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WHAT WE DO Gecko Robotics is helping the world’s most important organizations ensure the availability, reliability, and sustainability of critical infrastructure. Gecko's complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customers with a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations, promote mission readiness, and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure. ROLE AT A GLANCE We are hiring a Senior Quality Engineer to build, formalize, and support the quality systems that underpin our product development and robot operations. This role spans the full quality lifecycle — from establishing robust processes and inspection disciplines to driving supplier accountability, internal audit rigor, and systematic corrective action. You will work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and supply chain teams to ensure that our inspection services are implemented effectively and efficiently — and that when problems arise, they are resolved at their root cause and don't recur. This is a hands-on role suited for a quality professional who is comfortable in both the details of technical standards and the dynamics of cross-functional collaboration. You'll have direct visibility into how your work shapes product reliability, supplier performance, and operational efficiency. This role includes up to 25% travel to other Gecko Robotics locations (Houston, United Arab Emirates, etc), supplier sites, and field environments.   WHAT YOU WILL DO PROCESS DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION - Develop, document, and maintain quality processes across Gecko Robotics’s locations, including calibration and nonconforming product programs, engineering drawing release workflows, supplier performance, and configuration management procedures - Ensure quality systems are compliant with applicable standards and effectively implemented across programs and locations - Partner with engineering teams to integrate quality requirements early in the product development lifecycle - Continuously improve quality procedures based on data, audit findings, and lessons learned - Support the establishment and refinement of systems and tools to improve process efficiencies and cross-department collaboration, including PDM/PLM, ERP and CRM solutions INSPECTION PLANNING & PERFORMANCE MONITORING - Develop inspection plans and acceptance criteria for incoming, in-process, and final inspections for robotic components, parts and assemblies - Own the performance of inspection activities — tracking metrics, identifying gaps, and implementing improvements - Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering to ensure inspection methods are practical, repeatable, and risk-appropriate - Maintain calibration records and monitor system integrity for inspection equipment - Support the performance of internal audits across multiple locations SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT - Lead supplier qualification activities including documentation review, First Article Inspections (FAI) and reporting requirements - Monitor and manage supplier quality performance using scorecards, metrics, and structured feedback mechanisms - Drive supplier corrective actions for non-conformances, ensuring timely resolution and sustained improvement - Build and maintain productive working relationships with key suppliers to proactively address quality risks FAILURE ANALYSIS & ROOT CAUSE LEADERSHIP - Lead structured failure analysis and root cause investigations - Collaborate with inter-departmental teams to identify and implement effective corrective actions - Communicate findings clearly to stakeholders at all levels, including technical and executive audiences CORRECTIVE ACTION SYSTEM - Own and a