Operations Manager

QpiAI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

QPIAI India Pvt. Ltd. in Bengaluru is seeking a seasoned Operations and Capital Projects Lead to keep the fab running and drive expansion initiatives.

You will own daily cleanroom operations, maintain equipment uptime, and manage procurement for process chemicals and tools. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across civil, MEP, and fabrication workstreams, ensure EHS compliance, and oversee governance, budgets, and schedules from initiation to handover.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years in semiconductor fab/cleanroom ops and capital projects.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, chemical, electrical or industrial engineering.
• Ownership of a cleanroom, fab or high-spec facility project through commissioning.
• Knowledge of ISO 14644 / FED-STD-209E and fab utility systems.

Responsibilities

• Own daily cleanroom operations: environmental monitoring and contamination-control.
• Manage HVAC, ultrapure water, process gases, power, and EMI control.
• Drive tool uptime with PM schedules, spares, calibration, downtime analysis.
• Procure and logistically manage chemicals, gases, substrates, and import docs.
• Maintain EHS compliance and incident reporting.
• Plan and deliver fab expansion and upgrade projects end to end.
• Coordinate procurement, site readiness, installation and qualification of equipment.
• Governance: status reports and post-project reviews.

Skills

Scheduling

Budgeting

Contractor management

Project tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

QPIAI India Pvt. Ltd. is a next-generation technology company focused on Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and advanced IT innovation. At QPIAI, we believe that great ideas grow in the right environment. Our culture is built on flexibility, collaboration, and continuous learning, supported by a strong commitment to employee well-being and work-life balance. We provide a workplace that encourages creativity, fosters professional growth, and empowers people to take ownership of impactful projects.

We are proud to be a company where innovation meets opportunity-where passionate professionals come together to solve complex challenges and shape the future of technology.

If you are driven by curiosity, inspired by cutting-edge technologies, and eager to contribute to a global tech journey, QPIAI is the place to grow, lead, and make a meaningful impact.

About the role

QpiAI designs and fabricates indigenous quantum processors and builds full-stack quantum computers in India. Our Quantum Foundry houses Class 100 and Class 1,000 cleanrooms and an 8-inch line for superconducting QPU fabrication, with further expansion planned. This role has two halves: keeping the running facility stable and predictable, and delivering the capital projects that expand it.

Operations responsibilities:

• Own daily cleanroom operations: environmental monitoring, gowning and contamination-control protocols, access discipline, particle-count and utility parameter tracking
• Manage facility systems with infrastructure vendors - HVAC, ultrapure water, process gases, chilled water, vacuum, power redundancy, vibration and EMI control
• Drive tool uptime: preventive maintenance schedules, service contracts, spares inventory, calibration records, downtime root-cause tracking
• Manage procurement and logistics for process chemicals, gases, substrates and consumables, including import documentation, hazardous-material handling and vendor qualification
• Maintain EHS compliance: chemical and gas safety, statutory approvals and inspections, incident reporting, emergency drills, team training
• Own SOPs, logs and checklists, and report capacity, cost and reliability metrics to leadership

Project responsibilities:

• Plan and deliver fab expansion and upgrade projects end to end - scope, budget, schedule, risk register, and handover to operations
• Run capital equipment projects from specification and vendor selection through procurement, site readiness, installation, commissioning and qualification
• Build and maintain integrated project schedules, and manage the critical path across civil, MEP, cleanroom fit-out, tool install and process qualification workstreams
• Manage contractors and OEM teams on site, including work permits, safety compliance for project activity inside a live fab, and sequencing that protects ongoing production
• Own capex tracking and vendor contracts against approved budgets; flag variances early with options, not just numbers
• Coordinate long-lead procurement and import logistics for scientific equipment, factoring customs, clearances and installation dependencies into the schedule
• Run governance: status reporting to leadership, stakeholder alignment across process, device, facilities and finance teams, and structured post-project reviews
• Support readiness planning for higher qubit-count fabrication capacity as the roadmap progresses

Requirements:

• 6-10 years across semiconductor fab / cleanroom operations and capital project delivery
• Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, chemical, electrical, industrial) or related
• Demonstrated ownership of at least one cleanroom, fab or comparable high-spec facility project through commissioning
• Hands-on knowledge of cleanroom protocols and classification standards (ISO 14644 / FED-STD-209E) and of fab utility systems
• Strong scheduling, budgeting and contractor-management skills; fluent with project tracking tools
• Familiarity with EHS regulations for chemical and compressed-gas handling
• Comfortable in an R&D environment where priorities shift and processes are still being written

Nice to have:

• Exposure to superconducting device fabrication, cryogenics, or photonics
• Experience commissioning a fab from construction through qualification
• PMP, PRINCE2, or Lean / Six Sigma certification
• Experience with import compliance for scientific equipment and materials