Quality Assurance Product Engineer

MatrixSpace is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Product Engineer to join their innovative product development team. This role involves working with R&D, Manufacturing, Operations, and Field Teams to deliver portable radar systems for safety and security. Key responsibilities include supporting verification and production testing for RF products, managing environmental and regulatory tests, and optimizing system configurations for customer applications. The engineer will also drive quality assurance processes and ISO9001 certification.

Must Have

• Support/drive development efforts of sub-circuit, board, and module level verification and production tests for RF products.
• Support/drive product level environmental and regulatory tests for RF products and systems.
• Work closely with hardware and software teams to transition designs into production.
• Create, document, and conduct comprehensive testing on hardware components and systems.
• Optimize system configurations for customer applications, including final software programming.
• Support field investigations, driving root cause analysis of product customer returns.
• Define and implement Quality and Reliability aspects for current and future products.
• Drive ISO9001 and related Quality Certification for MatrixSpace's offices.
• Drive Quality Assurance processes at internal and contract manufacturing facilities.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering required.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (Green Card holder).

Good to Have

• Strong RF system knowledge preferred.
• Experienced in drawing conclusions from statistics and interpolation.
• Capable of driving root cause analysis and action plans.
• Experience in establishing/supporting a scalable product manufacturing & test environment.
• Demonstrated hardware debugging skills using bench equipment.
• Experience with product level environmental and regulatory tests.
• Some software experience including C, Python, LabVIEW, and Matlab.
• Demonstrated success in technical problem-solving skills and leadership.
• Strong written & verbal communications skills, good interpersonal skills.

Perks & Benefits

• Work on cutting-edge technology bridging embedded systems, cloud computing, and AI applications.
• Collaborate with world-class engineers solving complex distributed systems challenges.
• High ownership, fast iteration, and opportunities to lead architecture and innovation initiatives.
• Competitive compensation.
• Equity options.
• Culture that values innovation and technical excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Support/drive development efforts of sub-circuit, board, and module level verification test and production test for RF products and systems.
• Support/drive product level environmental and regulatory tests for RF products and systems.
• Work closely with hardware and software teams to transition designs into production, including documentation and process optimization.
• Create, document and conduct comprehensive testing on hardware components and systems to ensure compliance with performance and reliability
• Product Technical documentation, evaluation kit (EVK) bill of materials, user’s guides (in cooperation with R&D and Sales teams), and all materials to ensure a positive customer “out of box” experience.
• Optimize system configurations for customer applications, including final software programming of product before customer shipment.
• MOL activities including support of field investigations, driving root cause analysis of product customer returns, and recommending current and future product improvements.
• Support root cause efforts for manufacturing yield impacts and ongoing defects.
• Support prototype and production builds and associated internal and customer deliveries.
• Participate in team reviews of hardware design, hardware/software/firmware partitioning, and implementations with citing potential quality concerns, risks, or issues.
• Define and implement Quality and Reliability aspects for current and future products, including ALT, HALT, and other related tests.
• Drive ISO9001 and related Quality Certification for MatrixSpace’s Hoffman Estates and Burlington offices.
• Drive Quality Assurance processes at both internal and contract manufacturing facilities to ensure products delivered meet stringent assembly and test product requirements.

Skills:

• Working knowledge of RF Systems at a minimum; strong RF system knowledge preferred.
• Experienced in drawing conclusions from statistics and interpolation; capable of driving root cause analysis and action plans
• Experience in establishing/supporting a scalable product manufacturing & test environment.
• Demonstrated hardware debugging skills using bench equipment (spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, DC power, etc.).
• Experience with product level environmental and regulatory tests including thermal shock, over temperature tests with and without humidity, vibration (product and shipping), drop, salt fog, ESD, water/dust ingress, and thermal measurements per applicable standards.
• Some software experience including C, Python, LabVIEW, and Matlab.
• Demonstrated success in technical problem-solving skills, and leadership of solving these systemically across an organization.
• Strong written & verbal communications skills, good interpersonal skills

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering required.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience
• This position requires working directly or indirectly with the US Government in restricted environments. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (Green Card holder)
• Domestic and/or International Travel – 10%

Position:

• Reports to Product Engineering/Operations Manager
• This role is resident in our modern facility in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Our team is well known for delivering unique and differentiated RF systems.

Why Join Us:

• Work on cutting-edge technology bridging embedded systems, cloud computing, and AI applications
• Collaborate with world-class engineers solving complex distributed systems challenges
• High ownership, fast iteration, and opportunities to lead architecture and innovation initiatives
• Competitive compensation, equity options, and a culture that values innovation and technical excellence.