Rackscale Product Quality Engineer
$139,500 - $155,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As the Tech Lead Rackscale Product Quality Engineer, you will serve as Quality's single point of contact for rackscale, platform, and systems programs, providing a single voice on risk, requirements, and readiness. This individual contributor role bridges Supplier Quality Engineering, Customer Quality Engineering, validation, and partner teams from NPI through field support.
What you'll do
- Serve as the primary Quality point of contact for rackscale, platform, and systems programs, tracking quality deliverables, requirements, risks, corrective actions, and readiness milestones.
- Coordinate quality activities across Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), Customer Quality Engineering (CQE), validation, and partner teams.
- Define reliability testing expectations across PCBA, platform, and rack levels while supporting validation, qualification, and product readiness.
- Provide NPI EV support for engineering and collaborate on component engineering and product-level environmental compliance requirements.
- Establish and align RMA and failure-analysis flows across internal teams, ODMs, and partners, including refurbishment and reverse-logistics processes.
- Assist with customer support, system-level debug alongside ODMs and FAEs, and POC pool tracking and return flows.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in quality engineering for electronic hardware, such as server, networking, or data center platforms.
- Hands-on experience with PCBA, platform, or system-level quality, reliability, and failure analysis.
- Proven experience driving RMA, corrective action, and root-cause processes (e.g., 8D) with suppliers, ODMs, and customers.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional programs and escalate issues effectively as an individual contributor.
- Proficiency with Microsoft tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint, for tracking and reporting.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in Engineering or a related field.
- Experience with rack-scale, AI, or hyperscale data center hardware programs.
- Experience in component engineering, NPI quality, or reverse logistics and refurbishment.
- Knowledge of environmental compliance standards (e.g., RoHS, REACH) and reliability test standards.
- Quality certifications such as ASQ CQE or Six Sigma.
Skills: PCBA, reliability testing, RMA, 8D, failure analysis
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 48-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
503
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Median days open
48 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$150k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Astera Labs | All employers we track in this specialty (503 roles · 74 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 503 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 7 | 10056 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 44 d | 48 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $150k |
Skills observed across this category: PCBA, reliability testing, RMA, 8D, failure analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 77 open roles · median 68 d
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 46 d
- Renesas Electronics · 26 open roles · median 25 d
- STMicroelectronics · 20 open roles · median 23 d
- onsemi · 19 open roles · median 88 d
- Analog Devices · 17 open roles · median 69 d
How we counted: 503 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 74 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.