Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, electronics, manufacturing, quality, or a related engineering discipline; equivalent technical experience may be considered.
• Six or more years of progressive electrical manufacturing, product quality, supplier quality, QA/QC, inspection, or testing experience, including ownership of quality decisions and cross-functional issue resolution.
• Ability to interpret electrical drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, bills of materials, specifications, test records, and applicable safety requirements.
• Proficiency with electrical test equipment and quality records, nonconformance documentation, and root-cause / corrective-action methods.
• Strong judgment, communication, documentation, and cross-functional problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience auditing suppliers and managing inspection and test plans for electrical panels, controls, wiring assemblies, switchgear, or comparable equipment.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 principles, APQP/PPAP or comparable qualification methods, FAI, MSA/SPC, supplier quality, configuration control, and risk-based inspection.
• Multi-site or multi-supplier quality experience; ASQ or comparable quality, electrical testing, inspection, or manufacturing certification.

Operating Model

Phase 1 — Supplier Selection and Capability Assessment Partner with Preconstruction and Procurement to assess candidate suppliers' quality systems, technical processes, people, equipment, capacity, traceability, sub-tier controls, and ability to meet product CTQs before commercial selection.

Phase 2 — Supplier Onboarding and Qualification Define requirements flowdown, inspection and test plans, control plans, first-article or pilot evidence, process and personnel qualification, calibration, training, document retention, traceability, and the objective exit criteria required for production approval.

Phase 3 — Controlled Ramp-Up and Early Production Containment During pilot and early production, provide intensified, hands-on verification of designated CTQs; witness key inspections, tests, and hold points; review complete release packages; train supplier inspectors; and manage a focused KPI and containment cadence. Reduce oversight only after objective exit criteria demonstrate stable performance, effective CAPA, complete traceability, and supplier self-inspection capability.

Phase 4 — Approved Production and Ongoing Monitoring After approval, operate through supplier-owned QA/QC, approved inspection and test plans, scorecards, scheduled audits, change control, risk-based independent verification, and evidence-based final acceptance.

Phase 5 — Recovery and Requalification is triggered by a critical escape, sustained KPI miss, unapproved material/process/site change, or ineffective CAPA; the supplier returns to containment until requalification evidence is accepted.

Core Responsibilities

Quality Planning and Acceptance Criteria

• Translate approved electrical drawings, specifications, bills of materials, customer requirements, and applicable standards into supplier acceptance criteria, critical-to-quality attributes, inspection and test plans (ITPs), control-plan expectations, and unit release checklists.
• Establish electrical hold and witness points, including as applicable component identification, wiring and termination quality, grounding, labeling, enclosure and panel workmanship, insulation resistance, continuity, hipot or withstand testing, functional testing, and final configuration.
• Review and approve the supplier's ITP, data-package requirements, and evidence that electrical test and measuring equipment is calibrated and controlled for the assigned scope.
• Maintain current acceptance criteria when approved engineering changes, deviations, or nonconformance dispositions affect production.

Supplier Quality System Governance

• Conduct scheduled and event-driven audits of supplier quality systems, production processes, inspection execution, traceability, calibration control, training, and readiness for production.
• Review supplier inspection, test, material, dimensional, and production records; verify sufficiency and accuracy rather than recreating the supplier's routine inspection records.
• Maintain supplier quality scorecards covering first-pass yield, defects and escapes, rework, release-package completeness, audit findings, corrective-action closure, and repeat nonconformities.
• Coordinate with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and supplier leadership to remove systemic quality barriers and sustain process capability.

Verification and Factory Acceptance

• Witness selected critical inspections and tests in accordance with the approved ITP and defined hold or witness points.
• Perform independent, risk-based verification of high-risk, repeated-failure, safety-critical, or customer-critical attributes.
• Manage temporary containment verification when required by supplier performance, a corrective-action plan, or a unit recovery plan.
• Verify complete and traceable unit release packages before Mod42 acceptance, including required inspection records, test results, approved deviations, material documentation, and configuration evidence.
• Place Mod42 acceptance on hold and escalate when product, records, or corrective-action evidence does not demonstrate conformity.

Nonconformance, CAPA, and Escalation

• Ensure the supplier contains, documents, repairs, and verifies its own nonconforming work before requesting Mod42 acceptance.
• Issue or track supplier corrective-action requests for material nonconformities, defects, escapes, recurring issues, or process failures.
• Review root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive actions; verify implementation and effectiveness before closure.
• Escalate unresolved, repeated, or shipment-threatening quality issues through the defined Mod42 and supplier-management channels.

Cross-Functional and Field Interface

• Partner with Product Engineering on quality requirements, technical clarifications, approved deviations, and design-feedback trends; Product Engineering retains design and change-control authority.
• Work with Manufacturing and Supply Chain to align supplier readiness, material quality, build sequencing, and release timing.
• Support targeted installation or field validation when a factory, supplier, or product-quality issue requires direct observation or verification.

