Sr. Quality Assurance Manager (Foundry)

About the role

Renesas is looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Manager for its foundry business. The role focuses on supplier quality: setting up and driving supplier KPIs so they meet Renesas expectations, auditing contract manufacturers' production lines and quality systems against VDA 6.3 standards, and improving quality control methods.

Key responsibilities

• Set up supplier quality KPIs and drive suppliers to meet Renesas expectations.
• Audit and evaluate contract manufacturers' production lines and quality systems for product readiness and VDA 6.3 compliance.
• Identify opportunities for quality control improvement and implement new methods.
• Manage quality excursions and drive effective root cause analysis and preventive actions.
• Support supplier process and material change processes and site certification audits.
• Help suppliers establish best-known practices.
• Partner with cross-functional teams so quality events or returns do not affect customer requirements.
• Promote continuous improvement of quality, cost and cycle time.
• Host MRB meetings with cross-functional teams to finalise product disposition.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in a foundry PIE/module or quality function team.
• Fluent English.
• Bonus: ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 certification and VDA 6.3 training evidence.
• Familiarity with BCD or JETFET processes.