Manufacturing Quality Assurance Engineer

We are a fast-growing advanced materials company located in San Jose, CA, and we're looking for talented people who want to help us make a lasting impact on the world. Lyten has developed a breakthrough technology to custom design and manufacture Lyten 3D Graphene™, a platform of carbon-based materials that has the promise to transform many industries. Imagine helping to transform the transportation industry to become more electric and reduce emissions in our atmosphere with a safer and more powerful battery platform. Imagine helping to develop new types of plastic materials that are stronger yet also weigh less, helping to reduce fuel costs in the shipping and logistics industry. Imagine building a chemical sensor that can better detect off-gasses or dangerous chemicals in order to save lives. With so much possibility, would you like to help make the world a better place?

This position is based in the US and required to be in compliance with ITAR regulations.

We are looking for a talented and motivated hands-on quality assurance engineer with a sound understanding of quality control systems. This individual will have experience in preparing inspection plans and procedures, inspection records, material action records, and implementing corrective actions, and presenting work to others.

Responsibilities:

• Quality control functions associated with the manufacturing of cells and batteries in a cross functional team environment.
• Implement a quality control system and support related activities: product design, manufacturing, test, and evaluation.
• Generate quality control documentation such as, inspection plans, inspection procedures, inspection records, material action records, and corrective action records, etc.
• Prepare detailed quality plans in accordance with industry standards, MIL-STD-105 sampling by attributes, statistical process control (SPC), total quality management (TQM), etc.
• Prepare inspection methods, specify inspection tools and equipment. Gage repeatability & reproducibility (Gage R&R) studies.
• Interact with suppliers as needed to ensure quality requirements are met.
• Prepare quality cost estimates.
• Support root cause defect analysis, identification, and implement corrective actions.
• Support reviews: preliminary design review (PDR), test readiness reviews (TRRs), critical design review (CDR), production readiness reviews (PRRs), etc., as necessary.
• Ensure equipment calibration is maintained.
• Obtain quality certifications as appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or similar.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in quality control/quality engineering.
• Quality software, Minitab, MS Office, etc.
• Working knowledge of measuring instruments, test methods, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance stack up analysis, and quality standards.
• Familiarity with design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA), design-to-unit-product-cost (DTUPC), and manufacturing processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills (oral and written).
• Lithium battery experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K
• PTO
• Competitive salary with opportunity for career growth
• Employee stock option plans
• Employee relocation assistance program

Certain positions within Lyten, Inc. require compliance with export control laws and, as a result, all interviewed candidates will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export restrictions.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.

Principals only; third party or agency submitted candidates will not be considered.

This position requires access to technology, software and other information that is subject to governmental access control restrictions, due to export controls. Employment in this position is conditioned on the continued availability of government authorization to authorize release of such items, to the extent required, including without limitation an export license, or other documentation required to establish authorization to receive access to such items. Company may delay commencement of employment, rescind an offer of employment, terminate employment, and/or may modify job responsibilities, compensation, benefits, and/or access to Company facilities and information systems, as Company deems appropriate, in order to ensure compliance with applicable government access control restrictions.