MOD42 - Product Quality Manager - Mechanical & Structural

The GOR Group, LLC; Goodyear (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

MOD42 seeks a Mechanical & Structural Product Quality Manager to own QA across the mechanical and structural product lifecycle, including frames, piping, welding, coatings, and module integration. You will translate requirements into CTQs, acceptance criteria, and release decisions, partnering with senior quality leadership and suppliers to ensure quality across multiple sites.

You will oversee phase-based supplier qualification, onboarding, and production containment while maintaining strict

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, quality, or a related engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Translate product requirements into CTQs, acceptance criteria, qualification evidence, and release decisions.
• Partner with multi-site governance, audits, metrics, and escalation while owning mechanical/structural quality.
• Define supplier qualification and containment strategies during ramp-up and production.

Skills

read drawings

QA/QC leadership

welding & fabrication

measurement & testing

cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in mechanical/related field

Tools

ISO 9001

APQP/PPAP

FAI

MSA/SPC

Job description

MOD42 Opportunity | The GOR Group, Authorized Recruiting Partner

About MOD42

MOD42 designs, manufactures, and delivers modular data center infrastructure that helps customers deploy and expand AI capacity faster. By integrating engineering and factory production, MOD42 enables manufacturing and site preparation to progress simultaneously, creating a more efficient and predictable path to deployment.

Led by experienced data center professionals, MOD42 develops scalable, repeatable infrastructure designed to reduce waste, minimize site impact, and adapt to evolving technology requirements. Learn more at MOD42.

Position Overview

The Mechanical & Structural Product Quality Manager owns product-quality assurance across the mechanical and structural product lifecycle, including steel frames, piping, welding, coatings, dimensional control, module integration, fit and finish, installation feedback, and corrective action. Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, Mechanical Systems, this role translates product requirements into CTQs, acceptance criteria, qualification evidence, and release decisions. The role partners with the Senior Program Quality Manager on common methods, multi-site governance, audits, metrics, and escalation while retaining accountability for mechanical and structural technical quality. The supplier remains responsible for daily inspection, testing, documentation, and correction of its own work.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, quality, or a related engineering discipline; equivalent technical experience may be considered.

• Six or more years of progressive mechanical/structural manufacturing, fabrication, product quality, supplier quality, QA/QC, inspection, or testing experience, including ownership of quality decisions and cross-functional issue resolution.

• Ability to interpret mechanical and structural drawings, specifications, welding and fabrication requirements, piping and pressure-test records, material certificates, coatings requirements, dimensional controls, and module fit-and-finish criteria.

• Proficiency with applicable measuring and test equipment, quality records, nonconformance documentation, and root-cause / corrective-action methods.

• Strong judgment, communication, documentation, and cross-functional problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience auditing suppliers and managing inspection and test plans for structural steel, welded assemblies, piping systems, coatings, modular integration, and fabricated mechanical systems.

• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 principles, APQP/PPAP or comparable qualification methods, FAI, MSA/SPC, welding and special-process controls, configuration control, and risk-based inspection.

• Multi-site or multi-supplier quality experience; ASQ, AWS/CWI, NACE/AMPP, or comparable quality, welding, coating, inspection, or manufacturing certification.

Operating Model

Phase 1 — Supplier Selection and Capability Assessment

Partner with Preconstruction and Procurement to assess candidate suppliers' quality systems, technical processes, people, equipment, capacity, traceability, sub-tier controls, and ability to meet product CTQs before commercial selection.

Phase 2 — Supplier Onboarding and Qualification

Define requirements flowdown, inspection and test plans, control plans, first-article or pilot evidence, process and personnel qualification, calibration, training, document retention, traceability, and the objective exit criteria required for production approval.

Phase 3 — Controlled Ramp-Up and Early Production Containment

During pilot and early production, provide intensified, hands-on verification of designated CTQs; witness key inspections, tests, and hold points; review complete release packages; train supplier inspectors; and manage a focused KPI and containment cadence. Reduce oversight only after objective exit criteria demonstrate stable performance, effective CAPA, complete traceability, and supplier self-inspection capability.

Phase 4 — Approved Production and Ongoing Monitoring

After approval, operate through supplier-owned QA/QC, approved inspection and test plans, scorecards, scheduled audits, change control, risk-based independent verification, and evidence-based final acceptance. Phase 5 — Recovery and Requalification is triggered by a critical escape, sustained KPI miss, unapproved material/process/site change, or ineffective CAPA; the supplier returns to containment until requalification evidence is accepted.

