Quality Technician
ABOUT BASE
Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a manufacturing quality technician to join our team. This role focuses on continuous monitoring of the quality of our parts and processes throughout our manufacturing lines. You will conduct product-level testing and measurement, work with manufacturing and supplier engineering teams to identify and root cause manufacturing problems, validate new parts and processes, and manage non-conforming material.
What You’ll Do
- Perform measurements and testing of incoming material as part of our incoming quality control process
- Execute our manufacturing quality control plan by regularly testing parts and auditing processes and equipment
- Identify and manage non-conforming material throughout the manufacturing process, including quarantining of material, repair, and disposition
- Identify and investigate process abnormalities and excursions, working with process and equipment engineering teams to root cause issues and implement corrective actions
- Conduct process trials and design of experiments (DoEs) with cross-functional engineering teams to validate process and part improvements
What You’ll Bring
- 2+ years of experience working in a manufacturing or test lab environment or equivalent educational background in Mechanical/electrical engineering or similar.
- Ability to understand and interpret mechanical and electrical drawings and schematics.
- Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and the ability to measure part features accordingly.
- Experience with CMMs, pCMMs or other high-precisi...