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About the Role

Foundry Robotics is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to build and manage a quality function from first principles. This role involves architecting an AS9100D-compliant Quality Management System (QMS), leading the company through third-party certification, and serving as the in-house technical authority on quality. The position offers a significant impact on the company's product, culture, and success.

Responsibilities

• Architect, document, and own Foundry Robotics' AS9100D / ISO 9001:2015 QMS, and lead the company through third-party certification
• Run the internal audit program, management review, and supplier quality, ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory requirements
• Own inspection plans, control plans, first article inspection, and quality records across assembly, test, and calibration operations
• Own nonconformance and corrective action end to end. Lead containment, drive root cause analysis, and prevent recurrence
• Serve as the quality point of contact for customer audits and source inspections, and report quality performance to leadership and customers
• Mentor inspectors, technicians, and junior quality staff as the team grows

Requirements

• 7+ years of quality engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, or equivalent demonstrated experience
• Working expertise in AS9100D and/or ISO 9001:2015 is a prerequisite. You have built or operated inside the standard and can write procedures that pass external audit
• Demonstrated experience leading or materially contributing to a QMS implementation or third-party certification effort
• Fluency in structured problem solving, FMEA, control plans, and process capability analysis
• Strong GD&T fluency and the ability to read, interpret, and challenge engineering drawings
• Equally effective in a procedure review and on the shop floor
• Bias toward action, scrappy problem solving, and moving fast without sacrificing rigor

Skills

• AS9100D
• ISO 9001:2015
• Structured problem solving
• FMEA
• Control plans
• Process capability analysis
• GD&T

Location

• San Francisco, CA

Work Type

• In-person
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent demonstrated experience

Salary/Compensations

• $150,000 to $250,000 USD

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• Generous PTO

About the Company

• Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware.
• We are reimagining manufacturing through advanced robotics. Our mission is to rebuild the American manufacturing industry as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer.
• We aim to empower manufacturers with intelligent, efficient, and adaptable robotic systems that redefine productivity and quality.
• This is one of the only places where world-class manufacturing operators, mechanical engineers, robotics researchers, and software engineers sit in the same room, building production systems together.
• We are committed to being deeply embedded in the U.S. industrial base. Our focus is simple: build adaptive robotic assembly systems that make American manufacturing scalable, resilient, and competitive again.