# Quality Engineer

**Company**: Arc
**Location**: Torrance, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,000 - $150,000 annually
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3601127

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## Description

The marine industry supports recreation, global commerce, and national defense. Arc is on a mission to electrify the marine industry by rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles.

As Arc's Quality Engineer, you will own the quality of the parts bought and the boats built. This involves qualifying and managing the supplier base, running day-to-day quality execution on the production floor, and driving non-conformances to root cause.

**Responsibilities**

- Own supplier quality for electromechanical hardware including wire harnesses, electronic assemblies, batteries, powertrain components, and related systems.

- Define incoming inspection plans and acceptance criteria, and run receiving quality on purchased parts.

- Qualify new suppliers and manufacturing processes through FAI, PPAP/APQP, process audits, capability studies, and production readiness reviews.

- Drive supplier non-conformances from containment through root cause and permanent corrective action using structured problem-solving approaches.

- Review electrical schematics, harness drawings, engineering drawings, specifications, GD&T, and inspection data to establish clear acceptance criteria.

- Establish quality metrics and methods for tracking quality issues in production.

- Partner with engineering and suppliers to resolve design, manufacturability, and quality issues during new product introduction and production ramp.

- Build Arc's supplier quality processes from the ground up, including incoming inspection, supplier metrics, quality standards, and escalation mechanisms.

- Disposition non-conforming material through the Material Review Board.

- Travel 50%+ to supplier sites to support qualification, production ramp, audits, issue resolution, and corrective action.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or related Engineering discipline with 3+ years of experience in supplier, manufacturing, or quality engineering.

- Strong technical foundation in electromechanical hardware, including the ability to read electrical schematics, wiring and harness drawings, engineering drawings, and GD&T.

- Hands-on experience driving supplier quality using tools such as FAI, PPAP/APQP, PFMEA, control plans, SCAR/8D, root cause analysis, and process capability.

- Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as needed.

- Ability to lift, push, and pull 50 lbs.

**Bonus Qualifications**

- Experience working with or within a quality management system (e.g., ISO 9001).

- Experience standing up supplier quality processes from the ground up.

- CQE (Certified Quality Engineer) or similar certification.

- Experience with wire harness manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, batteries, high-voltage systems, power electronics, and EV powertrain hardware.

**What we offer**

- Base salary: $125,000 (P2) to $150,000 (P3) annually.

- Highly competitive equity grants.

- Semi-annual bonuses tied to impact.

- Top-tier benefits, including 99% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision.

- Parental leave , 14 weeks fully paid.

- Generous time off.

- Income protection , Life and disability insurance.

- Retirement savings , Traditional and Roth 401(k) access.

- $500 water fund.

- Professional development , $500 annual reimbursement.

- Safety Support , Annual reimbursement for PPE and ergonomic equipment.

- Captain training.

- Office perks , Daily lunches, snacks, and good coffee.

- Relocation assistance available.

## Skills

### Required
- electromechanical hardware
- supplier quality
- FAI
- PPAP/APQP
- PFMEA
- control plans
- SCAR/8D
- root cause analysis
- process capability
- GD&T
- electrical schematics
- wiring and harness drawings
- engineering drawings

### Nice to have
- quality management system (e.g., ISO 9001)
- wire harness manufacturing
- electronics manufacturing
- batteries
- high-voltage systems
- power electronics
- EV powertrain hardware
- CQE (Certified Quality Engineer)

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