Senior Product Quality Engineer

Senior Product Quality Engineer (P3) - Rev B 10/09/2026 About Epirus Epirus is a high-growth technology company developing software-defined high-power microwave (HPM) systems with devastating counter-electronics effects on modern drone threats. The Epirus Leonidas HPM family of products, empowered by innovations in AI and microelectronics, is human safe and cost-effective. Distinguishing itself from lasers, Leonidas excels against drone swarms while also bending the cost curve back in DoD's favor - taking drone defeat costs from millions of dollars per drone to pennies on the dollar. Job Summary: We are seeking a Senior Product Quality Engineer to join our innovative, fast-growing defense technology company. This role focuses on our Small and Medium System product lines and requires an agile, collaborative, hands-on professional with experience in assembly, integration, and test of complex electromechanical systems. You will serve as a key quality partner throughout the product lifecycle, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and program management teams to deliver robust, reliable, and mission-ready products that meet the demanding requirements of defense applications. Responsibilities: Support quality planning and execution throughout the Product Development Process, from design throughout production and field deployment, applying advanced quality mechanisms (DFMEA, PFMEA, control plans). Implement quality strategies for inspection, assembly, integration, and test operations for small and medium complex systems. Support quality gates and approval processes to ensure readiness at each phase transition. Support Design for Quality (DfQ) principles across engineering teams and share lessons learned across products and programs. Monitor quality and reliability KPIs for product and process performance and develop metrics to analyze trends and drive quality improvements. Collaborate with engineering to define critical-to-quality (CTQ) characteristics and key product parameters and develop variation monitoring plans. Participate in failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action systems (FRACAS). Lead nonconformance management, root cause analysis and corrective actions for assembly and integration issues. Manage field quality issues, including failure investigations, customer/program communication, and timely closure of corrective actions. Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering to drive system wide quality initiatives to meet quality and reliability objectives. Support and lead product qualification, first article inspection (FAI), and verification/validation efforts with test engineering. Foster a culture of proactive quality ownership. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or rela