Quality Control Technician

Skild AI • San Mateo, CA

6d • $70,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Join Skild AI’s manufacturing team to help ensure robots, accessories, and incoming materials meet design requirements and quality standards. This hands-on role includes in-process and final inspections, verification of incoming material conformity, and visual inspections of returned robots and accessories. The technician documents findings, identifies nonconforming products, and works with manufacturing and engineering to resolve quality issues.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in quality control, quality inspection, or a similar role supporting electro-mechanical manufacturing.
• Experience performing incoming, in-process, and final inspections of mechanical parts, electrical components, or assembled products.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, dimensions, tolerances, specifications, bills of materials, and inspection instructions.
• Hands-on experience using calipers, micrometers, and other inspection or measuring equipment appropriate to the product.
• Ability to evaluate electro-mechanical assembly workmanship, including hardware installation, PCBA placement, cable routing, connector engagement, and labeling.
• Strong attention to detail and sound judgment when comparing inspection results with documented acceptance criteria.
• Experience documenting defects, maintaining traceable inspection records, and handling nonconforming material through established procedures.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to describe defects objectively and work effectively with production, receiving, repair, and engineering teams.
• Ability to organize inspection priorities, work independently within defined procedures, and escalate unclear requirements or quality concerns.
• Comfort using Google Docs, Google Sheets, email, and electronic quality or production systems to record and communicate inspection results.

Nice To Haves

• Experience inspecting robots, automated equipment, or similar complex electro-mechanical products.
• Experience documenting the condition of RMA products and supporting repair or failure-analysis teams.
• Familiarity with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, sampling plans, and applicable workmanship standards.
• Experience with ERP or product lifecycle management systems, such as Rootstock and Arena, and supporting corrective actions or continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Inspect incoming components, materials, and subassemblies against engineering drawings, specifications, approved samples, and applicable inspection criteria.
• Perform in-line and in-process inspections at designated assembly checkpoints, verifying workmanship, component placement, hardware installation, cable routing, connector seating, labeling, and other acceptance criteria.
• Complete final inspections of manufactured robots and accessories before release, ensuring inspection and test records are complete and products meet documented acceptance criteria.
• Perform visual receiving inspections of incoming RMA robots and accessories, documenting physical condition, visible damage, missing components, identification labels, and other discrepancies.
• Record RMA inspection findings and photographs as appropriate, communicate observations to repair personnel, and distinguish observed conditions from suspected causes requiring further evaluation.
• Use appropriate measuring instruments, inspection tools, and visual inspection methods to check dimensions, fit, finish, and assembly quality; verify equipment calibration status before use.
• Identify, label, and segregate nonconforming material or products according to established procedures, document discrepancies, and escalate issues for authorized disposition.
• Maintain accurate inspection records, checklists, and quality data, including part numbers, serial numbers, inspection results, and supporting evidence as required.
• Communicate recurring defects and quality trends to manufacturing, engineering, and quality personnel; support root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and inspection-process improvements.
• Coordinate inspections with production and receiving priorities while maintaining consistent acceptance standards.
• Follow safety, material handling, and 5S practices and perform other assigned quality duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed