Senior Staff Field Quality Engineer

About the role

This role will report to Senior Quality Manager, Installations and will primarily support customers in the West Coast region. This role will be based at our San Jose, CA location or remotely in the West Coast region.

Responsibilities

• Audit and support site construction and Bloom Energy product installations to design requirements ensuring on-time commencement of operations of a safe and reliable site
• Gate Bloom Energy and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) partner projects from proceeding to Service product commissioning phase by inspecting site construction and product installations and confirming design intent is met or exceeded
• Document, track and drive resolution of cross functional and external EPC process deficiencies from site design through to commencement of operations
• Regularly perform safety and environmental audits of sites across all stages of construction, installation and commissioning
• Establish expectation of 8D problem solving methodology with internal and external process owners to ensure that emerging critical quality, safety, reliability and serviceability are quickly contained, followed by effective analysis of root cause(s) and implementation of short and long term corrective measures
• Rapid response to Early Life Failures (ELF) in the field for construction, installation and product manufacturing issues utilizing aforementioned 8D process
• Support Field Replacement Unit (FRU) exchanges and product upgrade activities at operational sites with Field Service and Operations organizations
• Focus on continuous improvement, value-added engineering and cost reduction through observation and collected data of Bloom Energy and EPC performance to key objectives and performance metrics

Requirements

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or related field or 10 years relevant work experience. MS desirable

Minimum 5 years of field experience constructing, installing and commissioning complex power systems

Ability to read, understand and clearly communicate civil and electrical designs and standards to internal and external partners and respective verticals

Empowered self-starter that operates with significant autonomy with proven ability to clearly communicate schedule, top priorities and documents, escalates key emerging issues to internal and external business partners

Proven ability to leverage organizational roles and responsibilities to hold process owners accountable for meeting established design and workmanship standards and national and regional code requirements

Customer-facing role requires high level of professionalism and communications skills set when responding to site incidents, attending critical milestone activities with customer representatives and communicating Bloom Energy expectations where deficiencies or deviations from contract are identified

Solid experience with MS Suite and Salesforce (or similar) required, Oracle experience desirable

International project experience desirable

Qualifications

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bloom Energy is committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.

Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.

Salary Ranges: $134,500.00 - $193,500.00