Job Description
Exowatt is revolutionizing the energy landscape for the AI era with our groundbreaking P3 system that captures solar energy, stores it as heat, and generates electricity on demand.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Aerospace, or a related engineering field
- 6+ years of quality and/or reliability engineering experience in a hardware manufacturing environment
- Hands-on experience with supplier quality — audits, FAI, PPAP, SCARs, and supplier development
- Working knowledge of root-cause methodologies (8D, 5-Why, fishbone) and statistical tools (SPC, Cpk, Weibull analysis, DOE basics)
- Experience designing or executing accelerated life or stress tests for electromechanical or thermal hardware
- Proficiency with reliability analysis methods: FMEA, fault tree analysis (FTA), RBD, FRACAS
- Fluency with GD&T and the ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings
- Experience with metrology and inspection tools (CMM, calipers, micrometers, optical comparators, etc.)
- Familiarity with ISO 9001 and the fundamentals of building or operating a QMS
- Clear technical writing and the ability to communicate findings to suppliers, engineers, and leadership
- Willingness to travel to supplier facilities domestically and occasionally internationally (~20%)
- Experience in energy, aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment, or other regulated/high-reliability hardware industries
- Exposure to welded or brazed assemblies, pressure vessels, high-temperature materials, thermal storage systems, or rotating machinery relevant to the P3 system
- Familiarity with failure mechanisms specific to high-temperature continuous-operation hardware: thermal fatigue, creep, oxidation/corrosion, bearing and seal wear, insulation degradation
- ASQ certification (CQE, CQA, CRE, or CSSBB)
- Experience standing up a QMS at an early-stage company, or taking one from ISO 9001 toward AS9100, ISO 14001, or similar
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt; Design for Reliability (DfR) training
- Experience with ERP/MES/QMS or CMMS platforms (NetSuite, Arena, Propel, Salesforce Field Service, or similar)
- Experience building a quality or reliability function from scratch at an early-stage hardware company
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