Job Details

Optivolt is seeking aSeniorQuality & Reliability Engineerto lead the development of our quality systems and infrastructure. This role will be instrumental in ensuring robust, consistent manufacturing outcomes across our contract manufacturing (CM) partners and validating product performance with third-party labs.

You will play a hands-on role — not only defining quality and reliability standards but also designing custom test equipment tailored to Optivolt's unique hardware. Your work will directly support production scale-up and field reliability, ensuring our systems perform in demanding real-world environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement quality assurance processes for electrical assemblies at CM partner sites
• Define in-process and end-of-line test procedures; drive process audits and corrective actions with CMs
• Design, prototype, and deploy custom test fixtures and automation for reliability and production validation
• Collaborate with third-party labs to validate safety, performance, and environmental compliance
• Conduct hands-on reliability testing (thermal cycling, mechanical shock, power cycling, etc.)
• Lead failure analysis investigations (FA, RCA , 8D, FMEA) for field returns and production defects
• Maintain quality documentation, traceability, and validation reports for internal and external stakeholders
• Influence product design with recommendations for design-for-testability and reliability
• Partner cross-functionally to scale testing, inspection, and validation infrastructure as production ramps

Qualifications

• 5+ years in hardware quality, reliability, or test engineering
• Strong hands-on background in electronics and test system development (fixtures, automation, instrumentation)
• Proven ability to set up and improve quality systems at contract manufacturing sites
• Familiarity with electronics assembly standards (IPC-A-610, ISO 9001) and compliance standards (UL, IEC, etc.)
• Experience managing third-party validation partners and coordinating test certification workflows
• Skilled in root cause analysis methods (5 Whys, Ishikawa, etc.) and quality metrics (DOE, AQL, CPK, yield, etc.)
• Able to travel periodically to CM or lab sites for hands-on setup, validation, and troubleshooting
• Comfortable working across engineering, test, and manufacturing teams in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of Python, LabVIEW or similar for automating test equipment

Preferred Skills

• Experience in manufacturing complex electronic products at high volume, e.g. mobile phones, automotive, solar, power electronics, or other rugged outdoor electronic systems
• Experience building systems during NPI-to-production transitions
• Knowledge of photovoltaic systems, photovoltaic optimizers, string inverters, etc.

Join Optivolt and work alongside seasoned engineers with decades of experience and dozens of patents, offering you an unparalleled opportunity to learn and innovate in power electronics. You'll help build the next generation of solar power optimizers while contributing directly to high-impact, real-world energy systems. We offer a mission-driven culture, competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and the chance to shape the future of clean energy at scale