Careers at Powell Electronics

Reports To: Quality Manager

Position Summary

Help support the technologies taking us back to the Moon, expanding commercial space, and advancing the future of aerospace and defense.

Join Powell Electronics and build your career in the exciting field of military electronics, space, and aerospace. This position offers the opportunity to work with innovative customers and suppliers supporting next-generation lunar missions, commercial spacecraft, advanced aircraft, drones, and missile-defense systems. Behind these technologies are high-reliability electronic components—and quality professionals who help ensure they perform as required.

As a Quality Engineer, you will help ensure that the connectors, cable assemblies, sensors, switches, relays, and related components we supply meet demanding customer specifications, contractual requirements, and applicable industry standards before shipment. Your attention to detail, technical judgment, and problem-solving skills will help protect product integrity, support customer production schedules, and contribute to applications where reliability is essential.

Working closely with the Quality Manager, customers, suppliers, and internal teams, you will conduct inspections, prepare and review customer-required documentation, coordinate source inspections, investigate nonconformances, and drive continuous improvement. You will also support the company’s quality management system and compliance with applicable aerospace standards, military specifications, and customer-specific requirements.

Industry Connections, Training & Career Development

Build professional relationships with the industry’s leading Tier 1 military contractors, aerospace manufacturers, commercial space companies, and electronic-component suppliers. Through direct collaboration with customer and supplier quality, engineering, and manufacturing teams, you will gain exposure to demanding technical applications and develop a professional network across the aerospace and defense industry.

Powell will provide extensive training in applicable SAE Aerospace Standards (AS), military specifications (MIL-SPEC), and high-reliability electronic-component requirements. Training will include relevant AS9100 and AS9120 quality-system requirements, AS9102 First Article Inspection practices, product inspection and verification, traceability, certificates of conformance, corrective action, and customer-specific quality documentation.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Customer requirements and shipment readiness: Review purchase orders, engineering drawings, specifications, and customer quality clauses to confirm that all applicable inspection, testing, documentation, and approval requirements are satisfied before shipment. Support daily shipment commitments without compromising product conformity or required approvals.
• Product inspection and verification: Perform and document incoming, in-process, and final inspections, as applicable. Verify part numbers, drawing revisions, dimensions, workmanship, identification markings, packaging, and compliance with specified acceptance criteria.
• Quality documentation: Prepare, review, and submit customer-required documentation, including First Article Inspection Reports, mechanical inspection reports, Production Part Approval Process submissions, certificates of conformance, test reports, and supporting manufacturer certifications.
• Customer and supplier portals: Manage quality-related activities within customer and supplier portals, including documentation submissions, inspection requests, nonconformance responses, approval tracking, and timely closure of outstanding requirements.
• Source inspections: Coordinate customer and government source inspections, as required. Ensure products, inspection records, certifications, and supporting documentation are complete and available before the scheduled inspection.
• Traceability and product integrity: Verify and maintain manufacturer, lot, date-code, and serial-number traceability, as applicable. Support controls for product authenticity, suspect or counterfeit parts, electrostatic discharge, foreign object debris, and preservation of product condition.
• Quality systems and certification support: Assist the Quality Manager in maintaining the quality management system, supporting internal, supplier, customer, and certification audits, and updating procedures and inspection instructions within the company’s approved scope of operations.
• Nonconformance and corrective action: Identify, document, and control nonconforming products. Investigate audit findings, customer complaints, and supplier quality issues; determine root causes; implement corrective and preventive measures; and verify effectiveness. Escalate unresolved issues and prevent unauthorized product release.
• Quality data and continuous improvement: Collect, analyze, and report quality performance data, including inspection results, customer rejections, supplier defects, documentation accuracy, and corrective-action closure. Recommend improvements that reduce errors, prevent recurrence, and improve shipment readiness.

