Quality Engineer

At Terabase Energy, we believe digitalization and automation will drive the next wave of innovation and cost reduction in utility-scale solar. Terabase is developing an interconnected software and construction automation platform supporting the design, optimization, construction, and operation of large solar projects around the world.

At Terabase Energy, we believe digitalization and automation will drive the next wave of innovation and cost reduction in utility-scale solar. Terabase is developing an interconnected software and construction automation platform supporting the design, optimization, construction, and operation of large solar projects around the world.

Our team includes solar-industry veterans and newcomers, engineers, software developers, product managers, project managers, and commercial professionals. We are headquartered in Northern California, with offices and employees across the United States and around the world.

The Quality Engineer ensures quality is built in—not inspected out—across the full lifecycle of mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical products, from new product introduction and incoming material through build, release, and field performance. The Quality Engineer implements and sustains quality engineering controls that ensure Terabase products meet specifications, customer requirements, traceability standards, and ISO 9001 compliance.

The Quality Engineer implements and sustains the quality controls, inspection criteria, and procedures defined in the Terabase Quality Management System. Quality coordinates and provides oversight;
Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain own execution of design, process, and supplier actions.

• Provide quality input in design and process reviews (manufacturability, inspectability, CTQs, lessons learned)
• Develop and maintain inspection plans, control plans, checklists, and acceptance criteria; execute First Article Inspections (FAI)
• Assess quality impact of engineering changes (ECOs in PLM) and verify effective implementation

• Inspect supplier-delivered materials against drawings, specifications, COCs, MTRs, and test certificates; verify part , serial, and lot traceability
• Quarantine nonconforming material (physical and ERP hold) and raise NCRs in the QMS
• Partner with the Supplier Quality Engineer on recurring supplier issues, SCARs, and supplier FAI submissions

• Conduct staged inspections at key assembly points (fit-up, torque, alignment, wiring and terminations, cable routing and labeling)
• mechanical and electrical build quality through dimensional, continuity, insulation resistance, and functional checks per approved test procedures
• Monitor First Pass Yield (FPY), track defects through visual factory and daily walkdowns, and upscale repeat workmanship issues to CAPA
• Confirm latest approved SOPs, drawings, and checklists are in use, and build records are fully traceable

• Support FAT and SAT for assemblies and integrated systems
• Authorize handover to FAT only when assembly is complete, no NCRs or inspections are open, BOM/revision and hardware/software versions are verified, and build records are uploaded
• Release products for dispatch after verifying labeling, packaging, customer requirements, FAT approvals, and NCR closure; maintain the dispatch record in the QMS

• Support investigation of field failures, installation issues, customer complaints, and warranty returns; feed findings back into design, process, and supplier controls
• Support customer and owner's engineer audits and site inspections

• Log NCRs with full…