Responsbilities:

• Lead Diamond Foundry’s quality initiatives in a highly dynamic organization including manufacturing and R&D across several sites globally–with more sites being added over the coming years (including the Spain factory currently under construction). 
• Achieve outstanding diamond wafer quality for Diamond Foundry’s best-in-class customers as output and revenue grow rapidly to serve mega tech industries (e.g., semiconductor and EV).
• Develop, improve and deploy quality strategies, systems and methods including:  comprehensive quality management system; strong quality culture; continuous improvement; key ISO, IATF and AEC certifications/qualifications; SPC; quality training; and quality assessments, scorecards & reviews (including for suppliers providing parts for Diamond Foundry’s proprietary processing systems).
•  Play a key role on the Operations management team formulating strategy and objectives.
• Collaborate with teams across the organization and communicate frequently with executives, including the CEO.

Requirements:

• 8+ years experience as a quality Director/Manager.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field. Master’s degree and extensive Lean Six Sigma experience with related certifications preferred.
• Demonstrated deep knowledge of quality management with broad experience managing quality across multiple production and R&D sites globally, building quality infrastructure in a rapidly growing environment, and achieving best-in-class results.
• Extensive quality experience working in the semiconductor or automotive industry strongly preferred.
• Based at the Diamond Foundry South San Francisco (CA), Fremont (CA) or Wenatchee (WA) site.