Quality Technician

Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.

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

• First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles > rules.

• Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.

• Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.

• Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results.

• Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.

• Committed to the Mission: Rebuilding the grid is a big challenge. We work hard because we care deeply about the impact we’re creating. We work in-person. It’s not a 9-to-5. We are all-in.

• Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.