Warranty Interface

• Provide quality records, failure-analysis support, and CAPA follow-through for warranty issues.
• Do not serve as the central owner for warranty-claim intake, commercial recovery, replacement-part coordination, or field-labor coordination; those activities are owned by the separate warranty role.

Key Performance Indicators

• Supplier first-pass yield, defect and customer-escape rate, and rework trend.
• On-time, complete, and accurate supplier inspection and release packages.
• Corrective-action closure time and verified corrective-action effectiveness.
• Audit finding closure and sustained compliance with approved ITPs and control plans.
• Repeat nonconformity rate and recovery of stable supplier process performance.

Decision Rights and Working Boundaries

• Approve or reject supplier ITPs, quality plans, and objective-evidence packages for the assigned scope.
• Witness, verify, or sample work based on risk and performance; the supplier remains responsible for routine inspection and testing.
• Place Mod42 acceptance on hold and recommend shipment hold when required evidence or conformity is absent.
• Escalate quality risks, nonconformities, and supplier-performance concerns; this role does not unilaterally change product design, commercial terms, or warranty administration.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, quality, or a related engineering discipline; equivalent technical experience may be considered.
• Six or more years of progressive mechanical/structural manufacturing, fabrication, product quality, supplier quality, QA/QC, inspection, or testing experience, including ownership of quality decisions and cross-functional issue resolution.
• Ability to interpret mechanical and structural drawings, specifications, welding and fabrication requirements, piping and pressure-test records, material certificates, coatings requirements, dimensional controls, and module fit-and-finish criteria.
• Proficiency with applicable measuring and test equipment, quality records, nonconformance documentation, and root-cause / corrective-action methods.
• Strong judgment, communication, documentation, and cross-functional problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience auditing suppliers and managing inspection and test plans for structural steel, welded assemblies, piping systems, coatings, modular integration, and fabricated mechanical systems.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 principles, APQP/PPAP or comparable qualification methods, FAI, MSA/SPC, welding and special-process controls, configuration control, and risk-based inspection.
• Multi-site or multi-supplier quality experience; ASQ, AWS/CWI, NACE/AMPP, or comparable quality, welding, coating, inspection, or manufacturing certification.

Operating Model

Phase 1 — Supplier Selection and Capability Assessment Partner with Preconstruction and Procurement to assess candidate suppliers' quality systems, technical processes, people, equipment, capacity, traceability, sub-tier controls, and ability to meet product CTQs before commercial selection.

Phase 2 — Supplier Onboarding and Qualification Define requirements flowdown, inspection and test plans, control plans, first-article or pilot evidence, process and personnel qualification, calibration, training, document retention, traceability, and the objective exit criteria required for production approval.

Phase 3 — Controlled Ramp-Up and Early Production Containment During pilot and early production, provide intensified, hands-on verification of designated CTQs; witness key inspections, tests, and hold points; review complete release packages; train supplier inspectors; and manage a focused KPI and containment cadence. Reduce oversight only after objective exit criteria demonstrate stable performance, effective CAPA, complete traceability, and supplier self-inspection capability.

Phase 4 — Approved Production and Ongoing Monitoring After approval, operate through supplier-owned QA/QC, approved inspection and test plans, scorecards, scheduled audits, change control, risk-based independent verification, and evidence-based final acceptance.

Phase 5 — Recovery and Requalification is triggered by a critical escape, sustained KPI miss, unapproved material/process/site change, or ineffective CAPA; the supplier returns to containment until requalification evidence is accepted.

Core Responsibilities

Quality Planning and Acceptance Criteria

• Translate approved mechanical drawings, specifications, bills of materials, customer requirements, and applicable standards into supplier acceptance criteria, critical-to-quality attributes, inspection and test plans (ITPs), control-plan expectations, and unit release checklists.
• Establish mechanical hold and witness points, including as applicable material traceability, fit-up, orientation, dimensions and tolerances, welded or fabricated assemblies, pressure testing, flange, bolting, gasket and valve installation, coatings, and final configuration.
• Review and approve the supplier's ITP, data-package requirements, and evidence that measuring and test equipment is calibrated and controlled for the assigned scope.
• Maintain current acceptance criteria when approved engineering changes, deviations, or nonconformance dispositions affect production.

Supplier Quality System Governance

• Conduct scheduled and event-driven audits of supplier quality systems, production processes, inspection execution, traceability, calibration control, training, and readiness for production.
• Review supplier inspection, test, material, dimensional, and production records; verify sufficiency and accuracy rather than recreating the supplier's routine inspection records.
• Maintain supplier quality scorecards covering first-pass yield, defects and escapes, rework, release-package completeness, audit findings, corrective-action closure, and repeat nonconformities.
• Coordinate with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and supplier leadership to remove systemic quality barriers and sustain process capability.

Verification and Factory Acceptance

• Witness selected critical inspections and tests in accordance with the approved ITP and defined hold or witness points.
• Perform independent, risk-based verification of high-risk, repeated-failure, safety-critical, or customer-critical attributes.
• Manage temporary containment verification when required by supplier performance, a corrective-action plan, or a unit recovery plan.
• Verify complete and traceable unit release packages before Mod42 acceptance, including required inspection records, test results, approved deviations, material documentation, and configuration evidence.
• Place Mod42 acceptance on hold and escalate when product, records, or corrective-action evidence does not demonstrate conformity.

