
- Prior experience in medical device manufacturing or regulated electronics manufacturing is preferred.
- Experience supporting process validation, test method validation, equipment qualification, CAPA, or continuous improvement projects is helpful.
- Familiarity with cable and wire harness assembly, functional testing, labeling control, traceability, lot control, and serial number control is preferred.

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