Design, Test & Quality Hardware Lead

think; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Think AI is seeking a seasoned hardware reliability engineer in Riyadh to own the qualification program for thermal, electrical, mechanical and environmental tests. You will define acceptance criteria, build test rigs, and manage data capture to support field reliability and supplier decisions.

You will lead root cause analysis, FMEA, and returned-unit teardown, ensuring auditable qualification records for customers and auditors.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in hardware test, quality or reliability engineering.
• Wrote qualification plans and defended them to customers/auditors.
• Experience with instrumentation for thermal, electrical, mechanical tests.
• Demonstrated root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Based in Riyadh or willing to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Own the qualification programme across SKU and revisions.
• Define acceptance criteria and test coverage.
• Build and run test rigs and data capture.
• Lead failure analysis, FMEA, and returned-unit teardown.
• Track field reliability and feed design and supplier decisions.
• Keep qualification records auditable for customers.

Skills

Hardware testing

Quality assurance

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Tools

FMEA

Instrumentation

Data capture systems

Test rigs

Scripting (Python/ MATLAB)

Job description

We make the world's compute radically more efficient. Think AI was founded in Riyadh in 2025 on one problem: expensive silicon sitting underused, held back by software blind to the hardware it runs on. We design and build the machine and the orchestration together, in one building, so that stops being true.

Our Mission

To redefine AI infrastructure from the silicon up. To build the most efficient compute platform on earth, where hardware and software co-evolve to maximise intelligence.

Our Values

Ownership (مسؤولية) You own the outcome, not just the task. Frugal with resources, mission ahead of comfort.

Agility (مرونة) Move with velocity. Ship quickly and iterate. Disagree and commit.

Impact (أثر) Build for the customer. Think big and execute simply. Outcomes, not activity.

Role overview

Decide what qualified means here, and hold the line on it. Nothing ships to a customer without passing what you define, and when a unit comes back from the field you own the answer to why.

What you will do

• Own the qualification programme: thermal, electrical, mechanical, environmental and reliability.
• Define acceptance criteria for every SKU and every revision, and the test coverage that proves them.
• Build and run the test rigs, instrumentation and data capture behind the qualification gates.
• Own the failure analysis and corrective action process, including FMEA and returned-unit teardown.
• Track field reliability and feed it back into design, manufacturing and supplier decisions.
• Keep the qualification record auditable for customers whose procurement will ask for it.

What you need

• Five years or more in hardware test, quality or reliability engineering.
• You have written qualification plans from scratch and defended them to customers or auditors.
• Instrumentation and data capture: thermal, power, flow, vibration, and the analysis that follows.
• Root cause discipline. You are not satisfied with a symptom.
• Based in Riyadh or willing to relocate.

Nice to have

• Environmental or industrial qualification experience.
• Statistical process control and reliability modelling.
• Test automation and scripting.

What we offer

• One of the first deep tech companies in the region, building foundational technology in house.
• Meaningful ownership and impact at an early stage.
• Competitive early-stage compensation.
• Close collaboration with a small, senior team.
• Problems that combine hardware, systems and AI at scale.