NPI Mechanical Quality Engineer

HP; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Parental leave (4-12 weeks)

Holidays and vacation

Job summary

HP in Spring, TX is seeking an NPI Mechanical Quality Engineer to drive product quality throughout the NPI lifecycle. You will partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate designs, perform failure analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve reliability and customer experience.

The role requires strong mechanical engineering expertise, hands-on problem solving, and mentoring of junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Four-year or graduate degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems or related discipline.
• Typically has 7-10 years of work experience in mechanical design, quality engineering, root cause analysis, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical analysis of compute products during NPI Phase through RFQ design proposal reviews, CAD reviews, and DFX product tear downs.
• Provides advanced failure analysis, root cause identification, and corrective/preventive actions for reliability concerns during development, manufacturing, and field operations.
• Proactively addresses customer requests or issues related to mechanical reliability, liaising with stakeholders for timely resolution.
• Provides consultation to product development teams regarding material component selection, design risk assessment, and related reliability test plans.
• Develops risk mitigation and test plans for new or difficult issues and drives issue prevention.
• Mentors less-experienced engineers in mechanical reliability and supports their growth.

Skills

Small device experience

3D CAD modeling

Documentation review

Reporting skills

Hardware evaluation

Root cause analysis

DFX initiatives

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CREO/SolidWorks

Job description

NPI Mechanical Quality Engineer

Description -

As part of the Personal Systems Quality organization, the NPI Mechanical Quality Engineer drives product quality and reliability throughout the NPI product development lifecycle. This role partners with cross-functional teams to evaluate designs, identify and mitigate reliability risks, drive failure analysis and root cause investigations, and implement corrective actions that improve product quality and customer experience. This role provides technical leadership in reliability test development, mechanical design assessment, and Design for Quality and Reliability (DFX) initiatives to ensure high-quality products from concept through production. Strong mechanical engineering expertise, problem-solving skills, and team collaboration are essential for success in this role.

*Onsite in Spring office is required 4-days a week

Responsibilities:

• Provides technical analysis of compute products during NPI Phase through RFQ design proposal reviews, CAD reviews, and DFX product tear downs.


• Provides advanced failure analysis, root cause identification, and corrective/preventive actions for reliability concerns and/or issues during development, manufacturing, and field operations.


• Proactively addresses customer requests or issues related to mechanical reliability, ensuring timely resolution while liaising with the relevant stakeholders.


• Provides consultation to product development architecture teams regarding material component selection, design risk assessment, and associated reliability test plans.


• Provides NUD (new, unique, difficult) risk mitigation and test plan development and develops issue prevention.


• Actively mentors less-experienced engineers in the field of mechanical reliability and contributes to their growth in the organization.

Education & Experience Recommended:

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.


• Typically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in mechanical design, quality engineering, root cause analysis, or a related field.

Knowledge & Skills Preferred:

• Small electronic device experience


• Mechanical design/3D modeling capabilities using CREO/SolidWorks/etc.


• Technical engineering document review and maintenance


• Strong reporting/communication skills to ensure issue closure


• Strong technical engineering hardware evaluation skills


• Root cause analysis processes: 8D, Fishbone, CAPA, etc.


• Ability to drive Design for Quality/Reliability (DFX) initiatives during product development

The pay range for this role is $105,050 to $161,800 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance


• Dental insurance


• Vision insurance


• Long term/short term disability insurance


• Employee assistance program


• Flexible spending account


• Life insurance


• Generous time off policies, including;


• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure


• 11 paid holidays


• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job -

Quality

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) -

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