Quality Engineer

What You'll Do

• Establish, implement, and maintain quality management system procedures and processes.
• Provide management system training and guidance to Katalyst internal stakeholders to build, implement and improve policies and procedures.
• Resolve hardware and process nonconformances by leading investigations, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions that prevent recurrence.
• Build and maintain a supplier quality dashboard to track performance metrics, audit results, nonconformances, and corrective actions.
• Establish and maintain a formal calibration system to track all measurement and test equipment, ensure timely calibration, maintain traceable records, and manage third-party calibration providers.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to reduce defects, improve yield, and increase production efficiency.
• Develop and deliver quality management training, reinforce process discipline, and drive corrective action when procedures are not followed.
• Work with procurement and engineering teams to ensure quality requirements are clearly defined and executed.

Your Ideal Background

• You have acute attention to detail.
• You are highly disciplined and process-oriented while focused on improving and building systems that make sense as opposed to blindly following flawed processes.
• You are experienced managing stakeholders, holding internal team and suppliers accountable.
• You have a high sense of ownership, and enjoy seeing issues through to resolution and ensuring corrective actions are implemented.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other technical field required.
• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing or hardware quality environment.
• Experience working with a structured Quality Management System.
• Experience investigating and resolving nonconformances.
• Experience working with suppliers and managing quality-related issues.

Pay

Anticipated salary range for this role is $110,000 - $145,000. Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at Katalyst. You will also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of the Employee Stock Option and Equity Plan, as well as a relocation bonus and other discretionary bonuses. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, and unlimited Paid Time Off.