Quality Engineer, Measurement Infrastructure

Bluefors Oy; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluefors Oy is seeking a Quality Engineer to own quality activities across the Measurement Infrastructure product family. You will define quality requirements for new products, lead DFMEA and risk analyses, and ensure products are fully verified before release.

You will work closely with product leads, engineering, manufacturing, and service to translate customer needs into measurable quality targets, develop test plans, drive CAPA, and monitor quality KPIs.

Qualifications

• Degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, or another relevant technical field.
• Experience in product quality engineering within a hardware development environment.
• Experience with NPI and quality improvement of existing products.
• Strong root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with 8D, DFMEA, or fault tree analysis.
• Knowledge of verification, validation, and test planning for complex products.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, and service teams.
• Fluent English communications.

Responsibilities

• Own quality activities throughout the lifecycle of the product family.
• Define and drive quality requirements for new products.
• Lead design-for-quality activities (DFMEA, risk analysis, verification planning).
• Ensure new products are verified and validated before release.
• Collaborate with product leads to translate customer requirements into quality targets.
• Develop and maintain test and verification plans with engineering.
• Drive quality improvements across the portfolio.
• Lead root cause investigations for field failures and complaints.
• Drive CAPA implementation and closure.
• Monitor quality KPIs, trends, and risks.
• Collaborate with service, manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to implement improvements.
• Support engineering change management to deploy improvements.

Skills

Quality engineering

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Verification planning

English fluency

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Physics or Engineering

Job description

At Bluefors, we're enabling breakthroughs in quantum technology and scientific research through the world's leading cryogenic measurement systems and dilution refrigerators. Our measurement infrastructure products play a critical role in helping customers perform highly demanding measurements with accuracy, reliability, and confidence.

The Measurement Infrastructure team is responsible for developing and maintaining products that support our customers' measurement needs today and in the future. The team works closely with product management, engineering, manufacturing, service, quality, and other stakeholders to bring new technologies into products while continuously improving the existing portfolio.

We are looking for a Quality Engineer who is passionate about product quality, reliability, and continuous improvement. In this role, you'll work across the entire product lifecycle, from ensuring quality is built into new product development to driving systematic improvements in products already used by customers around the world. The position reports to the Director, Measurement Infrastructure and is part of Bluefors' Product Development organization.

We work with low hierarchy and short decision paths, and we move fast. As Bluefors continues to grow, maintaining high quality standards while scaling products and operations becomes increasingly important. You will play a key role in ensuring our products continue to meet the expectations of researchers, scientists, and industry leaders worldwide.

We offer you an interesting, challenging, and responsible position, supported by a highly skilled and growing organization. It's an excellent opportunity for professional growth in a dynamic, enthusiastic, and professional team where we work together and support each other. Our working environment is multicultural and leaves room to grow, so you can use your full potential and keep developing your skills.

Main responsibilities:

• Own quality activities throughout the lifecycle of the Measurement Infrastructure product family

• Define and drive quality requirements for new products throughout the development process

• Lead design-for-quality activities, including DFMEA, risk analysis, and verification planning

• Ensure new products are fully verified and validated before release and market introduction

• Work closely with product leads and engineering teams to translate customer requirements into measurable quality and reliability targets

• Develop and maintain test and verification plans in collaboration with engineering teams

• Drive systematic quality improvement across the existing product portfolio

• Lead root cause investigations related to field failures, customer complaints, and early failure rate cases

• Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) through implementation and verified closure

• Monitor, analyse, and report quality KPIs, trends, and risks

• Collaborate with service, manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to identify improvement opportunities and implement sustainable solutions

• Support engineering change management activities to ensure improvements are effectively deployed across the product portfolio

What we expect from you

• Degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, or another relevant technical field

• Experience in product quality engineering within a hardware development environment

• Experience working with both new product introduction and quality improvement of existing products

• Strong root cause analysis and problem-solving skills

• Experience with structured quality methodologies such as 8D, DFMEA, or fault tree analysis

• Good understanding of verification, validation, and test planning for complex technical products

• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment with engineering, manufacturing, and service teams

• Experience with quality management systems and engineering change processes

• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English

We also appreciate

• Experience with cryogenic systems, RF technologies, scientific instrumentation, or other complex hardware products

• Experience working with customer-facing quality processes in a B2B environment

• A structured and analytical approach to problem solving

• The ability to communicate quality findings and data clearly to different audiences

• A proactive mindset and drive to identify and address issues before they become larger problems

• The ability to work independently while building strong collaboration across teams

• A passion for continuously improving products, processes, and ways of working

For more information, please contact our Director, Measurement Infrastructure, Jukka Korhonen via email: [e-mail].