Product Integrity Expert (Switchgear)

Location: Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico; on-site factory support with 30–50% travel.

Company

hirify.global develops energy technologies and systems for reliable and sustainable power generation, with approximately 100,000 employees in more than 90 countries.

What you will do

• Strengthen and embed the 8D methodology from containment through effective D8 closure.
• Lead root cause analysis and structured problem solving using 8D, A3, and DMAIC.
• Support factory containment, corrective actions, recovery plans, and effectiveness verification for significant quality issues.
• Identify systemic corrective actions and horizontally replicate lessons learned across applicable switchgear factories.
• Review factory quality performance to identify emerging risks, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Drive quality-issue governance, prioritization, visibility, and follow-up across switchgear factories.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering, quality management, or a related technical field.
• Experience in switchgear engineering or manufacturing, including AIS or GIS and associated live-tank or dead-tank circuit breakers.
• Technical expertise in medium- and high-voltage switchgear equipment, including circuit breakers, instrument transformers, bus systems, control wiring and protection interfaces, insulation and gas systems, mechanical assemblies, interlocks, production testing, and common product and process failure modes; willingness to further develop hands-on knowledge is acceptable.
• Ability to independently interpret and challenge engineering drawings, bills of material, product specifications, manufacturing instructions, test procedures, and applicable electrical-equipment standards, and translate requirements into shopfloor controls.
• Strong knowledge of critical-to-quality characteristics, inspection and test controls, traceability, workmanship standards, nonconformance management, and customer, regulatory, and industry requirements.
• Command of TQM, Lean, Six Sigma, FMEA, 8D, statistical methods, and process-capability tools, with a proven record of cross-functional problem solving, organizational change, and coaching.
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Confidence working with manufacturing, quality, and test data and digital dashboards.
• Fluency in spoken and written English for technical discussions and meetings.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with a supportive work culture and focus on healthy work-life balance.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Company-paid health and wellness benefits, paid time off, and paid holidays.
• Savings fund, statutory benefits, family-building benefits, and parental leave.
• Competitive base salary, annual performance bonus, and competitive total rewards package.
• Diversity, inclusion, and social-responsibility initiatives.