Principal Quality Engineer
- Location
- Alameda, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Director
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 18 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Quality engineering methodologies
- Statistical analysis
- Process capability analysis
- Continuous improvement methodologies
- Cross-functional collaboration
Also useful
- Lean Six Sigma
- Design of Experiments
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Medical device quality systems
General Summary
As a Principal Quality Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader driving quality improvement across Operations. You will apply deep analytical expertise to strengthen process capability, optimize inspection and monitoring systems, and elevate quality performance through structured continuous improvement methodologies.
This role requires structured Quality Engineering approaches, strong engineering analysis and methodologies, statistical experience, and the ability to architect scalable Quality Engineering systems that prevent defects, reduce variation, and enhance long-term manufacturing robustness. You will influence quality strategy, develop new approaches to systemic quality challenges, and champion a culture of operational excellence across the organization.
Working cross-functionally with Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Leadership, and R&D, you will ensure that quality is proactively designed into processes, risks are systematically mitigated, and improvement opportunities are identified and executed with rigor.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing Cost of Poor Quality, improving process capability, and strengthening Critical to Quality performance across manufacturing operations.
From Penumbra's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 22, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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