Quality Engineer

Persona is building humanoid robots for the most demanding environments in heavy industry — shipyards, steel mills, fabrication facilities, and offshore platforms — performing welding, grinding, maintenance, inspection, and material-handling work that is dangerous, physically demanding, and increasingly difficult to staff.

We are backed by leading strategic and financial investors and engaged with global industrial leaders across Korea, Japan, the United States, and Singapore. Korea is the center of gravity for our early commercial strategy, anchored by relationships with the world’s leading shipbuilders and steelmakers. Our work spans both the robot platform itself and the systems, partners, and playbooks required to deploy it at scale.

We’re looking for a Quality Engineer to join our manufacturing team and build the quality function at Persona from the ground up. You will report directly into the Head of Manufacturing and be responsible for defining what great looks like: stand up incoming inspection, establish supplier quality standards, drive ISO 9001 certification, and own the full field-to-factory-to-supplier quality chain. You’ll work closely with our Head of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Lead, and your decisions will shape how Persona’s robots get built and into production!

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• 10+ years in quality engineering or manufacturing quality in a hardware environment. Automotive (OEM or Tier 2/3 supplier), medical device, consumer electronics, robotics, or aerospace preferred.

• Hands-on experience or a strong interest in building quality infrastructure from scratch, not just maintaining or monitoring an inherited system.

• Deep familiarity with ISO 9001. You’ve been through a certification process as a key contributor or lead.

• Strong PPAP and 8D root cause analysis experience.

• Proficiency with metrology equipment: calipers, micrometers, height gauges, CMM machines.

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, blueprints, and GD&T specifications.

• Supplier quality management experience. You will need to be comfortable owning the relationship when things go wrong.

• Knowledge of statistical process control (SPC) and quality control methodologies.

• Houston-based or willing to relocate; comfortable with ~40% travel, reducing as the function matures.

Persona is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.