Quality Engineer - Nights & Weekend Shifts + Differential Pay (Manufacturing)

Location: Devens, Massachusetts, United States; on-site. The role requires nights, weekends, and occasional on-call work, travel, and work in an industrial facility with heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.

Salary: $90,000–$145,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global Systems develops commercially viable fusion power plants and is building the energy industry of the future.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end Non-Conformance Report workflow, identify deviations, manage material disposition, and lead 8D root cause analyses and corrective actions.
• Drive process stability by executing Quality Plans and Process Plans for HTS Magnet manufacturing and SPARC assemblies.
• Monitor process health and hardware quality in low-volume, complex production using defect trending, inspection results, and Measurement System Analysis.
• Provide technical oversight for off-shift inspections and verify that hardware meets engineering requirements.
• Refine manufacturing instructions and process plans with Manufacturing and Engineering teams.
• Support supplier quality activities by documenting supplier-related defects and contributing to root cause investigations and action plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Materials Science, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• At least 5 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing, assembly, or equipment manufacturing environment, including 1–2 years in Quality Engineering.
• Experience with ISO 9001:2015, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, Process Capability Analysis, PFMEA, Measurement System Analysis, and APQP.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work required nights, weekends, and occasional on-call shifts; ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lb.
• Ability to work safely in an industrial facility and perform prolonged standing, sitting, typing, stooping, and climbing.

Nice to have

• GD&T, metrology, NDE methods, cryogenics, or welding process and nondestructive testing experience.
• Experience with Minitab, JMP, Excel with VBA, or Visio.
• Experience assembling large metallic components or using CMM and Romer Arm equipment.
• Experience with cryogenic plants, systems, and environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity and competitive compensation.
• 13 company-wide holidays, flexible vacation days, and 10 sick days.
• Generous parental leave.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer matching, professional growth opportunities, and team-building activities.