Data Quality Specialist

Instrumental Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Public Transit/Commuter Plans

Parental Leave

Job summary

A leading AI manufacturing firm in Palo Alto is seeking a Data Quality Specialist to ensure high-quality outcomes on its platform. This entry-level role requires 1-2 years of experience in manufacturing or quality inspection, strong attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. The individual will work with a global team to enhance the electronics manufacturing process and will enjoy competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in manufacturing, process or mechanical engineering, or quality inspection.
• Experience in high-tech electronics industry preferred.
• Ability to follow structured processes and apply feedback.

Responsibilities

• Partner with customer success team to ensure data quality.
• Classify product images to ensure high-quality training data.
• Maintain quality standards to prevent degradation of model performance.
• Clean and refine customer image data for summary reports.
• Identify and flag unusual data patterns for escalation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Technical savviness

Ability to learn quickly

Mandarin language skills

Job description

Instrumental is the leader in AI for manufacturing and is used by the world’s most admired electronics brands to accelerate revenue and reduce costs. Our AI cloud platform leverages visual inspection and functional test data to expedite failure analysis and improve throughput.

We’re seeking a Data Quality Specialist to join our team and help scale our ability to deliver world-class manufacturing AI solutions. This role will have a direct impact on the quality of results our customers see in the Instrumental platform.

This role is ideal for a professional with a background in manufacturing or quality control. As a Data Quality Specialist, you will play a hands‑on role in reviewing and analyzing customer image data in our application to ensure high-quality outcomes.

Come join us if you are meticulous and passionate about improving electronics manufacturing and love working with a global team. The ideal candidate is multi‑faceted, technically savvy, organized, and deeply customer-oriented.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Set‑Up Customer Program Environment: Partner with a global customer success team to ensure high‑quality data ingestion post‑deployment by preparing the customer environment for anomaly and defect detection. Avoid errors that could undermine AI model performance or user experience.
• Label and Review Data: Classify product images accurately and consistently, ensuring high-quality training data for our AI models.
• Maintain Quality Standards: Follow established guidelines and processes to avoid errors that could degrade model performance.
• Data Reporting: Clean and refine customer image data for immediate use in summary reports. This process involves reviewing photos, summarizing key defect trends and patterns, and generating program ROI reports.
• Process Improvement and Issue Escalation: Maintain process discipline by following established workflows. Proactively identify and flag unusual data patterns, environment changes (like new SKUs or lighting issues), or ambiguous cases, escalating them to senior team members to ensure the best possible results.

What You Have

• 1‑2 years of work experience in a manufacturing, process or mechanical engineering or quality inspection role, ideally in the high‑tech electronics industry.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to perform repetitive tasks consistently and accurately.
• Solid interpersonal and communication skills.
• Technically savvy and eager to learn new systems and tools.
• Ability to learn quickly, follow structured processes, and apply feedback to improve program results.
• Written and spoken Mandarin language skills strongly preferred.

You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description.

Instrumental offers competitive, location-based compensation. The following is a representative annual base salary range: $80,000-$106,000.

Instrumental’s benefits include: Health, Vision, Dental, Public Transit/Commuter Plans, and Parental Leave.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Quality Assurance