Staff Product Quality Engineer (Hardware)

Location: Shenzhen; office work expected 4+ days per week under a default-together approach; up to 30% travel as needed.

Company

Technology company developing visual communication products, advanced eyewear, augmented-reality experiences, and developer tools for immersive computing.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end product-quality strategy for assigned hardware products from concept through launch, Early Field Failure Analysis, and sustaining production.
• Define quality goals, critical-to-quality characteristics, inspection methods, acceptance criteria, and quality gates across prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, ramp, and mass-production builds.
• Lead failure analysis, root-cause investigations, containment, corrective actions, and effectiveness verification for hardware, optical, mechanical, electrical, and cosmetic issues.
• Analyze quality and reliability data to identify trends, failure mechanisms, process variation, and launch risk.
• Partner with design, systems, reliability, operations, manufacturing, suppliers, and factories to improve product robustness and quality performance.
• Develop and scale risk-based qualification, reliability, audit, sampling, production-monitoring, traceability, and feedback-loop systems; mentor quality engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in hardware product quality, reliability, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, or a related discipline.
• Experience leading quality for complex consumer electronics, wearable devices, optical products, electromechanical systems, or similarly integrated hardware.
• Strong knowledge of FMEA, control plans, statistical analysis, root-cause analysis, DOE, CAPA, sampling, and measurement-system evaluation.
• Experience leading cross-functional failure investigations from symptom definition through verified corrective action.
• Experience with NPI and production phases including prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, ramp, Early Field Failure Analysis, and sustaining operations.
• Working knowledge of NUDD and Product Development Plan processes and their application to hardware quality.
• Ability to influence engineering, operations, suppliers, and leadership; develop, standardize, and scale quality processes; and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, test data, inspection results, and manufacturing-process information.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, plus willingness to work directly with suppliers and manufacturing partners and travel up to 30% as needed.

Nice to have

• Experience with optical engines, displays, cameras, sensors, precision mechanical assemblies, or other high-sensitivity hardware.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers and suppliers across Asia or other global manufacturing regions.
• Familiarity with quality-data systems, traceability systems, statistical tools, and dashboarding or analytics platforms.
• ASQ certification or equivalent quality-engineering training.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical workstreams.

Culture & Benefits

• Default-together approach with in-person office work expected 4+ days per week.
• Benefits include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, and emotional and mental health support programs.
• Compensation packages support participation in long-term company success.
• Equal opportunity employment and accommodation support are available.