Mytra is creating a new class of product for the $1T material handling and storage market, focusing on the supply chain industry which is facing challenges due to e-commerce growth, rising costs, and disruptions.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on inspection experience; comfortable working in a lab, shop floor, or supplier site.
- Familiarity with quality tools like FMEA, 5-Whys, Fishbone/Ishikawa, and 8D problem solving.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and suppliers—especially qualifying, auditing, and managing them.
- Experience in early-stage NPI product development cycles and prototype manufacturing.
- Working knowledge of ERP/MRP/PLM systems.
- Certifications like CQE, Six Sigma, or experience with ISO 9001 are a plus but not required.
- Familiarity with GD&T, IPC standards, or robotics system integration is a bonus.
Responsibilities
- Establish incoming part inspection protocols for key mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical components; perform hands-on inspections using calipers, micrometers, multimeters, and CMM tools.
- Build supplier quality processes from scratch: support vendor qualification, track performance, and lead supplier corrective actions (SCARs).
- Collaborate with engineering on early-stage design reviews with a focus on DFM/DFA and quality risk mitigation, and ensure our drawings are developed to be able to create quality control and inspection practices.
- Maintain part approval documentation including FAIs (First Article Inspections), PPAPs, and control plans.
- Lead or support root cause analysis and corrective actions (RCCA) for internal defects, incoming quality issues, and field issues.
- Define quality requirements for critical components, subassemblies, and final robotic systems.
- Support build and assembly teams with quality checks during prototype and production runs.
Other
- Please note, this role requires onsite presence 5 days a week and is not eligible for relocation assistance. Our HQ is located in Brisbane, CA.
- Comfort in a dynamic, fast-changing startup environment where systems are still being built.
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
- +5 years of experience in quality engineering, preferably in a startup, robotics, high-volume manufacturing, hardware, or electromechanical environment.
- Competitive compensation + equity grants at a high growth company backed by top tier VCs
