Product Quality Director - Product Quality
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Bachelor's, Master's
Phoenix, AZ, USA
In PersonApproximately 40% international travel.
Manufacturing Quality & TestQuality Engineering
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Reliability, or a related technical discipline is required.
- A master's degree is preferred.
- At least 15 years of experience in Quality, Reliability, Engineering, or Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing is required.
- Experience in New Product Introduction and Product Lifecycle Management is required.
- Experience leading customer quality escalations and complex cross-functional problem-solving efforts is required.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor equipment systems and reliability engineering principles is required.
- Product Quality Management is required.
- Reliability Engineering is required.
- FMEA facilitation is required.
- Statistical Analysis and Statistical Process Control are required.
- Root Cause Analysis is required.
- Product Qualification and Validation are required.
- Reliability Modeling and Apportionment are required.
- Customer Quality Management is required.
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation are required.
- Quality Management Systems are required.
- Approximately 40% international travel is required.
- Strong cross-functional leadership and influencing skills are required.
- Executive communication and presentation capabilities are required.
- Ability to drive alignment across engineering, operations, and business organizations is required.
- A customer-focused approach and issue-resolution ability are required.
- Strategic thinking, analytical skills, and problem-solving skills are required.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the single point of contact for all product quality matters for assigned product lines.
- Coach and mentor teams conducting root cause investigations, leveraging failure analysis and best practices such as 5 Whys and fishbone diagrams.
- Develop and execute product quality strategies aligned with business objectives and business units.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
- Monitor and report product quality performance through established key performance indicators and scorecards.
- Lead quality engagement throughout the New Product Introduction lifecycle.
- Define, communicate, and execute Quality Roles and Responsibilities within product development programs.
- Ensure Design for Quality and Reliability principles are incorporated into new product development.
- Support design reviews, qualification activities, and product release readiness assessments.
- Establish product quality requirements and acceptance criteria during development.
- Serve as the Quality Owner within the Product Lifecycle Control process.
- Own and maintain Product and System Failure Mode and Effects Analyses, Critical Parts Identification and Control, Reliability Plans and Assessments, Product Risk Registers, and Quality Plans.
- Ensure lifecycle quality requirements are met from concept through end-of-life.
- Define product reliability requirements and objectives.
- Develop reliability verification and validation strategies.
- Establish reliability measurement methodologies, performance metrics, and qualification criteria.
- Lead reliability growth and improvement activities.
- Develop and maintain reliability apportionment models to support system reliability targets.
- Analyze field reliability data and drive corrective actions to improve product robustness.
- Own Top-X customer quality issues and Tier 1 escalations for assigned product lines.
- Act as the primary quality interface for strategic customers.
- Lead cross-functional teams in containment, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and closure activities.
- Provide executive-level communication and status updates for critical customer issues.
- Drive customer satisfaction and quality improvement initiatives.
- Apply risk-based methodologies to identify and mitigate product quality risks.
- Facilitate structured problem-solving using 8D, DMAIC, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, and Root Cause Analysis.
- Drive systemic corrective and preventive actions.
- Champion quality culture and operational excellence initiatives.
Desired Qualifications
- A master's degree is preferred.
About the company
ASM International designs and supplies equipment and technologies for semiconductor fabrication, focusing on thin-film deposition processes such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). Its products are used in making microchips by depositing ultra-thin material layers with precise control at the atomic level, enabling smaller and more powerful devices. The company built a global footprint through operations in the Netherlands, the US, Hong Kong, and Japan, and separated ASML Lithography (a joint venture with Philips) to focus on deposition while ASML develops photolithography systems. In recent years, ASM has sharpened its strategy around ALD, a process that creates uniformly thin layers one atomic layer at a time, allowing continued scaling of semiconductor devices. The goal is to be a core supplier of deposition technology and tools that enable chip manufacturers to produce smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient semiconductors.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Almere, Netherlands
Founded
1968
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue reached €1.0 billion, up 24% year over year.
- Management guided Q3 2026 revenue to €1.1 billion and H2 above H1 by 20%.
- 2027 revenue should exceed €4.6 billion, driven by AI infrastructure spending.
What critics are saying
- China mature-logic demand depends on export-control distortions, not durable secular growth.
- Local competitors in China already pressure pricing and threaten share in 2026.
- Applied Materials and NAURA can displace ASM if customers standardize alternative deposition stacks.
What makes ASM International unique
- ASM owns more than 55% of ALD market, with record Q2 2026 ALD sales.
- Its 2nm and 1.4nm wins embed ASM in leading-edge logic ramps.
- Spares and services grew 34% in Q2 2026, creating recurring revenue.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Options
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Wellness Program