Education: Bachelor's degree or related field
Experience: 5+ years
* Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of a QMS supporting mission-critical data center hardware systems utilizing structured methodologies (PDCA, Lean, Six Sigma).
* Translate contractual obligations and quality specifications into internal quality flow-downs to design, manufacturing, and supplier teams
* Lead engineering audits/assessments across DC products, including documentation, design reviews, and stage-gate quality gates aligned with PRD/silicon development flows aligned with ISO-based, customer-specific requirements.
* Translate Hyperscaler-specific contractual quality obligations (including customer quality agreements, warranty requirements, and epidemic defect triggers) into internal quality controls and supplier flow-downs.
* Analyze quality data, assessment outcomes, and customer signals to identify enterprise level risks and trends; translate insights into improvements leveraging CAPA and Lessons Learned.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with engineering and business teams to drive alignment on quality objectives, risk posture, and continuous improvement priorities.
* Execute supporting product traceability programs and lot/component genealogy requirements in complex hardware supply chains.
* Establish and maintain key metrics to drive continual improvement
* Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to other quality team members.
* Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field (electronics background required).
* Demonstrated experience planning and executing ISO 9001-based internal and external audits; working knowledge of IPC-A-610 for electronic hardware acceptability standards in server/data center hardware.
* Experience supporting product traceability programs and lot/component genealogy requirements in complex hardware supply chains.
* Familiarity with Hyperscaler quality program requirements (e.g., OCP - Open Compute Project - qualification standards, customer-specific quality agreements, and product qualification workflows for server/rack platforms.
* Five plus years of experience in quality systems, supporting complex electronic products.
* Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, validation, and release processes.
* Proven ability to lead structured problem solving and root cause analysis for systemic issues.
* Awareness of product environmental governance requirements
* ASQ (e.g., CQE or CRE) or ISO Lead Auditor certification or equivalent.
- Bachelor's Degree in Applied Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2+ years of Quality Engineering or related work experience.
Master's Degree in Applied Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 1+ year of Quality Engineering or related work experience.
PhD in Applied Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
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