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Saronic

NPI Quality Engineer - Mechanical

Austin, TXfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Saronic Technologies seeks a NPI Quality Engineer – Mechanical to lead quality planning and risk management for new product introductions in autonomous maritime systems. The role bridges design, manufacturing, and supply chain to ensure compliance with aerospace/defense standards while driving scalable, repeatable production from prototype through launch.

What you'll do

  • Lead NPI quality activities across the product lifecycle, including design reviews, gate reviews, and production readiness assessments
  • Develop and execute DFMEA and PFMEA analyses, identifying critical risks and driving mitigation actions to closure
  • Define and execute product and process validation activities, establishing FAI requirements and verifying critical characteristic control
  • Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and supplier quality to flow down requirements and ensure alignment with production conditions
  • Support material review board activities and drive root cause analysis for design, supplier, manufacturing, and field issues
  • Develop and maintain control plans, inspection plans, and quality documentation within the QMS system

What they're looking for

  • Design and Process FMEA (DFMEA/PFMEA)
  • AS9100 and ISO 9001 quality management standards
  • Engineering drawings and GD&T interpretation
  • Control plan and inspection planning methodologies
  • Root cause analysis and structured problem-solving
  • First Article Inspection (FAI) requirements and execution
  • Nonconformance and MRB systems
  • Cross-functional collaboration and communication
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Saronic

Saronic builds autonomous maritime systems and vessels equipped with advanced imaging, software, and electro-mechanical components. The company is hiring quality engineers, software engineers, graphics programmers, optomechanical engineers, and manufacturing engineers to develop and manufacture reliable autonomous maritime operations.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through your experience leading a DFMEA and PFMEA from start to finish—what were the most critical risks you identified and how did you validate mitigation?
  • Describe a time you worked across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain in an NPI environment. How did you ensure alignment on quality requirements?
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