Product & Supplier Quality Engineer (Renewable Energy)

Location: Mesa, Arizona, USA, with travel to supplier and contract manufacturing facilities

Company

hirify.global develops integrated clean energy technology combining structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale solar power plants.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for product and supplier quality across suppliers and contract manufacturing partners.
• Establish quality requirements, control plans, inspection plans, acceptance criteria, standards, metrics, and corrective-action practices.
• Monitor incoming, in-process, final, and end-of-line quality performance using FPY, RTY, defect rates, rework, DPMO, and process capability data.
• Lead supplier, contract manufacturer, process, product, quality-system, and manufacturing-readiness audits.
• Resolve complex and systemic quality issues using 8D, root-cause analysis, CAPA, and corrective-action effectiveness verification.
• Support supplier qualification, NPI, pilot builds, process validation, FAT, production transfers, manufacturing ramp-up, customer audits, and factory visits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of related experience, or 8+ years with a Master’s degree, 5+ years with a PhD, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience with suppliers, contract manufacturers, or complex manufacturing operations.
• Advanced knowledge of ISO 9001, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, 8D, CAPA, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with ERP, MES, QMS, NCR, quality-reporting, inspection, measurement, and traceability systems.
• Ability and willingness to travel to supplier and contract manufacturing facilities as required.

Nice to have

• Experience with multiple manufacturing sites or a global supplier network.
• Experience with electrical, electromechanical, power electronics, renewable energy, or industrial products.
• Experience with standardized quality processes, NPI, supplier qualification, manufacturing transfers, FAT, and production ramp-up.
• Experience influencing supplier or contract manufacturing leadership without direct reporting authority.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a global clean energy technology organization supporting utility-scale solar infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Reliability, suppliers, and contract manufacturers.
• Contribute to data-driven quality improvement, advanced automation, and reliable solar power plant operations.
• Inclusive workplace committed to diversity and equal employment opportunity.