Quality Technician

Location

Austin

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

Manufacturing

About Base

Base is building the foundation of American power. The grid is the largest, most complex machine in the world. Yet it’s aging, struggling to keep up with today’s demand, and is unprepared for our electrified future.

Base is modernizing the grid as the first engineering-led, technology-driven power company. We’re deploying a nationwide network of distributed batteries that strengthens critical infrastructure and saves Americans money.

Our team of engineers, operators, creatives, technicians, and electricians design and deploy systems at speed. If you want to tackle the problem that will define this century and shape the future of American energy, now is the time. Join us.

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-precision dimensional metrology equipment and associated metrology software (PC-DMIS, Polyworks, etc.) strongly preferred
• Experience with various dimensional, mechanical, and electrical test and measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, force gauges, digital multimeters, etc.)
• Ability to work with and interpret data to drive action utilizing basic statistical analysis

Our Values

We’re building a winning culture and we’re looking for people who are up for the challenge. Here’s what we expect from day one:

• In-Person Only: We work full-time in the office. No hybrid. No remote.
• Challenge the Status Quo: Question assumptions. Fix broken systems. Principles > rules.
• Move Fast: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.
• Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble. Challenge ideas–including your own.
• Own the Outcome: Take full responsibility. Deliver results. No excuses.
• Act Like an Owner: Be resourceful, mindful of impact, and committed to the business.
• Be Decisive: Drive clarity. Make bold calls with imperfect info.
• Bring the Intensity: This is not a 9-to-5. We're building something hard which requires real commitment.