About Epirus Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Epirus' flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques which allow power-hungry systems to do more with less. Job Summary: This is an exciting Senior Product Quality Engineer role with an innovative, high-growth defense technology company.

The ideal candidate for the position is agile, collaborative, and results oriented with experience overseeing product quality from design to production for complex electro-mechanical assemblies.

Requirements

This position also leads the development, tracking, and trending of key quality metrics to enable data-driven decision making and continuous improvement. Partnering cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and suppliers, this role proactively identifies risks, implements robust quality practices, and ensures scalable, compliant product delivery.

L ead non-conformance investigations, corrective actions, root cause analysis, MRB activities, product/process audits, and inspection/test capability analysis. Lead implementation and adoption of advanced quality mechanisms in the product development process to drive production readiness. Identify potential risks to product/program success and assist in the development of mitigation strategies.

Manage field quality issues, including failure investigations, customer communication, and timely closure of corrective actions. Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering to drive system wide quality initiatives to meet quality and reliability objectives. Interpret and implement customer and program-specific quality flowdowns, ensuring compliance across internal teams and suppliers.

Support internal and external audits and inspections from customers, regulatory bodies, and certification agencies. , yield, defect rates, escapes, field returns), including dashboards and trend analysis . Support and lead product qualification, first article inspection (FAI), and verification/validation efforts with test engineering.

Review and analyze test data, inspection reports, and non-conformance reports to ensure product integrity. Prepare quality reports, metrics, and presentations for leadership and customers as needed.

throughout the product lifecycle. Demonstrated experience managing nonconformances (MRB) and driving corrective actions. Knowledge of quality management system standards such as ISO 9001, AS9100, and/or other similar standards.

Strong experience developing and analyzing quality metrics and using data to drive decisions.

and flowdowns Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and drive improvements in a fast-paced start-up

Responsibilities

: Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance processes, plans, and procedures in compliance with AS9100, Customer, and internal Quality Management System

Qualifications

: BS degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering, or related field 5+ years of quality, manufacturing, or engineering experience working in aerospace/defense or other regulated and/or high reliability industries. Commercial electronics experience working on complex applications is suitable as well. Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerances , design review, configuration management and quality management of complex electro-mechanical assemblies.