Base Power
Quality Engineer
Austin, TX. Posted 2 months ago
The role
You will support in-house manufacturing processes to ensure quality, safety, and reliability of components and assemblies. You will work with hardware design and manufacturing engineering teams to define and implement quality standards and control plans.
What you will do
- Define and implement manufacturing quality control plans across the factory
- Collaborate with engineering stakeholders to build design and process FMEAs
- Drive risk reduction activities to improve manufacturing processes
- Support the development of Quality Management Systems in alignment with ISO 9001
- Integrate QMS into production, engineering, and supply chain processes
- Develop and maintain documentation including quality manuals, procedures, and work instructions
- Analyze quality data to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities for improvement
- Lead corrective and preventive action processes to address non-conformances
- Set up non-conformance work streams and rework processes
- Monitor and report on key performance indicators
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field
- 3+ years of manufacturing quality experience
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in root cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, FMEA)
- Experience with quality tools such as statistical process control (SPC), measurement systems analysis (MSA), and general statistical data analysis
- Excellent documentation and organizational skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Nice to have
- Certification as an ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor
About the company
Base is America’s next-generation power company rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries. They are engineers, operators, and creatives solving complex, interdisciplinary challenges.