We are seeking a skilled, hands-on Quality Technician to join our engineering validation team at our San Jose facility. In this role, you will focus on complex experimental setups, R&D laboratory testing, and close collaboration with development engineers to execute critical validation protocols.
Unlike traditional inspection roles, this is an active, highly technical laboratory position. The ideal candidate thrives in dynamic R&D and cleanroom environments, bringing the technical aptitude required to support cutting-edge product development.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Execute V&V Protocols: Run complex Verification & Validation (V&V) protocols, focusing on functional, reliability, and system-level performance testing.
Fixture & Rig Setup: Assemble, configure, and align specialized test fixtures, mechanical rigs, and test samples using standard laboratory and hand tools.
Data Integrity & QMS: Accurately record, track, and report performance data in strict alignment with our Quality Management System (QMS) frameworks.
Root-Cause Analysis: Support engineering investigations by documenting unexpected test anomalies and contributing directly to root-cause failure analysis.
R&D Collaboration: Partner closely with R&D teams during early prototype builds and engineering studies to evaluate hardware functionality.
Process Improvement: Review, refine, and provide feedback to update internal test procedures, laboratory methods, and standard operating instructions.
Regulatory Compliance: Ensure full compliance with FDA regulations, ISO 13485 standards, and internal corporate quality systems.
Qualifications & Requirements
Industry Experience: Proven hands-on testing, validation, QA lab, or engineering support experience in a regulated medical device environment (such as robotics, surgical devices, diagnostics, or complex electromechanical hardware).
Environment Adaptability: Demonstrated comfort working within dynamic R&D labs, cleanroom environments, and engineering verification spaces.
Technical Aptitude: Strong practical, electromechanical aptitude with experience troubleshooting automated test setups, rigs, or custom fixtures.
Education & Background: Associate’s degree, technical/polytechnic certification, or equivalent military/industrial laboratory experience is preferred. We highly value practical, active laboratory skills.
Communication: Excellent communication skills with the capability to clearly articulate structural test failures, setup anomalies, and documentation trails.
Professional Drive: A proactive, self-motivated professional with a strong desire to learn new hardware architectures and laboratory workflows.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Fremont, CA
Skills
Cleanroomunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Data Qualityunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Electromechanicsunmatched
FDA Requirementsunmatched
Failure Analysisunmatched
Hand Toolsunmatched
Hardware Architectureunmatched
Hardware Evaluationunmatched
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)unmatched
Laboratoryunmatched
Laboratory Testingunmatched
Maintain Complianceunmatched
Mechanical Testingunmatched
Medical Equipmentunmatched
Militaryunmatched
Performance Analysisunmatched
Performance Testingunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Product Developmentunmatched
Prototypingunmatched
Quality Assuranceunmatched
Quality Managementunmatched
Record Keepingunmatched
Regulatory Complianceunmatched
Research & Development (R&D)unmatched
Roboticsunmatched
Root Cause Analysisunmatched
Specimens/Samplesunmatched
System Testunmatched
Systems Reliabilityunmatched
Technical Supportunmatched
Test Automationunmatched
Test Fixturesunmatched
Test Labunmatched
Testingunmatched
Validation Planunmatched
Validation Testingunmatched
Verification Engineeringunmatched
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