Senior Design Quality Engineer Hydraulics and Pressure Systems

Job Details

• Level: Experienced
• Job Location:
  
  Orange, CA 92867
• Position Type:
  Full Time
• Education Level: 4 Year Degree
• Travel Percentage:
  Negligible
• Job Category: QA - Quality Control

Ensure Our Next Generation of HVACR Products Perform When It Matters Most

At Fieldpiece, quality isn't something we inspect after a product is built - it's engineered into every design from the very beginning.

As our Senior Design Quality Engineer – Hydraulics & Pressure Systems, you'll partner with Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, and Product Engineering teams to ensure our pumps, pressure systems, and other electro‑mechanical products meet the highest standards for performance, reliability, and durability before they ever reach the customer.

This is a highly collaborative role where you'll influence design decisions, develop verification strategies, validate prototypes, investigate failures, and help engineering teams build products right the first time. If you enjoy solving complex technical problems and making products better before they launch, you'll thrive here.

This position is in our Orange, CA office with an exciting move to Tustin, CA in 2028. This role follows a hybrid work schedule, with employees typically working onsite three days per week. Additional in‑office days may be required from time to time for onboarding, training, team meetings, project collaboration, or other business needs.

• Partner with engineering teams throughout the development of new pumps, pressure systems, and other electro‑mechanical products.
• Develop and execute verification and validation plans to ensure products meet performance, reliability, safety, and customer requirements.
• Design and perform testing, evaluate prototypes, and identify opportunities to improve product quality before launch.
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical quality guidance throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Investigate product failures, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and global suppliers to support successful product launches and continuous improvement.
• Ensure products meet applicable quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.

• Influence the production of electro‑mechanical tools and instruments before they reach customers – not after problems occur.
• Partner directly with engineering teams throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
• Join an innovative company where quality is viewed as a competitive advantage, not just a checkpoint.
• Solve challenging technical problems involving pumps, pressure systems, fluid handling, and product reliability.

• Become a trusted quality partner to engineering teams during new product development.
• Lead verification efforts for several high‑impact product launches that deliver exceptional performance and customer confidence.
• Strengthen product reliability through effective testing and early risk identification.
• Help improve quality processes that accelerate development while maintaining high standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or another STEM‑related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Design Quality, Design Assurance, Verification & Validation (V&V), or New Product Development Quality for complex electro‑mechanical products.
• Experience developing and executing verification and validation plans, test protocols, and product validation activities.
• Experience with pumps, fluid handling systems, pressure systems, compressors, valves, and other electro‑mechanical products.
• Strong understanding of design controls, risk management, root cause analysis, and quality engineering principles.
• Experience with DFMEA, Design for Reliability (DfR), or statistical quality tools.
• Experience working with global manufacturing partners, ODMs, or OEMs.
• Experience partnering with cross‑functional engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.

• Knowledge of ISO 9001 or other product quality and safety standards.
• Experience in…