Aerospace, Space, and Military Standards Knowledge

Candidates should demonstrate working knowledge of relevant standards and the ability to apply the revisions specified by customer contracts and the company’s quality management system.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, electronics, manufacturing, or a related technical discipline preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience in quality inspection, auditing, testing, or quality engineering within aerospace, space, military electronics, electronic-component distribution, or electromechanical assembly preferred.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, technical specifications, customer quality requirements, and manufacturer inspection or test documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with root-cause analysis, corrective-action programs, inspection equipment, and quality-data analysis.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and electronic document management. Experience with SAP, Net-Inspect, or similar customer quality portals is a plus.

Preferred Professional Certifications and Training

ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) certification is preferred. These are individual professional credentials, separate from an organization’s quality management system certification.
AS9100 or AS9120 internal- or lead-auditor training, together with practical experience supporting certification and surveillance audits, is desirable. Relevant first-article inspection, APQP/PPAP, and electronic-assembly inspection training is also preferred.

Key Compentencies

Exceptional attention to detail; clear verbal and written communication; sound technical judgment; structured problem-solving; accurate data collection and analysis; effective planning and prioritization; customer responsiveness; cross-functional teamwork; and the ability to meet urgent delivery requirements while maintaining quality, traceability, and documentation integrity.

Interested qualified applicants should send their current resume to [email protected].

Responsible for the direct sales of the company’s product (electro mechanical) in a defined territory area, generating profitable sales on new and existing accounts. Sell goods for wholesalers where technical knowledge is required in such areas as engineering and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of post- secondary education.

Responsibilities include:
• Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements.
• Prepare and submit sales contracts for orders.
• Visit establishments to evaluate needs or to promote product or service sales.
• Maintain customer records, using automated systems.
• Answer customers’ questions about products, prices, availability, or credit terms.
• Quote prices, credit terms, or other bid specifications.
• Contact new or existing customers to discuss how specific products or services can meet their needs.
• Emphasize product features based on analyses of customers’ needs and technical knowledge of product capabilities and limitations.
• Compute customer’s installation or production costs and estimate savings from alternative products
• Select or assist customers in selecting products based on customer needs, product specifications, and applicable regulations.
• Prepare sales presentations or proposals to explain product specifications or applications.
• Complete customer reports, sales reports, or other paperwork.
• Verify that delivery schedules meet project deadlines.
• Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from existing clients, participation in organizations, or trade show or conference attendance.
• Inform customers of estimated delivery schedules, service contracts, warranties, or other information pertaining to purchased products.
• Collaborate with colleagues to exchange information, such as selling strategies or marketing information.
• Provide customers with ongoing technical support.
• Advise customers on product usage to improve production.
• Study documentation or other information for new scientific or technical products.
• Stock or distribute resources, such as samples or promotional or educational materials.
• Attend sales or trade meetings or read related publications to obtain information about market conditions, business trends, environmental regulations, or industry developments.
• Demonstrate the operation or use of technical or scientific products.
• Provide feedback to product design teams so that products can be tailored to clients’ needs.
• Consult with engineers regarding technical problems with products.

Skills:
• Speaking
• Persuasion
• Active listening
• Negotiation
• Social Perceptiveness
• Reading Comprehension
• Service Orientation
• Coordination
• Active Learning
• Writing

Knowledge:
• Sales and Marketing
• Customer and Personal Service
• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Mathematics
• Production and Processing
• Computers and Electronics
• Clerical
• Engineering and Technology
• Education and Training

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in related discipline
• Experience and familiarity in Sales Development within Electronic Parts Distribution
• Resident of Montreal Canada preferred due to required travel to customer sites
• Intelligent hard worker who can quickly learn and excel
• Microsoft Office and strong detail orientation and skills
• Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal with persuasive skills
• Experience with SAP and SALESFORCE is considered a plus
• Professional work appearance and demeanor
• Able to safely travel to customers’ operations and related trade shows and networking opportunities

Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses or groups of individuals. Work requires substantial knowledge of items sold. Must have industry experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Contact regular and prospective customers to demonstrate products, explain product features, and solicit orders.
• Recommend products to customers, based on customer’s needs and interests.
• Answer customers’ questions about products, prices, availability, product uses, and credit terms.
• Estimate or quote prices, credit or contract terms, warranties, and delivery dates.
• Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and to provide ongoing support.
• Provide customers with product samples and catalogs.
• Identify prospective customers by using business directories, following leads from existing clients, participating in organizations and clubs, and attending conferences,
• Prepare drawings, estimates, and bids that meet specific customer needs.
• Monitor market conditions, product innovations, and competitors’ products, prices, and sales.
• Perform administrative duties, such as preparing sales budgets and reports and keeping sales records.
• Obtain credit information about prospective customers.
• Train customers’ employees on quality.
• Prepare sales contracts and order forms.
• Negotiate details of contracts and payments.
• Forward orders to manufacturers.

Skills:

• Active listening
• Speaking
• Persuasion
• Social Perceptiveness
• Critical Thinking
• Negotiation
• Reading Comprehension
• Service Orientation
• Active Learning
• Coordination

Knowledge:

• Sales and Marketing
• Customer and Personal Service
• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Clerical
• Production and Processing
• Economics and Accounting
• Mathematics
• Computers and Electronics
• Psychology

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Intelligent hard worker who can quickly learn and excel
• Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal
• Experience with SAP considered a plus
• Professional work appearance and demeanor

Responsible for the direct sales of the company’s product (electro mechanical) in a defined territory area, generating profitable sales on new and existing accounts. Sell goods for wholesalers where technical knowledge is required in such areas as engineering and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of post- secondary education.

Responsibilities include:

• Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements.
• Prepare and submit sales contracts for orders.
• Visit establishments to evaluate needs or to promote product or service sales.
• Maintain customer records, using automated systems.
• Answer customers’ questions about products, prices, availability, or credit terms.
• Quote prices, credit terms, or other bid specifications.
• Contact new or existing customers to discuss how specific products or services can meet their needs.
• Emphasize product features based on analyses of customers’ needs and on technical knowledge of product capabilities and limitations.
• Compute customer’s installation or production costs and estimate savings from new services, products, or equipment.
• Select or assist customers in selecting products based on customer needs, product specifications, and applicable regulations.
• Prepare sales presentations or proposals to explain product specifications or applications.
• Complete expense reports, sales reports, or other paperwork.
• Verify that delivery schedules meet project deadlines.
• Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from existing clients, participation in organizations, or trade show or conference attendance.
• Inform customers of estimated delivery schedules, service contracts, warranties, or other information pertaining to purchased products.
• Collaborate with colleagues to exchange information, such as selling strategies or marketing information.
• Provide customers with ongoing technical support.
• Advise customers on product usage to improve production.
• Study documentation or other information for new scientific or technical products.
• Stock or distribute resources, such as samples or promotional or educational materials.
• Attend sales or trade meetings or read related publications to obtain information about market conditions, business trends, environmental regulations, or industry developments.
• Sell service contracts for technical or scientific products.
• Demonstrate the operation or use of technical or scientific products.
• Provide feedback to product design teams so that products can be tailored to clients’ needs.
• Arrange for installation and testing of products or machinery.
• Consult with engineers regarding technical problems with products.

Skills:

• Speaking
• Persuasion
• Active listening
• Negotiation
• Social Perceptiveness
• Reading Comprehension
• Service Orientation
• Coordination
• Active Learning
• Writing

Knowledge:

• Sales and Marketing
• Customer and Personal Service
• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Mathematics
• Production and Processing
• Computers and Electronics
• Clerical
• Engineering and Technology
• Education and Training

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in related discipline
• Intelligent hard worker who can quickly learn and excel
• Microsoft Office and strong detail orientation and skills
• Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal with persuasive skills
• Experience with SAP and SALESFORCE is considered a plus
• Professional work appearance and demeanor
• Able to safely travel to customers’ operations and related trade shows and networking opportunities