Senior Quality Engineer - Compute

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to build quality for our compute box build, from incoming material through the unit that ships. In this role, you will set the inspection standards, control plans, and disposition process for the line, hold the release gate on every unit, and drive defects to root cause with engineering and suppliers.

What you’ll do

• Write the control plan and PFMEA for compute box assembly, and revise them as the process and the design change
• Set incoming inspection for compute box material: PCBAs, machined and sheet-metal parts, harnesses and cables, with sampling plans and acceptance criteria matched to risk
• Set in-process and outgoing inspection: what is checked, where, by whom, to what standard, and what evidence is recorded
• Hold the release gate: no compute box ships without passing it, and it holds under schedule pressure
• Own nonconformance: NCR intake, containment, MRB disposition, and rework instructions, with records that survive an audit
• Drive root cause and corrective action on production defects with electrical, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing engineering, and verify the fix worked before closing
• Own supplier quality for compute box components
• Define serialization and traceability for the compute box so the build history of any fielded unit can be recovered
• Define the quality metric set: first-pass yield, defects per unit by category, escape rate
• Partner with manufacturing test engineering so inspection and test cover the product together, without gaps and without duplication
• Feed manufacturability and inspectability issues back to design, and hold a seat in design and engineering change reviews
• Build the documentation backbone the company quality management system will inherit

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years in manufacturing quality, NPI quality, or supplier quality on electronic or electromechanical hardware: PCBA, box build, harnesses.
• Compute, ECU, or electronics box-build quality in automotive, autonomous vehicle, robotics, or aerospace programs.
• Set up quality on a new line or new product: control plans, inspection plans, and disposition process, without an established organization behind you.
• Fluency in PFMEA, control plans, 8D, 5-Why, and fishbone as working tools.
• Ownership of an MRB or nonconformance disposition process.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings and GD&T, schematics, and BOMs well enough to write inspection criteria from them.
• Proficiency pulling and analyzing yield and defect data
• Ability to work onsite five days a week in San Francisco, with travel to supplier and contract manufacturing sites. Floor work requires PPE, lifting up to 50 lbs, and working at rack level and on vehicles, with or without reasonable accommodation.

What else you need to know

This role is based in our San Francisco office location. As a company driven by innovation and continuous change, close collaboration is essential. We’re constantly reimagining our industry, creating new products, and refining our processes, and we do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.

The base salary range for this role is $182,000 - $228,000 per year.

Actual compensation will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package. You may also be eligible for equity awards.

Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account Options
• 401(k)
• Equity
• Sick Time, Unlimited Flexible Time Off, and Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan
• Team lunch in our SoMa office every Tuesday and Thursday

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