Quality Manager

PDS Inc, LLC; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PDS Inc. is building a robot factory and seeks a quality engineer to own product quality from incoming parts to final test. You will define inspection standards, lead MRB sessions, and drive corrective actions to increase yield and prevent defects from reaching customers.

The role requires a bachelor’s in engineering and 5+ years in electromechanical quality. Hands-on metrology and problem-solving capabilities are essential, with ISO/AS standards familiarity a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years in quality engineering for electromechanical hardware.
• Fluency in advanced quality planning, FMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, first article inspection and eight-discipline problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Define critical-to-quality characteristics and inspection standards.
• Lead root-cause problem solving on build issues and supplier defects.
• Coordinate metrology lab activities and ensure data-driven decisions.

Skills

Quality analytics

Root cause analysis

FMEA

8D problem solving

SPC

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering

Bachelor's degree in materials engineering

Tools

Coordinate measuring machine

Gage calibration

Measurement systems analysis

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

Vision/optical measurement

Job description

About the role We are building a robot factory from the ground up. Every robot carries hundreds of precision parts and dozens of torque-critical joints, and one weak process puts the whole robot at risk. You own product quality for your robot lines, from incoming parts to final test. You decide what is checked, how it is measured, and what happens when something fails. Your measure of success: yield goes up every quarter, no defect reaches a customer twice, and every problem closes with a verified fix.

What you will do Define critical-to-quality characteristics, control plans and inspection standards for each station, and keep them current as the design changes. Set up and run incoming, in-process and final inspection with sampling plans, and chair the material review board for non-conforming material. Lead root cause problem solving on build issues, test failures, supplier defects and field escapes, using eight-discipline problem solving, five-why, fishbone and design of experiments, through to verified corrective action. Keep processes stable and capable with statistical process control and capability studies. Run the metrology lab: coordinate measuring machine programming, vision and optical measurement, torque and force verification, and gauge calibration. Prove every gauge and test station with measurement system analysis before its data is trusted. Drive process failure mode and effects analysis and error-proofing with Manufacturing Engineering. Own supplier quality for production parts: production part approval, first article inspection and supplier corrective action requests through to closure. Review engineering changes, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and tolerance stack-ups, and give design-for-inspection feedback early. Report first pass yield, defective parts per million, escape rate, scrap and cost of poor quality to leadership each week, with the actions behind the numbers.

What you need to bring Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial or materials engineering, or equivalent experience. Five or more years in quality engineering for electromechanical or precision hardware, with hands-on ownership of a production line. Fluency in advanced product quality planning, failure mode and effects analysis, control plans, statistical process control, measurement system analysis, first article inspection and eight-discipline problem solving. Hands-on metrology: coordinate measuring machine, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, gauge calibration and repeatability studies. The ability to turn data into a decision that engineers and leaders act on.

A plus: actuators, gearboxes, motors or motion systems; Certified Quality Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt or Shainin certification; working knowledge of ISO 9001, IATF 16949 or AS9100.

Compensation: $70

We look forward to reviewing your application.

PDSINC, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.