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Product Quality Engineer
$150K–$275K
San Jose · On-site · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
About the job
Owns quality assurance for AI hardware production, developing inspection and test strategies, resolving manufacturing issues, and ensuring systems meet performance and reliability standards.
What you'll do
- Lead quality assurance across semiconductor, PCB/A, component, server, and rack suppliers and manufacturing partners.
- Establish inspection, quality control, testing, and production acceptance processes across incoming materials, assembly, and integration.
- Drive failure analysis, corrective actions, supplier audits, and data-based quality improvements.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in quality, supplier, or manufacturing engineering for semiconductor, PCB/A, server, or other high-performance hardware.
- Hands-on quality experience across L6 components, L10 server assembly, and L11 rack integration with Tier 1 contract manufacturers and/or ODMs.
- Working knowledge of PCB/A processes including SMT, SPI, AOI, and X-ray inspection.
- Experience establishing IQC, IPQC, and OQC systems in high-volume manufacturing and applying structured quality methodologies.
Nice to have
- Background in AI ASIC or high-performance compute hardware.
- Experience with L11 rack integration and validation.
Pay
$150K – $275K USD base salary
Tools
SMT, SPI, AOI, X-ray, 8D, CAPA, FMEA, SPC
AI focus
Quality assurance for AI hardware, including ASIC/chip, server, and rack production; no AI model development is stated.
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