Quality Engineer, Manufacturing

The role

The Quality Engineer will build and scale a quality program from the ground up. This person will partner with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and operations to establish quality standards and processes.

What you will do

• Develop quality procedures, work instructions, inspection plans, and control plans.
• Support the development and maintenance of the company's quality management system.
• Review engineering drawings and define inspection requirements.
• Evaluate, select, and implement inspection equipment, measurement tools, fixtures, and automated inspection methods.
• Lead first article inspections, process validation activities, and quality planning for new products.
• Analyze process performance and recommend improvements to reduce variation and defects.
• Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Support material review board activities and drive reduction of scrap, rework, and nonconforming material.
• Issue and track supplier corrective actions and participate in supplier audits.
• Work cross-functionally with manufacturing and engineering teams to improve product quality and process controls.

Required qualifications

• Evidence of exceptional ability (prior projects, portfolio of work, completed products, etc).
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in manufacturing, development, or production engineering.
• Proficient in a 3D CAD package (such as Solidworks, CATIA, NX, etc) and the ability to make manufacturing drawings using GD&T.
• Hands-on experience building hardware.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or in a related technical field
• Three or more years of experience in manufacturing quality engineering
• Experience with quality planning, process validation, root cause analysis, statistical methods, and continuous improvement
• Ability to read engineering drawings and understand geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Experience with inspection equipment, metrology tools, and measurement systems
• Supplier quality and audit experience
• Familiarity with quality management systems and industry standards
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills
• Experience using PC-DMIS and Verisurf

Benefits

• Stock options
• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan

About the company

General Matter enriches uranium. The company is designing, building, and operating low-cost enrichment services in the US to produce nuclear fuel.