Operations Manager

QpiAI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

QPIAI India Pvt. Ltd. invites seasoned operations and project leaders to Bengaluru to join our quantum fabrication team.

You will own daily cleanroom operations, monitor environmental parameters, and drive capital-expansion projects end-to-end. We seek 6–10 years in semiconductor fab or cleanroom operations with budgeting, scheduling, and contractor-management skills, plus hands-on knowledge of ISO standards and fab utility systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 6–10 years in semiconductor fab or cleanroom operations.
• Experience with budgeting, scheduling and contractor management.
• Hands-on knowledge of cleanroom protocols and fab utilities.

Responsibilities

• Own daily cleanroom operations and environmental monitoring.
• Manage facility systems: HVAC, utilities, and safety compliance.
• Drive preventive maintenance, calibration, and downtime analysis.
• Coordinate procurement and logistics for chemicals and equipment.
• Plan capex expansion, vendor selection, installation and qualification.
• Governance: status reporting to leadership and post-project reviews.
• Support readiness planning for higher qubit-count fabrication.

Skills

Scheduling

Budgeting

Contractor management

Environmental monitoring

Vendor management

Project tracking tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Project tracking tools

PM software

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