Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Sweetgreen is on a mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. We passionately believe that real food should be convenient and accessible to everyone. Every day in each sweetgreen, our 3,500 team members make food from scratch, using fresh ingredients and produce delivered that morning. And in our local communities, we're committed to leaving people better than we found them. We're in the business of feeding people, and we're out to change what that means. Here at sweetgreen’s Automation Team we’re working to scale our meal assembly automation - the Infinite Kitchen - into our restaurant fleet. Our goals are to improve the daily routines and workflows for our restaurant staff and enable great customer experiences. We are looking for a Manufacturing Quality Engineer to join our manufacturing department to implement, enhance and oversee our quality systems at our contract manufacturer’s facilities.

Location: Full-time In-Person: 75% based at Sweetgreen’s Contract Assembly Manufacturing location in Westborough, MA, 25% based at Sweetgreen’s Boston Automation office in Charlestown, MA. Up to 25% travel.

What you’ll do: 

• Ensure that Quality Control processes are implemented in our manufacturing operations in accordance with Sweetgreen’s manufacturing plans, including Incoming Material Inspection, In-Process Quality checklists, and Factory Acceptance Testing.
• Act as a liaison between our contract manufacturer in Westborough and our engineering and maintenance teams in Charlestown, MA
• Work with Sweetgreen leadership to select and define a Quality Management System for Sweetgreen Manufacturing.
• Ownership of day-to-day operation of the Quality Management System by ensuring nonconformances, SCARs, and other defects are documented and addressed at our contract assembly location. 
• As required, perform on-site audits of manufacturers throughout Sweetgreen’s Infinite Kitchen supply chain.
• Define and optimize inspection procedures for incoming material, including the design of required fixtures and inspection tools.
• Provide design feedback to Sweetgreen Engineering to improve both design performance, and ease of manufacturing.
• Maintain and update Sweetgreen’s technical documentation based on inputs from the Engineering team, implement changes through multiple stakeholders
• Receive feedback from the field and from the maintenance teams and help create appropriate action items to address issues
• Collaborate closely with our contract manufacturer to improve our quality systems, propose new workflows and solve challenges

Who you are: 

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in an Engineering role with at least 1 year in a Quality or Reliability engineering role.
• Prior experience working in manufacturing environments that include fabrication, assembly, and the integration of electromechanical systems.
• Familiarity with standards of mechanical documentation including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing per ASME Y14.5.
• Extensive knowledge of industry standard instruments and practices used to inspect mechanical components.
• Extensive familiarity with commonly used fabrication processes including CNC Machining, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal fabrication, Wire/Cable, Welding, Casting, Printed Circuit Board fabrication and assembly. 
• Meticulous attention to detail and and ability to create and maintain polished documentation.

This job posting is for a remote role and may be performed in states where Sweetgreen has locations. The pay range for this position may be narrower than that displayed, depending on where the role is performed.

What you'll get:

• Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
• Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible PTO plan
• 401k program
• Employee HSA and FSA
• Complimentary greens
• An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food
• To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion + purpose
• A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back
• A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally
• Free sweetgreen swag

Come join the sweetlife!

About sweetgreen

sweetgreen is on a mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. We passionately believe that real food should be convenient and accessible to everyone. Every day in each sweetgreen, our 3,500 team members make food from scratch, using fresh ingredients and produce delivered that morning. And in our local communities, we’re committed to leaving people better than we found them. We’re in the business of feeding people, and we’re out to change what that means.

sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service, past, present, or future, in the uniformed services of the United States (military or veteran status), or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.

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