Quality Technician (Primary Compute Unit/Suite Assembly)

About the role

HireArt is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company find a Quality Technician (Primary Compute Unit/Suite Assembly) to work with quality, manufacturing, and product development engineering teams to ensure in-house manufactured products meet design specifications and quality standards. In this role, you'll support cross-functional projects focused on product quality, inspection processes, and continuous improvement. Your performance will be measured against key performance indicators (KPIs), project milestones, and improvements in product yield.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain inspection plans, instructions, and incoming, in-process, and outgoing quality control (IQC, IPQC, and OQC) procedures.
• Inspect incoming materials against drawings, specifications, and quality requirements, performing visual, functional, and mechanical inspections on injection-molded parts, castings, 3D-printed components, PCBAs, and electrical sub-assemblies.
• Develop and manage Non-Conforming Material Reports (NCMRs), quarantine procedures, material returns, and associated quality metrics.
• Coordinate the movement and tracking of non-conforming materials from receiving and production into the Material Review Board (MRB) process, including managing quarantine inventory and facilitating disposition meetings.
• Perform root cause and corrective action (RCCA) investigations to resolve quality issues and prevent recurrence.
• Perform equipment calibration and metrology tasks using coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), maintaining calibration schedules and ensuring compliance with ISO requirements.
• Prioritize urgent quality requirements and support material sorting, contamination assessments, and appropriate material disposition.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across incoming inspection, MRB, and outgoing quality processes while documenting inspection results, maintaining reports and logs, and updating quality databases.

Requirements

• Associate degree in a relevant technical discipline or 6 years of applicable work experience
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
• Thorough understanding of quality management systems (QMS) and quality control fundamentals
• Experience with MRB processes and NCMR management
• Strong understanding of 8D methodology and structured problem-solving techniques
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings using geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Basic understanding of process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA) and process flowcharts

Skills

• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, and prioritization skills
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, decision-making, and written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across departments

Qualifications

• Previous mechanical inspection experience using basic and precision measurement tools, including calipers, micrometers, and thread gauges
• Understanding of acceptable quality limits (AQL)
• Knowledge of PC-DMIS programming

Benefits

• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employer (HireArt) subsidized healthcare benefits (eligibility begins on the first of the month following 60 days of service)
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs
• HireArt covers all costs for short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401k package

Pay

45.19 USD per hour