Hardware QA Engineer - Mechanical

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain mechanical DVP&R plans covering structural, environmental, endurance, ingress, vibration, shock, thermal, dimensional, and abuse testing.
• Design test fixtures, measurement setups, and repeatable inspection procedures for components, assemblies, and complete robots.
• Execute prototype and production validation, document results, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Define incoming, in-process, and end-of-line quality checks with manufacturing teams and suppliers.
• Review drawings, GD&T, tolerances, materials, fasteners, welds, and critical-to-quality characteristics.
• Track defects, reliability trends, and field failures, translating findings into design and process improvements.
• Support design reviews, supplier qualification, pilot builds, and production-release decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing, Automotive, or a related engineering field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in mechanical testing, validation, quality, reliability, or manufacturing engineering.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, metrology, and mechanical inspection tools.
• Experience creating test plans, executing experiments, analyzing failures, and writing clear test reports.
• Working knowledge of root-cause methods including 5 Whys, fishbone analysis, fault-tree analysis, and 8D.
• Ability to work safely around heavy electromechanical systems and field equipment.
• Strong ownership, attention to detail, and cross-functional communication.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with robotics, automotive, off-highway equipment, aerospace, industrial machinery, or other rugged physical products.
• Environmental and durability testing, supplier quality, NPI, or end-of-line test development.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, or functional-safety-oriented validation.