About Altera
At Altera™, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver the programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced, self-driven Senior QMS Engineer to lead and shape the enterprise Quality Management System (QMS) for Altera FPGA Semiconductor design and development organization operating across automotive, ADG, industrial, and consumer markets.
This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational impact and ownership, responsible for:
End-to-end QMS compliance and certification strategy and execution
Driving QMS gap assessment, audit readiness and quality culture at scale
End-to-end issue management system and process ownership
You will serve as a quality authority and strategic partner across engineering, operations, supplier quality, and customer-facing teams—ensuring that quality systems are not only compliant, but scalable, efficient, and aligned with high-reliability product delivery expectations.
This role requires the ability to thrive in complex, evolving environments, comfortable operating with ambiguity, and can influence across functions without direct authority.
Key Responsibilities:
QMS Certification & Compliance Leadership
Lead and own enterprise QMS certification strategy and execution, for ISO 9001 (corporate baseline) and AS9100D (ADG baseline) across company throughout the planning, execution and implementation
Drive IATF 16949 (automotive QMS) conformance across organization
Serve as the primary interface with certification bodies, auditors, consultants, and customers
Own and drive audit governance, including:
Internal audit program design and execution
External certification and surveillance audits
Cross-site audit alignment and readiness
Ensure continuous audit readiness through strong process discipline and evidence-based compliance
Establish and drive QMS performance metrics (KPIs) and management review mechanisms
Partner with global teams to ensure consistent QMS implementation across locations
Lead vendor, consultation and certification bodies management for all QMS activities
Drive corporate policies and external QMS communication
End-to-End Issue Management Ownership
Own customer, internal, and supplier issue management framework and integrated systems for issue management
Collaborating with cross functional organization to establish and drive KPI
Drive continuous improvement and retrospective process for critical issues
Establish issue management training framework and content development
Enable structured problem solving and impact analysis methodologies (8D, 5-Why)
Own risk and impact analysis, containment and customer-facing processes as end-to-end issue management
Drive continuous improvement and quality issue closure effectiveness
Enable data-driven quality insights and monitoring
Drive effective process and end-to-end system management and improvement
Enable end-to-end traceability from defect identification to resolution and improvement
Salary Range
The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.
$194,100 - $215,000 USD
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Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Electronics or related field) with minimum 10 years of working experience in semiconductor industry
Experience building and implement enterprise QMS conformance
In depth knowledge of AS9100D, ISO9001 and IATF16949
ISO9001 / AS9100D Lead Auditor certification
Track record in leading both internal and external audits (3rd party certification body, customers, vendors).
Preferred Qualifications
Experienced with FPGA products and expanded market segments such as automotive and ADG (Aerospace, Defense and Government)
Wide scale of external and internal quality issue management experience across semiconductor design to manufacturing
Minimum of 10 years of experience in semiconductor QMS area
Familiarity with PLM (Windchill), JIRA, JAMA and other enterprise solutions / software
Certified ASQ quality engineer / manager or Six Sigma Black Belt preferred
Strong knowledge and experience in designing end-to-end issue management, product containment, product recall and process / product exception management
Strong cross functional leadership, project management and influential skills
Strong analytical and standards interpretation skill
Strong verbal and written communication skills to influence decision-making and alignment across the organization
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (Electrical, Electronics or related field)
- Minimum 10 years of working experience in semiconductor industry
- Experience building and implementing enterprise QMS conformance
- In-depth knowledge of AS9100D, ISO9001 and IATF16949
- ISO9001 / AS9100D Lead Auditor certification
- Track record in leading both internal and external audits
- Strong cross-functional leadership and project management skills
- Certified ASQ quality engineer / manager or Six Sigma Black Belt
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What We Do
Altera: Accelerating Innovators Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet.
