Senior Quality and Reliability Engineer

Ferric, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity offering

Benefits package

Job summary

Ferric Inc. in New York City is seeking an experienced Sr. Quality Engineer to join the Product Quality Engineering team. You will work with Design, Product Engineering, manufacturing, customer and quality teams to deliver highly reliable parts to customers and partners.

The role involves partnering on early NPI quality, owning multiple programs, driving supplier qualification, and leading corrective actions across the supply chain. Travel to supplier sites in the USA and Asia is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 8+ years of related experience or Master's degree with 6+ years in Product Quality Engineering or a related field.
• Strong experience in product quality engineering, including product architecture, failure analysis, and reliability methodologies.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional projects in fast-paced environments.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with data-driven quality improvements.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead change across large organizations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering, product, and manufacturing teams early in the NPI process to build quality and reliability into products from the early phase.
• Engaged in multiple key new product programs as quality and reliability owner.
• Lead supplier qualification processes and address risks in supplier manufacturing.
• Drive customer quality issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Monitor supplier technical quality using SPC and reliability statistics (Weibull).
• Lead 8D and FA projects to implement solutions.
• Collaborate across Business Units, Manufacturing, Product Operations, and Supply Chain to solve high-impact quality challenges.
• Review designs and engineering changes for impact on quality and reliability.
• Use data analytics to identify trends, assess risk, and support proactive decisions.
• Guide continuous improvement using QMS and industry standards.

Skills

Quality engineering

Data analysis

Statistical methods

Root cause analysis

Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

SPC tools

Weibull analysis

QA/QMS software

Job description

Ferric is a technology startup based in New York City that is pioneering an entirely new approach to power delivery for Integrated Circuits and Electronic Assemblies. This approach leverages Ferric's integration of thin-film magnetic inductors with CMOS technology to enable a significant improvement in the integration density and efficiency of voltage regulators (VRs) compared with current commercially available technologies.

About the role

Ferric Inc. is looking for an experienced Sr. Quality Engineer to join our Product Quality Engineering team! You will be working closely with our Design, Product engineering, manufacturing, customer and quality team to deliver highest reliable parts to our customers and partners.

Our team plays a significant role in shaping product quality from the concept design stages through customer deployment and continuous process improvements. The Sr Quality Engineer solves complex problems, influences cross-functional teams, and drives meaningful improvements

What you'll do

• Partner with engineering, product, and manufacturing teams early in the New Product Introduction (NPI) process to build quality and reliability into products from the early phase
• Engaged in multiple key new product programs as quality and reliability owner
• Engage suppliers and lead Part Qualification Process at supplier sites identifying and addressing risks within the supplier's manufacturing process
• Drive customer complex product quality issues, drive root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and support customer critical issues through resolution and root cause analysis
• Monitor and improve supplier technical quality performance for defined KPCs by utilizing statistical quality methods like SPC, reliability statistics such as Weibull etc.
• Drives 8D and FA projects towards a successful implementation of solutions
• Collaborate across Business Units, Manufacturing, Product Operations, Supply Chain, and Customer Engineering teams to solve high-impact product and process challenges.
• Engage in Design reviews and Engineering Change Requests for their impact on Quality and Reliability (Q&R).
• Use data, analytics, and statistical methods to identify trends, assess risk, improve processes, and support proactive quality decisions
• Guide continuous improvement efforts using Quality Management Systems (QMS), industry standards, and quality engineering best practices
• Perform supplier Audit, Supplier score card and drive corrective action
• Technically astute and detail oriented. High-energy, hands-on, self-confident leader with a broad knowledge of product development, manufacturing quality, and reliability methods.
• Strong interpersonal skills, personal presence, style, and demeanor, to effectively influence and lead others to find and implement solutions to complex quality and reliability problems.
• Excellent listening, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong desire to learn and grow your career with the organization.
• Able to travel to supplier sites in the USA and Asia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 8+ years of related experience, or master's degree with 6+ years of experience in Product Quality Engineering or a related field.
• Strong experience in product quality engineering, including product architecture, failure analysis, and reliability methodologies.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional projects in fast-paced environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience using data and statistics to drive quality improvements.
• Ability to influence stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and lead change across large organizations.

Preferred/Plus Skills and Experience

• Six Sigma Green Belt certification or similar process improvement experience.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to different audiences.

Other

• On-site in Santa Clara, CA
• Salary Range: $125,000-165,000 with competitive equity offering and benefits package.
• Ferric is unable to provide sponsorship or employment visa status for this position.