Sr. Product Quality Engineer - Powertrain

The role

You will drive manufacturing quality and advanced process quality planning across battery, electric motor, and powertrain assembly lines. You will work with manufacturing, design, and technician teams to resolve production issues and perform dimensional inspections.

What you will do

• Resolve real-time production quality issues, non-conformances, and Material Review Board dispositions for battery pack and electric powertrain assembly lines.
• Lead process quality activities including PFMEAs, Control Plans, and Statistical Process Control protocols.
• Apply ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards to review 2D engineering drawings.
• Perform and verify physical dimensional inspections using metrology tools.
• Perform technical failure analyses on manufacturing defects.
• Oversee product quality validation, vendor component integration, and AS19102 First Article Inspections.
• Partner with Powertrain Design, Battery Manufacturing, and Supplier Quality teams.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Materials, or Automotive Engineering or equivalent technical experience
• 5+ years of hands-on quality or manufacturing engineering experience in battery, EV, or powertrain manufacturing environments
• Experience supporting high-volume automated manufacturing lines, battery pack assembly, electric motors, or power electronics
• Strong working knowledge of ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards and 2D technical drawings
• Hands-on experience using dimensional metrology equipment (CMM, FARO/Romer arms, surface plates)
• Expertise executing APQP tools, including PFMEAs, Control Plans, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), and RCCA/CAPA frameworks
• Experience navigating PLM, MES, and ERP platforms (e.g., Teamcenter, SAP)
• Ability to troubleshoot manufacturing process anomalies to the root physical failure mechanism

Nice to have

• Prior experience at an EV OEM or Tier-1 supplier
• Experience with AS9145 standards, PPAP production sign-offs, and design for manufacturing/assembly (DFM/DFA) principles
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification
• Knowledge of metric-based automotive manufacturing practices, ISO/IATF 16949, or AS9100 quality management systems

About the company

Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform. They deliver air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems, and aviation-related physical artificial intelligence solutions.