Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (AI Hardware)

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States; hybrid work

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

Company

hirify.global builds large-scale AI computing hardware and systems designed to accelerate model training and inference beyond conventional GPU-based platforms.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end supplier assessment and qualification for electronic, electromechanical, mechanical, and system-level products.
• Plan and conduct supplier quality-system and manufacturing-process audits, assess risks, and drive findings to closure.
• Define supplier quality deliverables for new product introduction, including quality plans, inspection requirements, control plans, and production-readiness criteria.
• Review First Article Inspection packages and drive APQP/PPAP activities, including PFMEA, MSA, capability studies, and validation of critical-to-quality characteristics.
• Monitor supplier scorecards, defect trends, corrective-action performance, incoming inspection, and supplier surveillance plans.
• Lead SCARs and supplier root-cause investigations, validating containment, corrective actions, preventive actions, and effectiveness evidence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 7–10+ years of Supplier Quality, Quality Engineering, or Manufacturing Quality experience supporting complex hardware products.
• Experience assessing, auditing, qualifying, and developing suppliers across electronics, electromechanical, and mechanical commodities.
• Knowledge of quality-management systems and supplier auditing against ISO 9001, AS9100, or applicable industry standards.
• Hands-on experience with First Article Inspection, APQP/PPAP, engineering drawings, GD&T, dimensional reports, material certifications, PFMEAs, control plans, MSA, and capability data.
• Experience managing SCARs and supplier investigations using 8D, 5 Whys, fishbone analysis, fault-tree analysis, and related methods.
• Working knowledge of SPC, Cp/Cpk, sampling plans, PLM systems, revision and change management, configuration traceability, and manufacturing processes for PCBAs, cables, sheet metal, machined parts, plastics, and system assemblies; willingness to travel domestically and internationally to supplier sites.

Nice to have

• Lead-auditor or quality certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build a breakthrough AI platform and work on high-performance AI computing hardware.
• Access to cutting-edge AI research, model releases, and open-source work.
• Startup vitality combined with job stability.
• Simple, non-corporate culture that respects individual beliefs.
• Continuous learning, growth, and support in an inclusive work environment.