Quality Lead – Gas Delivery Solutions (GDS)

Key Responsibilities

1. GDS Product Quality

• Lead quality activities for the GDS product line, including gas boxes, gas lines and related assemblies.
• Review product specifications, drawings, BOMs and quality requirements to ensure appropriate inspection and quality controls are established.
• Ensure manufacturing and assembly processes meet approved specifications and customer requirements.
• Identify potential quality risks during new product introduction and engineering changes.

2. Incoming, In-Process & Final Inspection

• Establish and maintain inspection and testing requirements for GDS products.
• Oversee incoming inspection of critical materials and components.
• Monitor in-process quality during fabrication, assembly and testing.
• Ensure final inspection and testing are completed before product release.
• Maintain appropriate inspection records, traceability and quality documentation.

3. Process & Manufacturing Quality

• Work closely with Production and Engineering to identify and control process-related quality risks.
• Monitor defects, rework, rejection and yield performance.
• Investigate recurring quality issues and implement preventive controls.
• Drive continuous improvement in fabrication, welding, tubing, assembly and testing processes, as applicable to GDS operations.

4. Customer Quality

• Act as the quality contact for GDS customer-related matters.
• Manage customer complaints, quality investigations and corrective actions.
• Prepare and submit quality reports, including 8D and corrective-action responses where required.
• Support customer inspections, audits and qualification activities.
• Ensure customer-specific quality requirements are understood and implemented.

5. Non-Conformance & CAPA

• Lead the investigation and disposition of internal and external non-conformances.
• Conduct root-cause analysis using appropriate quality tools such as 5-Why, Fishbone and 8D.
• Coordinate corrective and preventive actions with relevant departments.
• Track corrective actions to timely closure and verify their effectiveness.

6. Supplier Quality

• Work with Procurement and Engineering to monitor the quality of materials, components and services supplied to GDS.
• Support supplier evaluation and qualification activities.
• Manage supplier-related non-conformances and corrective actions.
• Monitor supplier quality trends and recommend improvement actions.

7. Quality Documentation & Traceability

• Maintain GDS quality records, inspection reports and product documentation.
• Ensure appropriate material and product traceability is maintained.
• Review and improve quality procedures, inspection plans and checklists.
• Ensure quality documentation is properly controlled and maintained.

8. Audit & Quality System Support

• Support implementation and maintenance of the Company's Quality Management System.
• Participate in internal, customer and external audits relevant to GDS operations.
• Coordinate responses and corrective actions arising from audit findings.
• Support ISO 9001 and other applicable quality-system requirements.

9. Quality KPI & Improvement

• Establish and monitor GDS quality KPIs, including:
• Defect and rejection rate
• First-pass yield
• Rework and scrap
• Customer complaints
• Supplier quality
• NCR closure
• CAPA effectiveness
• Prepare regular quality performance reports for GDS management.
• Identify and implement practical quality improvement initiatives.

10. Cross-Functional Leadership

• Work closely with GDS Engineering, Production, Project Management, Procurement and other functions.
• Provide quality guidance on new projects, engineering changes and production issues.
• Promote quality ownership throughout the GDS team.
• Coach and guide Quality Engineers, Inspectors or other quality personnel assigned to GDS, where applicable.

Requirements

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of relevant quality experience in manufacturing, precision engineering, semiconductor, gas delivery, equipment manufacturing or a related industry.
• Experience in product and process quality within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with inspection, non-conformance management, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Knowledge of quality tools such as 8D, 5-Why, FMEA, SPC and CAPA.
• Experience working with engineering drawings, specifications and inspection requirements.
• Experience with customer and supplier quality activities.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 requirements is preferred.
• Experience with gas delivery systems, gas boxes, gas lines, tubing, welding or related high-purity manufacturing processes will be advantageous.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and communication skills.
• Able to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.