Quality Lead - Power Converter

Larsen & Toubro; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro is seeking a Head of Quality to lead quality across product development, supplier quality, manufacturing, reliability engineering, customer quality, and field quality for power electronics products including PCS, central inverters, BESS, DC-DC converters, EV chargers, and energy management systems.

The role focuses on establishing world-class quality systems, ensuring compliance with international standards, driving continuous improvement, reducing warranty costs, and improving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Power Electronics, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering.
• 15–20+ years in Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing, or Operations.
• Minimum 5 years leading a quality organization.
• Experience in Utility-scale Solar Inverters, BESS, PCS, EV Chargers, Industrial Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Systems.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001/ISO 14001/ISO 45001, IEC Standards and customer-specific requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Quality & Design Quality across development, supplier, manufacturing and field quality.
• Own Supplier Quality Management: audit suppliers, monitor quality, drive corrective actions.
• Oversee Manufacturing Quality: IQC, IPQC, OQC, and defect reduction using SPC and COPQ reduction.
• Define reliability strategy and run test programs (thermal, environmental, EMC/EMI, life cycle).
• Lead customer quality and field quality activities: RCA, corrective actions, audits, field performance reviews.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and lead certification/audits across standards.

Skills

Quality Tools

Root Cause Analysis

Reliability Engineering

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Power Electronics, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

MSA

SPC

8D

Six Sigma

Job description

Head -Quality will lead the quality function across product development, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, reliability engineering, customer quality, and field quality for Power Electronics products including PCS, Central Inverters, BESS, DC-DC Converters, EV Chargers, and Energy Management Systems.

The role is responsible for establishing world-class quality systems, ensuring compliance with international standards, driving continuous improvement, reducing warranty costs, and improving customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

Product Quality & Design Quality

• Participate in product development reviews.
• Implement APQP, Design FMEA, Process FMEA, and Control Plans.
• Ensure quality gates throughout product lifecycle.
• Define qualification and validation requirements fo Power Conversion System ( Central Inverters , DC-DC Converters, EV chargers),, Battery Packs, BESS Containers

Supplier Quality Management

• Develop supplier quality framework.
• Qualify and audit suppliers globally.
• Monitor supplier PPM and quality performance.
• Lead corrective actions with suppliers.
• Establish incoming quality control processes.

Manufacturing Quality

• Incoming Quality Control (IQC)
• In-Process Quality Control (IPQC)
• Outgoing Quality Control (OQC)
• Drive defect reduction and yield improvement.
• Implement Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Ensure traceability across manufacturing operations.
• Support new product introduction (NPI).

Reliability & Validation

• Define reliability strategy for power electronics and BESS products.
• Establish test programs
• Thermal Cycling
• Vibration Testing
• HALT/HASS
• Environmental Testing
• EMC/EMI Testing
• Burn-In Testing
• Life Cycle Testing
• Analyze field failure trends and reliability growth.

Customer Quality & Field Quality

• Lead customer complaint resolution.
• Drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Actions.
• Reduce warranty and service costs.
• Support major customer audits and quality reviews.
• Monitor field performance of installed systems.

Regulatory & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with:
• ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001
• IEC Standards Standards , Utility Grid Codes
• Customer-specific requirements
• Manage certification and surveillance audits.

Continuous Improvement

• Deploy Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Lead Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) reduction programs.
• Implement digital quality and analytics tools.
• Benchmark best practices across industry.

Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as FPY, Supplier PPM, Customer PPM, FFR, Warranty Cost %, COPQ, Audit Closure Rate , Customer Complaint Resolution time

Education

Min Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Power Electronics, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering.

Experience

• 15–20+ years in Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing, or Operations.
• Minimum 5 years leading a quality organization.
• Experience in Utility-scale Solar Inverters, BESS , PCS ,EV Chargers ,Industrial Power Electronics ,Renewable Energy Systems

Technical Skills Set Required

• Quality Tools
• APQP,PPAP,FMEA ,MSA ,SPC

• 8D
• Six Sigma
• Root Cause Analysis
• Reliability Engineering