Senior Manager - Product Quality Engineering (PQE)

Job Description: The Senior Manager PQE is responsible for leading the PQE team, ensuring quality and reliability performance of the assigned products wherever they are designed, manufactured, and assembled, by managing Product Quality related aspects from an end-to-end perspective (from concept throughout the entire product lifecycle) in accordance with international standards and customer requirements. The PQE team is also responsible for Reliability Monitoring through ORT.

Qualifications: · Proven track record of successfully leading cross-cultural quality engineering teams, driving organizational performance, talent development, and execution of strategic quality objectives.· Good understanding of semiconductors and the semiconductor industry.· Good understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes (wafer fab, assembly, test).· Strong knowledge on industry quality, reliability standards, and qualification methodologies.· Experience with failure analysis workflows and quality tools (FMEA, 8D, root cause analysis).· Strong analytical and structured problem-solving mindset.· Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.· Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.· Customer-focused, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.· Comfortable working in a global, multicultural environment.· Written and verbal English is mandatory.· Flexible to undertake international travel at short notice.· Self-motivated and business service minded.· Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communications skills Key Responsibilities · Lead and develop the Product Quality Engineering team, providing coaching, performance management, and capability development to ensure organizational success.· Define and execute the product qualification and quality assurance strategy across new product introductions, product changes, supplier changes, and technology transfers.· Ensure effective quality representation throughout the product lifecycle, from design kick-off through production release and sustaining operations.· Establish governance processes to ensure compliance with internal requirements, customer expectations, and applicable industry standards (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949, IEC, JEDEC).· Drive risk management activities, including participation in design and process reviews, and ensure timely implementation and closure of mitigation actions.· Review qualification outcomes, assess quality and reliability risks, and provide final quality approval and recommendations for product release and change management decisions.· Support customer quality engagement related to qualification strategies, reliability performance, and quality-related escalations.· Ensure timely resolution of qualification and product quality issues by driving cross-functional problem-solving, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.· Partner with Engineering, Operation and Supplier Quality teams to improve product robustness, reliability, and customer satisfaction.· Monitor key quality and reliability metrics, identify emerging risks, and escalate critical issues to management with appropriate mitigation plans.· Promote a culture of continuous improvement (shift-left) by ensuring lessons learned from quality and reliability issues are systematically incorporated into design, process, and organizational improvements.· Manage resource planning, prioritization, and execution of quality objectives to meet business commitments and organizational goals.

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