Whoop
Vice President, Hardware Quality
$200K–$300K
Boston, MA · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of leadership experience; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Leads WHOOP’s global hardware quality strategy and organization across product development, manufacturing, suppliers, and field performance.
What you'll do
- Define quality strategy, metrics, and executive reporting across the hardware lifecycle and supply chain.
- Build and develop a global quality organization and lead supplier quality programs, including qualification, audits, and corrective actions.
- Partner with engineering and product teams on quality planning, validation, risk mitigation, and closed-loop improvement.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of leadership experience in hardware, manufacturing, supplier quality, or related functions supporting complex hardware products.
- Expertise in quality systems and methods, including statistical process control, auditing, corrective and preventive action, root cause analysis, FMEA, Design for Manufacturing, Lean manufacturing, and Six Sigma principles.
- Experience with global manufacturing and supplier partners, plus consumer electronics manufacturing processes.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline; able and willing to travel up to 25% internationally and work from the Boston office, relocating if necessary.
Pay
$200,000-$300,000 USD base salary
Tools
statistical process control, FMEA, Design for Manufacturing, Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma
AI focus
Embrace and leverage AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work meets the same quality standards as personal contributions.
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