Nonconformance, CAPA, and Escalation

• Ensure the supplier contains, documents, repairs, and verifies its own nonconforming work before requesting Mod42 acceptance. Issue or track supplier corrective-action requests for material nonconformities, defects, escapes, recurring issues, or process failures. Review root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive actions; verify implementation and effectiveness before closure.
• Escalate unresolved, repeated, or shipment-threatening quality issues through the defined Mod42 and supplier-management channels.

Cross-Functional and Field Interface

• Partner with Product Engineering on quality requirements, technical clarifications, approved deviations, and design-feedback trends; Product Engineering retains design and change-control authority. Work with Manufacturing and Supply Chain to align supplier readiness, material quality, build sequencing, and release timing.
• Support targeted installation or field validation when a factory, supplier, or product-quality issue requires direct observation or verification.

Warranty Interface

• Provide quality records, failure-analysis support, and CAPA follow-through for warranty issues.
• Do not serve as the central owner for warranty-claim intake, commercial recovery, replacement-part coordination, or field-labor coordination; those activities are owned by the separate warranty role.

Key Performance Indicators

• Supplier first-pass yield, defect and customer-escape rate, and rework trend.
• On-time, complete, and accurate supplier inspection and release packages.
• Corrective-action closure time and verified corrective-action effectiveness.
• Audit finding closure and sustained compliance with approved ITPs and control plans.
• Repeat nonconformity rate and recovery of stable supplier process performance.

Decision Rights and Working Boundaries

• Approve or reject supplier ITPs, quality plans, and objective-evidence packages for the assigned scope.
• Witness, verify, or sample work based on risk and performance; the supplier remains responsible for routine inspection and testing.
• Place Mod42 acceptance on hold and recommend shipment hold when required evidence or conformity is absent.
• Escalate quality risks, nonconformities, and supplier-performance concerns; this role does not unilaterally change product design, commercial terms, or warranty administration.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed three dimensional models of complete modular data center assemblies, including mechanical, electrical, and structural systems.
• Translate engineering concepts, sketches, specifications, equipment data, and markups into accurate, coordinated, and production-ready models and drawings.
• Produce fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, shop drawings, equipment layouts, sections, elevations, bills of materials, and installation details as required.
• Incorporate equipment dimensions, connection points, routing, tolerances, service clearances, access requirements, and fabrication constraints into each design.
• Coordinate across mechanical, electrical, and structural disciplines to identify clashes, fit issues, missing information, and constructability concerns before production.
• Work directly with engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, procurement, and field teams to ensure designs can be efficiently built, transported, installed, and serviced.
• Participate in design and production reviews, clearly communicate questions or conflicts, and revise models based on approved decisions and feedback.
• Develop and maintain reusable components, templates, libraries, standards, and naming conventions within the selected design platform.
• Maintain drawing accuracy, revision control, and consistent documentation throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support the evaluation and implementation of the three dimensional modeling platform and workflows that best fit Mod42's manufacturing environment.

Required Qualifications

• Three or more years of hands-on experience producing detailed three dimensional models and fabrication, manufacturing, assembly, or construction drawings.
• Experience with industrial equipment, modular construction, manufacturing, fabrication, MEP systems, or another environment where designs must translate directly into physical production.
• Proficiency in at least one three dimensional CAD or CAD CAM platform, such as Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, AutoCAD 3D, Revit, or a comparable system.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, equipment submittals, schematics, and technical documentation.
• Working knowledge of how mechanical, electrical, and structural systems are fabricated, coordinated, assembled, and installed.
• Ability to recognize clashes, tolerance concerns, clearance issues, access limitations, and other conditions that could affect manufacturing or installation.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, revision control, and documentation accuracy.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate closely with engineers, tradespeople, production teams, and field personnel.
• Ability to work full time on site with the engineering team in Buffalo, New York.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience modeling complete products, equipment skids, modular assemblies, prefabricated systems, or other multidisciplinary industrial packages.
• Background with HVAC equipment, piping, ductwork, electrical distribution, controls, cable routing, structural steel, or related building systems.
• Experience developing bills of materials, fabrication details, production packages, or assembly instructions.
• Experience supporting data centers, mission-critical infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, or other technically complex facilities.
• Experience helping a growing organization establish modeling standards, libraries, templates, and repeatable design workflows.
• Associate degree, technical certification, apprenticeship training, or equivalent practical experience in drafting, design technology, manufacturing, engineering technology, construction, or a related field.

Compensation The anticipated base salary range is $65,000 to $130,000. The final offer will reflect the candidate's experience, technical proficiency, manufacturing knowledge, and ability to independently model complete multidisciplinary modules. Highly specialized or extensively experienced candidates may be considered outside the anticipated range. This is a permanent position directly employed by Mod42. The GOR Group is Mod42's authorized recruiting partner.