Quality Technician

Locus Robotics is a leader in the rapidly growing eCommerce order fulfillment optimization space. Our solution helps warehouse owners attain 2-3X efficiency improvement over cart-picking operations, by empowering pickers to work collaboratively with our robots. All this is accomplished while integrating with the operator’s Warehouse Management System, utilizing and optimizing existing facility infrastructure.

The Quality Technician will play a vital role in our supplier quality and product quality activities along with supporting continued improvement of our existing quality and business system infrastructure. This is an individual who is experienced, competent and confident in supporting all aspects of a Quality Management System. The ideal candidate is proficient, tenacious, and thoroughly enjoys interfacing with both internal teams and external partners, working with data, and being hands on with product and part failure analysis.

• Control of non-conforming material including NCMR input, MRB process, and cycle time metrics.
• Manage material movements associated with RMA evaluation execution of dispositions, returns to suppliers and follow through on completion of FA or SCAR requests.
• Perform associated ERP transactions as required to record material transfer.
• Coordination of Failure Analysis tasks for customer field return materials including tracking, triage, report writing, and metrics tracking.
• Incoming materials inspections supporting first article qualification or verifying supplier corrective actions.
• Participate in the development of our calibration program and oversight to ESD compliance.
• May assist with managing internal and external deviation requests including input into our PLM, tracking approval/rejection process and feedback on results.
• Participate in cross functional team reviews of both product and process quality trends and support closed loop correction action and systemic prevention initiatives.

• Strong system background based on experience with globally accepted quality system standards such as ISO9001, ISO13485, TS16949 or equivalent.
• 4 years experience driving elements of a QMS such as control of non-conforming material, calibration programs, supplier/manufacturing/customer data management, correction action system, etc.
• Knowledge of globally accepted methodologies such as 8D, CAPA, DMAIC, PDCA, FMEA, DOE, FTA, etc.
• Experience working with Product lifecycle management (PLM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and quality management software tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization and also with external partners.
• Ability to read and interpret technical document including: engineering drawings, blueprints, product specifications, purchase requisitions, material tolerances and finish specifications.
• Bachelor’s in engineering or management discipline OR equivalent experience in high tech manufacturing or electro-mechanical product companies.
• ASQ certification (CQIA, CQT, CQI, CQPA, or CQE) preferred.
• Experience with product failure analysis is a plus.
• Potential for up to 5% local travel.
• This role is full-time and on-site at our Locus HQ office.

Locus Robotics is an equal opportunity employer.