Quality Engineering Lead

The role

You will establish and drive end-to-end quality strategy across hardware development and robotic fleet operations. This role spans design, supplier quality, manufacturing execution, and field performance.

What you will do

• Lead Design for Quality initiatives including DFM and DFA
• Partner with engineering teams during EVT/DVT/PVT phases
• Define and enforce quality gates, risk assessments, and validation plans
• Drive design improvements based on failure data and field insights
• Identify and mitigate business-critical risks and dependencies
• Establish and manage IQC, IPQC, and OQC frameworks
• Develop supplier quality strategy including qualification and audits
• Implement process controls and defect reduction initiatives
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions
• Define reliability requirements and test strategies

Required qualifications

• 8-10+ years in quality program management or a similar role
• Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects in fast-paced, tech-driven environments
• Strong understanding of quality concepts
• Ability to manage and resolve complex challenges with little to no established playbooks
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across diverse teams
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Proven track record of identifying, managing, and mitigating risks in large, complex programs
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally up to 20%

Nice to have

• Experience with robotics, automation, or key hardware-related areas such as compute, memory design and utilization
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or related field)
• 8+ years of experience in product quality, manufacturing quality, or reliability engineering
• Experience across NPI phases (EVT, DVT, PVT, ramp, sustaining)
• Deep expertise in quality systems: FMEA, SPC, CAPA, 8D, Six Sigma methodologies
• Hands-on experience overseeing quality processes
• Strong background in reliability engineering and failure analysis
• Experience with fleet-based or deployed systems

About the company

Bedrock retrofits heavy equipment like excavators to bring autonomy to the built world. The team includes veterans from Waymo, Segment, and Uber Freight.