Hardware Quality Engineer
Job in
El Segundo, Los Angeles County, California, 90245, USA
Listed on 2026-06-28
Listing for:
CHAOS Industries
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-28
Job specializations:
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Production QC/QA, Quality Control - QC Analysts/Managers, Quality Engineering -
Manufacturing / Production
Production QC/QA, Quality Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Responsibilities
- Act as lineside quality authority for hardware inspection and acceptance
- Own in-process and final inspection, buy-offs, and release decisions
- Ensure hardware meets drawing, spec, and workmanship requirements
- Execute quality control within ERP/MES systems (review, sign-off, traceability)
- Serve as primary POC for manufacturing quality issues on the floor
- Inspection & Buy-Off Authority:
- Perform in-process and final inspection of hardware (mechanical + electrical)
- Execute first article inspection (FAI) and verification against drawings/specs
- Approve/reject hardware and sign off on build completion
- Quality Control Execution:
- Review travelers, routers, and build records in ERP/MES
- Ensure traceability, configuration, and documentation are complete and accurate
- Enforce workmanship standards (IPC, internal specs)
- Nonconformance & Disposition:
- Identify, document, and segregate nonconforming material
- Support MRB and disposition activities
- Drive immediate containment on the floor
- Production Support:
- Act as first responder to quality issues during builds
- Interface directly with Manufacturing, Test, and Engineering
- Ensure no hardware progresses with unresolved quality issues
- Generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
- Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code
- Life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
- Medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
- Ability to read drawings, schematics, and specifications (GD&T preferred)
- 5+ years in quality inspection / QC / manufacturing quality roles
- Experience with board-level and/or mechanical hardware inspection
- Experience with ERP/MES systems for build tracking and sign-off
- Familiarity with IPC standards (J-STD-001, IPC-A-610)
- Experience in aerospace/defense or high-reliability hardware
- Experience in multiple production domains (R&D, T2P, LRIP, FRP)
- AS9100 environment experience, Experience performing FAI (AS9102)
- Strong MRB / nonconformance handling experience
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