Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years, dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces, and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better. We value passion, creativity, and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.
You will join a team developing state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. It is designed to work alongside humans, mobilize to human spaces, and manipulate the world around it.
We are looking for a PQE (Product Quality Engineer) with experience in highly complex technical projects. The PQE function at Apptronik drives high product quality standards by documenting issues & driving cross functional teams for corrective action. In this role you will oversee the documentation of issues encountered during builds as well as during system level development testing, engaging with the HW design, OPS, and SW teams to drive resolution. As our products mature from internally built prototypes to mass production, you will also assist with defining product quality plans at contract manufacturers and auditing adherence.
Responsibilities:
- Self motivated & proactive, demonstrating creative and critical thinking capabilities
- Champion of the bug/issue resolution process, documenting bugs, aligning stakeholders and driving corrective action
- Consolidate issues into dashboards and other visual tools to drive team action & update leadership on top issues
- Develop Product quality plans and assess CM adherence
- Audit CM team PPAP for component validation
- Monitor factory yields/issues on production assembly & RMA lines
- Establish Outgoing Quality Control procedures and Customer Audit Processes
- Up to 20% Travel Internationally
Skills and Requirements:
- Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals & manufacturing processes
- Experience with hardware test development & manufacturing
- Experience with data analysis, able to drive improvements to data capturing & manipulate into use dashboards/charts
- Experience supporting new product launches from a manufacturing or product development perspective
- Excellent written and oral communication in highly technical applications
- Excellent interpersonal and team management skills
- Detailed knowledge of product development process and life cycles
- Excellent knowledge of business software tools (Microsoft office suite, G-Suite, Dropbox, etc.)
Nice To Have:
- 5+ years experience with contract manufacturing at international sites
- 5+ years experience with high volume manufacturing
- Experience with PPAP
- Bilingual – English/Spanish
Perks:
- Competitive salary w/ benefits
- Highly motivating equity incentive package
- Flexible work hours policy
- Professional development opportunities
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401k plan
*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.
Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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