Job Description:
Nextpower is looking for an experienced Senior Quality Engineer to support our operations in Spain, with a particular focus on the ramp-up and ongoing quality oversight of our manufacturing operations in Córdoba.
In this role, you will work directly with suppliers and contract manufacturers (CMs) to improve quality, reduce process variation, and ensure robust and consistent manufacturing processes. You will play a key role in monitoring manufacturing quality performance, driving corrective actions, supporting production ramp-up, and ensuring compliance with Nextpower quality and engineering requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain CM quality requirements, control plans, inspection plans, and acceptance criteria.
- Monitor incoming, in-process, final, and end-of-line quality performance.
- Track FPY, RTY, defects, rework, DPMO, and process capability.
- Conduct CM process, product, and manufacturing-readiness audits.
- Review CM quality records, test data, NCRs, deviations, and release documentation.
- Lead 8D, root-cause analysis, CAPA, and corrective-action effectiveness reviews.
- Verify calibration, measurement systems, traceability, and inspection controls.
- Support supplier quality, NPI, pilot builds, process validation, FAT, and production ramp-up.
- Ensure CM compliance with Nextpower specifications, procedures, engineering changes, and revisions.
- Drive standardization of quality checks, metrics, control plans, and corrective actions across sites.
- Report CM quality risks, performance, and improvement actions to Nextpower leadership.
- Support customer audits, factory visits, and quality reviews.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering.
- 12 or more years of manufacturing quality or supplier quality experience.
- Fluent English and Spanish (written and spoken), other European languages are a plus.
- Experience overseeing contract manufacturers or suppliers.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, 8D, CAPA, and root-cause analysis.
- Experience with ERP, MES, QMS, NCR, and quality-reporting systems.
- Strong communication, audit, problem-solving, and project-management skills.
- Willingness to travel to CM facilities.
At Nextpower, we are driving the global energy transition with an integrated clean energy technology platform that combines intelligent structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale power plants. Our comprehensive portfolio enables faster project delivery, higher performance, and greater reliability, helping our customers capture the full value of solar power. Our talented worldwide teams are redefining how solar power plants are designed, built, and operated every day with smart technology, data-driven insights, and advanced automation. Together, we’re building the foundation for the world’s next generation of clean energy infrastructure.
We are NextpowerSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering
- 12 or more years of manufacturing quality or supplier quality experience
- Fluent written and spoken English and Spanish
- Experience overseeing contract manufacturers or suppliers
- Knowledge of ISO 9001, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, 8D, CAPA, and root-cause analysis
- Experience with ERP, MES, QMS, NCR, and quality-reporting systems
- Strong communication, audit, problem-solving, and project-management skills
- Willingness to travel to contract manufacturer facilities
- Additional European languages
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is offered. The company stood up its own plan in 2023 alongside additional welfare benefits in early 2024.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness offerings include yoga and meditation classes, onsite chair massages and bicycles, commuter/rideshare support, and EV charging at some locations. These extras supplement the core medical, dental, and vision coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and family medical leave are included alongside PTO and paid holidays. This complements the broader U.S. benefits menu.
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What We Do
Since day one, Nextracker’s mission has been to transition the world to affordable, renewable power, by developing the highest-performing and resilient solar tracking technologies and software in the market for our customers. From sustainable tracker solutions that conform to uneven terrain and withstand extreme weather, Nextracker systems have resilience built in. Nextracker leads the solar industry with solar tracker technologies that optimize and increase energy production while reducing costs for significant plant ROI
