Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Liquid Cooling & Power

Iris Energy; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

IREN is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer for its SF Bay Area hybrid role focused on liquid cooling and power hardware. You will qualify and manage suppliers, drive process improvements, and own quality standards across CDUs, manifolds, buses, and PDUs.

Reporting to the Technical Lead Director, Manufacturing and Quality, you will collaborate with Engineering, Sourcing, and Data Center Ops to meet cost, quality, and reliability targets while traveling domestically and internationally as

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or product quality for liquid cooling, thermal, power, or data center infrastructure hardware.
• Knowledge of liquid cooling and power delivery technologies (CDUs, manifolds, valve trains, quick disconnects, cold plates, hoses, pumps, leak detection, coolant chemistry, power shelves, busbars, PDUs, and battery backup).
• Experience with supplier audits, PPAP or equivalent, and First Article Inspection.

Responsibilities

• Own supplier quality strategy for IREN’s liquid cooling and power delivery hardware, from supplier qualification and NPI through volume production and sustaining.
• Qualify new suppliers and contract manufacturers for CDUs, manifolds, valve trains, quick disconnects, cold plates, hoses, and power hardware through audits, process capability reviews, and First Article Inspection.
• Define supplier quality standards, test and inspection methods, and acceptance criteria for liquid and power components, and drive continuous improvement with suppliers to meet quality targets.
• Lead root cause analysis of leaks, flow and thermal performance issues, material or coolant degradation, and power hardware failures during integration, commissioning, and data center operation, owning the Major Issue List.
• Drive supplier corrective and preventive actions (SCAR, 8D, FACA/CAPA) and SPC-based process control at suppliers to reduce defect rates and achieve quality and reliability goals.
• Work with cross-functional teams to own liquid cooling and power hardware supply and ensure on-time delivery, cost, quality, and reliability targets are met.
• Advance supplier and incoming test coverage, including pressure and leak testing, flow and thermal verification, and electrical safety testing, to maximize liquid and power system reliability.
• Conduct Source Inspections and supplier process audits, and maintain supplier quality documentation, BOMs, and engineering changes in PLM tools.
• Establish supplier quality KPIs (incoming DPPM, FAI pass rate, leak rate, field failure rate, SCAR closure) and supplier business review cadences, and report performance to leadership.

Skills

Supplier quality

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality methodologies

Communication skills

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Manufacturing Engineering or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

PLM tools

PPAP

Job description

IREN is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer for its SF Bay Area hybrid role focused on liquid cooling and power hardware. You will qualify and manage suppliers, drive process improvements, and own quality standards across CDUs, manifolds, buses, and PDUs.

Reporting to the Technical Lead Director, Manufacturing and Quality, you will collaborate with Engineering, Sourcing, and Data Center Ops to meet cost, quality, and reliability targets while traveling domestically and internationally as