Incoming Quality Assurance Engineer

The role

You will be the primary technical owner for incoming raw material quality. You will conduct inspections, manage supplier quality performance, and build incoming inspection systems for solar module manufacturing.

What you will do

• Conduct and support incoming inspections for raw materials, components, and production supplies.
• Review material specifications, drawings, certificates, and supplier quality documents.
• Identify, label, and control non-conforming incoming materials.
• Maintain accurate inspection records and material quality documentation.
• Track supplier quality issues, incoming defects, and material-related trends.
• Work with suppliers, Procurement, Warehouse, Production, and Engineering to resolve material quality issues.
• Support supplier corrective actions and follow up on issue closure.
• Assist with supplier performance reviews and improvement activities.
• Support NCR and MRB processes for incoming material non-conformances.
• Provide inspection data and quality records to support material disposition decisions.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field required.
• 3–5 years of quality engineering, supplier quality, or incoming quality experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Solid understanding of incoming quality inspection in a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with supplier quality, NCR, MRB, and CAPA processes.
• Ability to read specifications, drawings, and supplier quality documents.
• Hands-on experience with inspection tools and measurement methods.
• Strong attention to detail and accurate documentation habits.
• Effective communicator across suppliers, departments, and production teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, quality records, and manufacturing quality systems.
• ISO 17025 certified or trained.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Nice to have

• Prior experience in solar, semiconductor, electronics, automotive, or advanced manufacturing
• Experience with incoming inspection, supplier quality issues, NCR/MRB, and CAPA
• ERP/MES or QMS software experience
• Bilingual in Spanish

About the company

T1 Energy is an American solar manufacturer building a domestic solar supply chain. They operate advanced solar manufacturing facilities in Texas.