Product Quality Engineer

Locus Robotics is a global leader in warehouse automation, delivering unmatched flexibility and unlimited throughput, and actionable intelligence to optimize operations. The Product Quality Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring product and supplier quality, providing quality assurance expertise, performing hands-on failure analysis of field returns, and supporting supplier development and management.

Requirements

• Responsible for product quality and reliability in design and new product introduction (NPI), including DFMEA and DVT activities.
• Drive design-for-excellence (DfX) improvements and ensure manufacturing readiness for NPI.
• Use problem-solving methodologies to analyze and improve supplier performance, reducing non-conformances.
• Conduct risk-based assessments, certify products/processes, and implement supply chain mitigation controls.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Field Service to identify trends, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions.
• Enhance data management systems for supplier qualification, performance tracking, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as technical expert for assigned commodities, supporting supplier performance through inspections and first article reviews.
• Coordinate supplier quality communications, including new part qualification, discrepant material resolution, and corrective actions.
• Monitor and analyze field quality data to identify failure trends, ensure data accuracy, and initiate corrective actions.
• Lead efficient failure analysis programs to deliver timely root cause and corrective action in collaboration with Engineering and Operations.
• Capture and integrate supplier and product quality lessons learned into upstream processes.
• Lead 8D teams and act as SME for supplier and product quality.