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Span

Product Quality Engineer

San Francisco (Remote)$120k–$156kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

SPAN seeks a Product Quality Engineer to oversee product quality across the entire lifecycle, from design through production and end-of-life support. You'll collaborate with hardware, test, and supply chain teams to drive manufacturing improvements, implement quality methodologies, and achieve quality KPIs for electrification products.

What you'll do

  • Manage product quality from new product introduction (NPI) through sustaining production, covering PCBA manufacturing to system integration
  • Provide manufacturing input to design and engineering teams early in development cycles to optimize for producibility and testability
  • Lead root cause analysis and coordinate failure investigations with suppliers using 8D, CAPA, and FMEA methodologies
  • Establish, monitor, and drive quality KPIs and metrics with contract manufacturers and suppliers via dashboards and periodic reviews
  • Evaluate and enhance design verification processes to ensure zero design defects at production release
  • Participate in ECO reviews and NPI build reviews to enforce quality gates throughout product introduction

What they're looking for

  • PCBA, subassembly, and system-level manufacturing processes
  • Hardware validation, debug, and failure analysis
  • 8D, 5 Whys, DFx, and PFMEA methodologies
  • Reliability engineering and on-going reliability testing (ORT)
  • Quality data analysis and analytics dashboards
  • Cross-functional collaboration and supplier management
  • Root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions
  • Cost reduction and value engineering
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Span

Span develops software for smart energy hardware products that promote electrification and reduce carbon emissions. The company is hiring Device Software Engineers to build embedded applications and collaborate across teams on innovative user-facing solutions.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through your experience managing a product from NPI through production ramp and sustaining support. What quality issues did you encounter and how did you resolve them?
  • Describe a complex failure analysis you led using 8D or FMEA methodology. What was the root cause and what corrective actions did you implement?
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