Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Company is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company find a Quality Engineer to support production quality, vehicle release, and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing and fleet operations. In this role, you'll partner with quality, manufacturing, engineering, supplier quality, and fleet operations teams to ensure vehicles released to service meet design specifications, functional requirements, customer expectations, and documentation standards. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working independently in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You bring strong communication skills, advanced problem-solving experience, and the ability to drive complex quality issues through resolution.

As a Quality Engineer, you'll:

• Manage quality issues identified through production audits and vehicle release activities, including containment, root cause analysis, corrective action, and closure.
• Support the diagnosis of noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) issues identified during rider quality audits and EFR processes.
• Develop standardized NVH inspection processes and define the tools required to support consistent evaluation.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of production quality audits, EFR activities, and issue-resolution processes.
• Partner with Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, Vehicle Development, and other cross-functional teams to resolve systemic product and process issues.
• Support the development and review of PFMEAs and control plans to strengthen risk mitigation and manufacturing process controls.
• Analyze technical findings, communicate results clearly, and drive quality issues to successful closure.
• Travel to company locations, including Austin, Atlanta, Hayward, and San Francisco, as needed based on business requirements.

Ideal candidate profile

Key Qualifications

BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering 8 to 10 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive, aviation or contract manufacturing. Proven expertise in advanced problem-solving methodologies (e.g., Shainin Red X, Six Sigma Black/Green Belt) and demonstrated success driving systemic quality improvements across the value stream. Strong planning, organizational, analytical, negotiation, interpersonal, decision-making, oral and written communication skills Bonus Qualifications Automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier experience Expertise in using quality management and ERP systems (SAP, MES, JIRA, etc.) for data extraction, analysis, and reporting. ASQ Certification (e.g., Certified Quality Engineer - CQE or Six Sigma Black Belt).

Daily tasks

The Quality Engineer will interact with quality, manufacturing, engineering, and fleet operations to ensure the products released to service are meeting design specifications, functionality, customer expectations, and required documentation. The successful candidate must have the ability to meet tight deadlines, have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be detail-oriented, and be able to work independently.

Required skills

In this role, you will: Manage quality issue tracking to implement Containment, drive Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action for non-conformances identified during production quality audits and vehicle release process. Support diagnosis of NVH issues reported during Rider Quality Audit and EFR process; establish standard NVH inspection process and define required tools. Design, champion, and execute strategic continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of production quality audit, EFR and issue resolution Work cross-functionally with Supplier Quality, Manufacturing and Vehicle Development to strategically resolve systemic product and process issues. Support develop and review of PFMEA and Control Plans to ensure compliance and robust risk mitigation strategies for all critical manufacturing processes. Good ability to communicate technical results clearly and accurately and drive issues to successful closure. Required to travel to other company locations, including but not limited to Atlanta, Miami, Hayward, and San Francisco, as needed based on business needs.