Senior Quality Engineer (AI Hardware)

Location: Headquarters/Sunnyvale Office; on-site

Salary: $175,000–$275,000 annually, plus potential bonus and equity

Company

hirify.global builds large-scale AI chip and computing systems designed to deliver high-speed model training and inference for model labs, enterprises, and AI-native startups.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary quality interface with contract manufacturers, driving build quality, yield, and corrective actions.
• Lead factory-floor quality activities, including audits, line walks, quality gates, outgoing quality checks, and quality alerts.
• Monitor SPC charts, AOI and inspection data, and parametric performance to identify and correct process drift.
• Lead NPI quality readiness by establishing control plans, process audits, quality gates, and measurable manufacturing controls.
• Drive root-cause investigations, containment, corrective actions, and verification using 8D, 5 Whys, and PFMEA.
• Partner with engineering, reliability, supplier quality, and EMS providers to improve yields, reduce defects, and mitigate manufacturing risks.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of Quality Engineering experience in electronics manufacturing, PCBA production, datacenter hardware, networking equipment, semiconductor systems, or similarly complex products.
• Strong knowledge of SMT processes, including solder paste printing, SPI, pick-and-place, AOI, X-ray inspection, reflow soldering, selective soldering, and final assembly.
• Expertise with IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, and electronics workmanship requirements; IPC certification is preferred.
• Experience analyzing ICT, boundary scan, and functional test data to improve yields and reduce manufacturing escapes.
• Strong understanding of SPC, Cp/Cpk analysis, MSA, DOE, control plans, and manufacturing quality systems.
• Hands-on experience with failure analysis, including X-ray analysis, cross-sections, microscopy, and electrical fault isolation.

Nice to have

• IPC certification.
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build hardware and software around a large-scale AI platform beyond traditional GPU constraints.
• Access to cutting-edge AI research, model releases, and one of the fastest AI supercomputers.
• Startup vitality combined with job stability.
• Simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.
• Commitment to inclusion, continuous learning, growth, and support.