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Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Data Center Power & Cooling

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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (New York City, NY)$320k - $405kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Quality engineering role focused on manufacturing quality for data center power and cooling equipment sourced from OEMs and integrators. Owns supplier qualification, factory acceptance, nonconformance handling, and continuous improvement to ensure equipment is complete, conforming, and installation-ready before deployment across multi-region sites.

Responsibilities

  • Lead quality qualification of new and existing suppliers of power and cooling equipment, including on-site process audits, capability assessments, and manufacturing readiness reviews (MRRs) ahead of production release.
  • Translate engineering specifications into supplier-facing quality requirements: inspection and test plans (ITPs), acceptance criteria, witness/hold points, and documentation deliverables.
  • Partner with Strategic Sourcing to embed quality requirements, Supplier Quality Agreements, and FAT/documentation expectations into RFPs and contracts.
  • Plan, witness, and sign off factory acceptance tests (FATs) for electrical gear and mechanical systems, including functional, performance, and integrated-system testing.
  • Conduct in-process and pre-shipment inspections at supplier facilities; verify build-to-print conformance, workmanship, labeling, and traceability.
  • Review and approve supplier test reports, quality data packages, and turnover documentation; ensure equipment ships complete and installation-ready.
  • Own the nonconformance (NCR) and deviation process for factory-found issues; lead containment, disposition, and root-cause analysis.
  • Drive supplier CAPA to verified closure with measurable, sustained improvement.
  • Investigate field-reported defects that trace back to manufacturing, and feed lessons learned into supplier requirements and future RFPs.
  • Define and track supplier quality KPIs and report them in quarterly reviews.
  • Apply SPC and statistical analysis to supplier process data to identify systemic risk before FATs.
  • Help build a quality framework for a multi-supplier, multi-region equipment pipeline (templates, checklists, audit standards, operating rhythm).

Qualifications

  • 6–10+ years of quality engineering, manufacturing quality, or supplier quality experience in electrical or mechanical equipment manufacturing, mission-critical infrastructure, or a comparable regulated/high-consequence industry.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one side of the data center equipment stack (e.g., switchgear, UPS, generators, transformers, busway, chillers, CDUs, air handlers, pumps).
  • Proven record planning and witnessing FATs and conducting supplier audits.
  • Deep fluency in 8D, RCA, FMEA, SPC, control plans, PPAP or equivalent.
  • Ability to read electrical one-lines, P&IDs, and mechanical drawings and check builds against them.
  • Strong technical writing producing ITPs, audit reports, and NCR packages.
  • Comfortable operating with high autonomy and ambiguity, with clear communication to engineers, suppliers, and leadership.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Supplier qualification and readinessFactory acceptance testing (FAT)NCR/Deviation managementCAPAQuality data analysis (SPC, PPAP, RCA)Reading electrical/mechanical drawingsTechnical writing

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a collaborative office environment.
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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