Product Quality Engineer: NPI to Production & Equity

Span (Household Appliances); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive health benefits

Parental leave

Transit accessible office

Flexible hours

Job summary

SPAN is seeking a Product Quality Engineer to join our Supply Chain & Manufacturing Operations in San Francisco. You will drive product quality from new product introduction through sustaining production, collaborating with Hardware, Test, and Supply Chain to meet KPIs and enable zero-defect design.

You will lead root cause analysis, drive DFx, establish quality gates, and mentor cross-functional teams while traveling up to 50% to manufacturing sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 6+ years in product quality, field quality or manufacturing engineering within a high-tech operations environment.
• Experience in PCBA, subassembly, and system-level manufacturing with hardware validation and failure analysis.
• Proficient in 8D, 5 Whys, DFx, PFMEA and reliability engineering principles.
• Data-driven with dashboards and project management in CM environments.
• Ability to identify trends and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt or equivalent experience; Agile PLM or Netsuite ERP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage product quality from NPI to production and End of Support, covering PCBA to system integration and customer support.
• Improve manufacturing and design by providing input to ensure manufacturability and testability; drive DFx with cross-functional teams.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective actions using 8D, CAPA, and FMEA.
• Drive process improvements and KPI metrics with suppliers and CM partners.
• Provide technical direction for failures and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Measure, monitor, and publish quality dashboards; conduct periodic CM/supplier meetings.
• Ensure design excellence through ECO reviews and NPIs.

Skills

PCBA manufacturing

Root Cause Analysis

Quality Assurance

DFx

ORT procedures

Project management

Reliability engineering

Data analytics

Industrial engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Agile PLM

Netsuite ERP

Job description

SPAN is seeking a Product Quality Engineer to join our Supply Chain & Manufacturing Operations in San Francisco. You will drive product quality from new product introduction through sustaining production, collaborating with Hardware, Test, and Supply Chain to meet KPIs and enable zero-defect design.

You will lead root cause analysis, drive DFx, establish quality gates, and mentor cross-functional teams while traveling up to 50% to manufacturing sites.