Senior Quality Engineer
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteTorrance, California, United States
Job Summary
Own critical quality challenges across R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and early commercial activities by partnering with technical teams to develop compliant, risk-informed solutions. Independently resolve significant quality issues while establishing foundational processes for design, testing, configuration control, and supplier management. Build prevention-focused Quality Management Systems from the ground up, applying nuclear quality assurance principles to ensure regulatory compliance without creating unnecessary barriers. Serve as the technical Quality representative during interactions with regulators, auditors, and external stakeholders. Mentor engineers and help structure the growing Quality organization as it scales toward commercial operations.
Required Qualifications
- Prior experience in nuclear quality assurance, including R&D, commercial nuclear operations, manufacturing, or a combination of these environments.
- Broad quality engineering experience spanning areas such as: Design and engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier quality, Testing and inspection, Quality systems and documentation.
- Experience building, implementing, or significantly improving a Quality Management System rather than solely operating within an established system.
- Demonstrated ability to independently identify, investigate, and resolve complex quality issues.
- Experience working within incomplete or developing processes and systems.
- Strong technical judgment, problem-solving skills, and ability to make decisions under pressure.
- Ability to work effectively in a high-intensity, rapidly evolving technical environment.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
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