About the role

  • Technical Quality Lead ensuring quality and reliability for robotic and electronic products at Nextpower. Collaborating with engineering and suppliers to drive product improvement initiatives and product validation processes.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical quality lead for robotic and electronic products
  • Partner with design, test, and manufacturing engineering to embed quality and reliability controls early in the product lifecycle
  • Define, implement, and validate product test and inspection requirements across PCBA, harness, motion control, and sensor subsystems
  • Support new product introduction (NPI) through DFMEA/PFMEA execution, control plan creation, and design verification test (DVT) oversight
  • Validate and qualify test systems and automated inspection tools for functional verification of complex assemblies
  • Drive product-level reliability testing (HALT, HASS, burn-in, and environmental stress screening)
  • Evaluate and approve suppliers for electronic and robotic assemblies
  • Audit supplier facilities to confirm process capability, traceability, and quality control for critical components
  • Lead technical reviews on defect trends, early-life failure data, and product field returns (RMA/FA)
  • Implement statistical process control (SPC) and advanced data analytics (Cp, Cpk, Weibull, X̄-R)
  • Develop, implement, and maintain supplier quality scorecards with metrics that emphasize reliability and system performance consistency
  • Collaborate with hardware and software teams to validate design for manufacturability, serviceability, and long-term reliability
  • Translate customer and field feedback into actionable product improvement initiatives
  • Support failure investigations through structured root cause methodologies (8D, 5-Why, fault tree analysis)
  • Champion the 'design for quality' mindset across the product organization

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree required (prefer degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Robotics Engineering)
  • Experience: 3–7 years in product-level quality or reliability engineering for robotics, embedded electronics, or smart devices
  • Strong working knowledge of PCBA design and testing, motion control systems, sensors, and firmware integration
  • Experience in product validation, DVT/PVT processes, and environmental/reliability qualification testing
  • Skilled in Minitab or similar SPC tools, with the ability to interpret product data and drive measurable improvements
  • Knowledge of ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or ISO 13485, with hands-on experience in supplier or product audits
  • Proficient in GD&T, AQL inspection, and problem-solving frameworks such as DMAIC or DFSS
  • Fluent in English
  • Up to 50% domestic travel, international travel may be required
  • Authorized to work in United States

Benefits

  • health care coverage
  • dental and vision
  • 401(K) participation including company matching
  • company paid holidays with unlimited paid time off
  • generous discretionary company bonuses
  • life and disability protection
  • stock compensation may be eligible for certain positions

Job title

Robotics Quality Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$125,000 - $140,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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