Senior NPI Quality Engineer

bevicareers; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bevi seeks a Senior NPI Quality Engineer to join the manufacturing and quality team and report to the Director of Quality Engineering. You will measure, improve, and maintain Bevi product quality, partnering with NPI and sustaining engineering to target improvements.

The role requires leading quality initiatives, applying APQP, and driving preventive actions across Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers while ensuring customer satisfaction and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years minimum work experience as a Quality Engineer or 2-3 years at a Senior QE level, with NPI experience preferred.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead with tenacity and grace while acting as a culture carrier during growth.
• Strong ability to facilitate discussion and present data across internal and external organizations.
• Extensive background in APQP, PFMEA, QA plans, PPAP, and 8D problem-solving frameworks.
• Experience using SPC tools to measure process reliability and repeatability in supply chain.
• Experience in the commercial appliance industry with knowledge of NSF/UL standards is a plus.
• ASQ CQE/CQA certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality team in product development activities and product design reviews, ensuring quality requirements and reliability standards are embedded in design.
• Serve as SME for Customer Care and Field Service to triage and resolve quality issues impacting end-customers.
• Apply APQP framework to drive proactive quality and minimize reactive risks.
• Lead implementation of quality processes: CTQs, PFMEAs, QC plans, MSA/GR&R, FAI, Ok2Ship.
• Ensure excellent manufacturing quality through process controls and timely corrective actions.
• Lead supplier qualification initiatives with Supply Chain for new vendors.
• Act as technical liaison between Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers.

Skills

Leadership

Quality engineering

APQP

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

Bevi is on a mission to transform how beverages are delivered and consumed. Our connected beverage platform eliminates the need for single-use bottles and cans, making it easy, fun, and sustainable to stay hydrated. As the category leader in IoT-enabled beverage technology, we're building a future where Bevi machines are everywhere people live, work, and connect. We've raised over $160M in venture capital, serve thousands of customers across the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, and we've been rapidly growing year over year, saving over 1 billion bottles from waste. In addition to driving hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

We are seeking a Senior NPI Quality Engineer to join Bevi's manufacturing and quality team. This role reports to the Director of Quality Engineering, and will be responsible for measuring, improving, and maintaining the quality of Bevi's products. The Senior NPI Quality Engineer will work closely with NPI and sustaining engineering teams to identify and prioritize targets for improvement. The ideal candidate will embrace the Bevi core values, learning new skills, working across disciplines, and driving issues to completion.

Your Day to Day

• Lead quality team in product development activities and product design reviews, ensuring quality requirements and reliability standards of components, subsystems, and final products are embedded into the design.
• Serve as the lead subject matter expert for Customer Care and Field Service teams to triage and resolve quality issues impacting end-customers while ensuring top-level quality metrics are met.
• Apply an Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) framework to drive a proactive approach to quality and minimize reactive risks.
• Lead the implementation of key quality processes, including defining CTQs, PFMEAs, quality control plans, MSA/GR&R, FAI, and Ok2Ship.
• Ensure excellent manufacturing quality through tight process controls, preventive measures, and timely corrective action implementation.
• Lead quality initiatives with the Supply Chain team to establish a formal qualification process for new suppliers.
• Act as the technical liaison between Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure all requirements are fully understood and complied with.
• Facilitate and lead cross-functional teams through comprehensive Root Cause Analysis for failures occurring in manufacturing or at end-customer sites.
• Regularly generate, publish, and present quality KPIs and relevant operational metrics to executive leadership.
• Maintain supplier quality data collection activities, running periodic reports to summarize data and initiate supplier continual improvement programs.

Requirements

• Passionate about delivering best-in-class quality to customers and stakeholders.
• 5-7 years minimum work experience as a Quality Engineer or 2-3 years at a Senior QE level, with NPI experience preferred.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead with an appropriate blend of tenacity and grace while acting as a culture carrier during periods of growth and challenge.
• Strong communicator able to facilitate discussion and present data across all levels of internal and external organizations.
• Strong analytical and technical skills to interpret specifications and drawings, perform problem-solving, and analyze data to lead improvement initiatives.
• Very strong background in APQP, statistical tools, PFMEAs, quality control plans, PPAP, and root cause problem‑solving frameworks such as 8D.
• Experience leading process improvement teams and managing major projects.
• Experience using SPC tools with a deep understanding of how to apply them to measure process reliability and repeatability within the supply chain.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Experience in the commercial appliance industry with knowledge of NSF and UL standards is a plus.
• ASQ certifications such as CQE and CQA are a plus.
• Ability to work in the office 4-5 days per week.
• Must be able to travel up to 20%, primarily domestic with occasional international travel as needed.

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At Bevi, we believe compensation is a powerful tool to attract, retain, and grow talent. Our Compensation Philosophy centers on 5 principles:

• Market-driven - We anchor pay decisions in real-time market data
• Performance-based - We reward individual impact, not just tenure
• Equitable - We ensure fairness across teams, roles, and demographics
• Growth-focused - We invest in talent that scales with Bevi
• Total Rewards approach - We strategically balance base pay, bonuses, benefits, and equity

The posted compensation range reflects the salary* for this position. Some roles may be eligible for a commission plan or a bonus incentive. All Bevi employees receive equity in the form of stock options. All full-time employees are invited to participate in our Total Rewards plan, which includes health & medical benefits, flexible spending