IREN
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Optics, ASIC, and Network Fabric
$240K–$300K
San Francisco, California · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years preferred in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or product quality for optics, networking silicon, switches, or data center network hardware.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- IREN participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.
About the job
Own supplier quality for optics, ASICs, and network fabric hardware used in IREN’s AI data centers, from supplier qualification through production and ongoing reliability improvement.
What you'll do
- Qualify suppliers and contract manufacturers; set quality standards, test methods, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead failure investigations and supplier corrective actions, and improve testing and process controls.
- Track supplier quality KPIs and coordinate with cross-functional teams on hardware supply, delivery, cost, and reliability.
What they ask for
- Knowledge of network hardware technologies, including optical transceivers, ASICs, high-speed interconnects, and fabric switches.
- Experience qualifying and managing optics, semiconductor, and switch suppliers, including audits and First Article Inspection.
- Expertise in supplier testing and inspection, manufacturing quality, and acceptance criteria for optics and network hardware.
- Knowledge of quality methodologies, PLM-based BOM and change management, and data center spares planning.
Nice to have
- Experience with Ethernet and InfiniBand fabrics, 400G/800G optics, and standards such as IEEE 802.3, OIF, MSA, and OCP.
- Advanced degree preferred.
Pay
USD $240,000-$300,000/annum base salary
Tools
optical transceivers, AOC/DAC cables, switch and NIC ASICs, SerDes, TOR, leaf, and spine fabric switches, PLM, SPC/Cpk, IEEE 802.3
AI focus
Supports AI data center infrastructure by managing supplier quality for networking hardware used in AI training and inference clusters.
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