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Beyond Roads: The Future is Electric

Opener's BlackFly heralds a new era of aviation.

The dream of futurists has always been a flying vehicle capable of efficiently moving passengers from A to B. Opener is realizing this dream in the world’s first ultralight all-electric fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle: BlackFly. BlackFly is a story of technical evolution and vision. Our vehicles are intended to liberate us from the restrictions of two-dimensional road travel by opening up a new world of unfeathered three-dimensional flight. People will go places they never thought possible.

Opener is an aviation company based in Palo Alto, CA. Our team shares a vision of a revolutionary form of personal transportation. We build pioneering technology in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. We’re growing fast and invite you to join our amazing team.

About the job

The Quality Engineer will be responsible for building quality assurance processes across the company, monitoring and evaluating internal production processes and examining products to determine their quality. The Quality Engineer will be the primary quality contact, and will be responsible for handling corrective actions, survey requests, auditing activities, and all other requests in a timely manner.

In addition, the Quality Engineer will be the management representative regarding implementation and maintenance of the Quality Management System in accordance with requirements. This will include involvement in auditing processes by internal and external sources to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system, and taking appropriate actions when issues are found. The Quality Engineer will support, and maintain quality systems and training related to sales and repairs of aftermarket activity. The Quality Engineer will serve as liaison with external regulators.

Responsibilities

• Produce statistical reports against quality standards
• Inspire, direct, and lead technical and administrative workers engaged in quality assurance activities
• Design and develop quality control processes
• Help source materials and inspect shipments
• Keep management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and actions
• Conduct failure analysis evaluation, root cause investigation, and corrective action implementation
• Ability to work hands-on performing inspections personally as well as work at a high level overseeing a highly functioning team
• Prepare and present technical and program information to the management team
• Implement and maintain a quality management program
• Examine the quality of raw materials that are used in production
• Monitor and evaluate internal production processes
• Evaluate final output of products and address those that fail quality standards
• Maintain a working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance codes and standards

Qualifications

• A background working in startups, technology or manufacturing industry is preferred
• Prior experience as a Design Engineer is a plus
• Keen judgment, make sound independent decisions, and know when to escalate
• Experience developing and managing quality plans
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.5 years of work experience in quality, mechanical and electro-mechanical design or equivalent
• Detail-oriented with a high sense of urgency, good organizational and time management skills
• Experience developing composites, medical, aerospace, and/or transportation products for consumer use is preferred
• Prior experience as a Quality Engineer desired
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels of the organization
• Knowledge of quality assurance standards
• Product life-cycle management experience a plus
• ASQ certification is a plus.

Personal Attributes

• Thrive in a fast-moving, stimulating, and collaborative team environment
• Resourceful, curious, and never satisfied with the status quo
• Proactive about solving problems and suggesting solutions
• Strong work ethic, extremely organized, detail-oriented, and able to multitask
• Love learning and being challenged
• Always thinking about how to increase efficiency and improve processes

Closing

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and willing to relocate.

All applicants must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by date of hire to be considered. Proof of vaccination required. Opener offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans.

Opener is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Opener does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.