Core Responsibilities

Quality Planning and Acceptance Criteria

• Translate approved mechanical drawings, specifications, bills of materials, customer requirements, and applicable standards into supplier acceptance criteria, critical-to-quality attributes, inspection and test plans (ITPs), control-plan expectations, and unit release checklists.

• Establish mechanical hold and witness points, including as applicable material traceability, fit-up, orientation, dimensions and tolerances, welded or fabricated assemblies, pressure testing, flange, bolting, gasket and valve installation, coatings, and final configuration.

• Review and approve the supplier's ITP, data-package requirements, and evidence that measuring and test equipment is calibrated and controlled for the assigned scope.

• Maintain current acceptance criteria when approved engineering changes, deviations, or nonconformance dispositions affect production.

Supplier Quality System Governance

• Conduct scheduled and event-driven audits of supplier quality systems, production processes, inspection execution, traceability, calibration control, training, and readiness for production.

• Review supplier inspection, test, material, dimensional, and production records; verify sufficiency and accuracy rather than recreating the supplier's routine inspection records.

• Maintain supplier quality scorecards covering first-pass yield, defects and escapes, rework, release-package completeness, audit findings, corrective-action closure, and repeat nonconformities.

• Coordinate with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and supplier leadership to remove systemic quality barriers and sustain process capability.

Verification and Factory Acceptance

• Witness selected critical inspections and tests in accordance with the approved ITP and defined hold or witness points.

• Perform independent, risk-based verification of high-risk, repeated-failure, safety-critical, or customer-critical attributes.

• Manage temporary containment verification when required by supplier performance, a corrective-action plan, or a unit recovery plan.

• Verify complete and traceable unit release packages before Mod42 acceptance, including required inspection records, test results, approved deviations, material documentation, and configuration evidence.

• Place Mod42 acceptance on hold and elevate when product, records, or corrective-action evidence does not demonstrate conformity.

Nonconformance, CAPA, and Escalation

• Ensure the supplier contains, documents, repairs, and verifies its own nonconforming work before requesting Mod42 acceptance.

• Issue or track supplier corrective-action requests for material nonconformities, defects, escapes, recurring issues, or process failures.

• Review root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive actions; verify implementation and effectiveness before closure.

• Escalate unresolved, repeated, or shipment-threatening quality issues through the defined Mod42 and supplier-management channels.

Cross-Functional and Field Interface

• Partner with Product Engineering on quality requirements, technical clarifications, approved deviations, design-feedback trends; Product Engineering retains design and change-control authority.

• Work with Manufacturing and Supply Chain to align supplier readiness, material quality, build sequencing, and release timing.

• Support targeted installation or field validation when a factory, supplier, or product-quality issue requires direct observation or verification.

Warranty Interface

• Provide quality records, failure-analysis support, and CAPA follow-through for warranty issues.

• Do not serve as the central owner for warranty-claim intake, commercial recovery, replacement-part coordination, or field-labor coordination; those activities are owned by the separate warranty role.

Key Performance Indicators

• Supplier first-pass yield, defect and customer-escape rate, and rework trend.

• On-time, complete, and accurate supplier inspection and release packages.

• Corrective-action closure time and verified corrective-action effectiveness.

• Audit finding closure and sustained compliance with approved ITPs and control plans.

• Repeat nonconformity rate and recovery of stable supplier process performance.

Decision Rights and Working Boundaries

• Approve or reject supplier ITPs, quality plans, and objective-evidence packages for the assigned scope.

• Witness, verify, or sample work based on risk and performance; the supplier remains responsible for routine inspection and testing.

• Place Mod42 acceptance on hold and recommend shipment hold when required evidence or conformity is absent.

• Escalate quality risks, nonconformities, and supplier-performance concerns; this role does not unilaterally change product design, commercial terms, or warranty administration.

Recruiting and Employment Disclosure

The GOR Group is providing recruiting support to MOD42 for this position. Any candidate hired for this position will be employed directly by MOD42 and not by GOR. Depending on the needs of the position, GOR's recruiting support may include candidate sourcing, application intake, administrative review of materials against criteria supplied or approved by MOD42, preliminary candidate conversations, candidate introductions, scheduling support, and candidate communications. GOR does not have authority to extend an offer of employment or establish compensation, benefits, employment terms, workplace policies, job responsibilities, work assignments, or conditions of employment.