{"id":3134826,"url":"https://alion.io/job/mindtrace-graduate-quality-control-engineer","title":"GRADUATE QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEER","company":{"id":28622,"name":"Mindtrace","domain":"mindtrace.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/mindtrace","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Schema","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Manchester, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":59000,"max_usd":106000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":4343},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Computer Vision","optional":false},{"name":"Label Studio","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-11T14:12:17Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-11","last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T20:51:40Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":80,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":80},"description":"ABOUT US:\nWe’re an AI-focused startup, led by experienced entrepreneurs and supported by leading investors. We are building brain-inspired, intelligent systems to maximally exploit the functionality and performance of compute devices in smart manufacturing applications. Our trademarked technology continuously learns new use cases from unlabeled data using only a few reference examples.\nThis is an incredibly exciting time to join the company, as we scale across multiple customers and industry domains from automotive, aerospace, defense to heavy industries.\nWe are based in central Manchester. We offer competitive salaries and benefits.\nROLE:\nWe are seeking a Graduate Quality Control Engineer to join our data operations and quality assurance team. This role focuses on maintaining the highest standards of accuracy in 2D image annotations used to train and evaluate our AI models for defect detection.\nWHAT DO WE OFFER:\nMarket competitive compensation package\nCompany pension\nHybrid friendly work environment\nGrowth opportunity at an early-stage startup\nESSENTIAL:\nExcellent attention to detail and strong visual analysis skills.\nAbility to follow structured annotation and QC protocols with high consistency.\nFamiliarity with image data and interest in computer vision applications.\nComfortable using digital annotation platforms and working with structured data (e.g., spreadsheets).\nStrong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.\nProficient in English (written and verbal).\nAvailable to work from Manchester office (minimum 3 days in the office Tue-Thurs mandatory)\nNICE TO HAVE:\nExperience with relevant programs such as Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering, Data Science, Data Labelling and Quality Assurance for AI.\nExperience with annotation tools such as LabelStudio, VGG Image Annotator.\nBasic understanding of manufacturing processes or defect types in industrial components.\nInterest in AI-driven visual inspection and data-centric AI development.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2267,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Industrial Automation","Computer Vision","Industrial AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T05:21:14Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":10,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.353,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":79,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/mindtrace-graduate-quality-control-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/mindtrace-graduate-quality-control-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T20:55:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11193,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":28622},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=28622"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmindtrace-graduate-quality-control-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmindtrace-graduate-quality-control-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmindtrace-graduate-quality-control-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/mindtrace-graduate-quality-control-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmindtrace-graduate-quality-control-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3134826}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"mindtrace.ai","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3134826},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}