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NPI Mechanical Quality Engineer

HP


Job Location:

Houston, MS - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 105050 - 161800
Posted: 25 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 23 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

NPI Mechanical Quality Engineer

Description -

As part of the Personal Systems Quality organization the NPI Mechanical Quality Engineer drives product quality and reliability throughout the NPI product development lifecycle. This role partners with cross-functional teams to evaluate designs identify and mitigate reliability risks drive failure analysis and root cause investigations and implement corrective actions that improve product quality and customer experience. This role provides technical leadership in reliability test development mechanical design assessment and Design for Quality and Reliability (DFX) initiatives to ensure high-quality products from concept through production. Strong mechanical engineering expertise problem-solving skills and team collaboration are essential for success in this role.


*Onsite in Spring office is required 4-days a week

Responsibilities:

Provides technical analysis of compute products during NPI Phase through RFQ design proposal reviews CAD reviews and DFX product tear downs.

Provides advanced failure analysis root cause identification and corrective/preventive actions for reliability concerns and/or issues during development manufacturing and field operations.
Proactively addresses customer requests or issues related to mechanical reliability ensuring timely resolution while liaising with the relevant stakeholders.

Provides consultation to product development architecture teams regarding material component selection design risk assessment and associated reliability test plans.

Provides NUD (new unique difficult) risk mitigation and test plan development and develops issue prevention.

Actively mentors less-experienced engineers in the field of mechanical reliability and contributes to their growth in the organization.

Education & Experience Recommended:

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Mechanical Electrical Systems or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 7-10 years of work experience preferably in mechanical design quality engineering root cause analysis or a related field.

Knowledge & Skills Preferred:

Small electronic device experience

Mechanical design/3D modeling capabilities using CREO/SolidWorks/etc.

Technical engineering document review and maintenance

Strong reporting/communication skills to ensure issue closure

Strong technical engineering hardware evaluation skills

Root cause analysis processes: 8D Fishbone CAPA etc.

Ability to drive Design for Quality/Reliability (DFX) initiatives during product development


The pay range for this role is$105050to$161800USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location job-related knowledge skills and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position including:

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Long term/short term disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible spending account
  • Life insurance
  • Generous time off policies including;
  • 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)


The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time with or without notice subject to applicable law.

Job -

Quality

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

Relocation -

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) -

HP Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees without regard to race color religion sex national origin ancestry citizenship sexual orientation age disability or status as a protected veteran marital status familial status physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic predisposition or carrier status uniformed service status political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national federal state and local law(s).

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Required Experience:

IC