Quality Assurance Lead: Stage-Gate & High-Tech Excellence

Optics11; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company events

Fresh team lunches 3x/week

Job summary

Optics11 is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to drive quality excellence across the product lifecycle, from R&D through manufacturing, project execution, operations and customer delivery. You will strengthen governance by implementing robust QA processes, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring compliance with company, customer, regulatory, and Quality requirements.

You will lead Stage-Gate, design assurance, risk management, operational quality assurance, and customer quality activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related technical discipline.
• 3–5 years of Quality Assurance experience in engineering, manufacturing, or high-tech industries.
• Experience with Stage-Gate development, Design Reviews, ISO 9001, DFMEA, PFMEA, CAPA, and internal auditing.
• Experience in defense, offshore, or high-reliability industries is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the Quality Assurance framework for product development and project execution.
• Lead and govern the Stage-Gate process, ensuring projects follow defined quality gates, milestones, deliverables, and approval criteria.
• Facilitate Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), and Final Design Reviews.
• Ensure project quality documentation is complete, controlled, accurate, and audit-ready.
• Lead DFMEA and PFMEA activities and maintain the FMEA register.
• Lead quality assurance activities within Operations, ensuring manufacturing, testing, FAT, and release processes meet requirements.
• Act as the primary quality interface for customers and support supplier quality assurance.
• Own the CAPA process, ensuring effective root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Support ISO 9001 internal audits.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, monitor KPIs, and report quality performance to management.

Skills

Stage-Gate process

DFMEA

PFMEA

CAPA

ISO 9001

Quality auditing

Risk management

Continuous improvement

KPIs monitoring

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering/Quality Management

Tools

Auditing standards

Job description

Optics11 is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to drive quality excellence across the product lifecycle, from R&D through manufacturing, project execution, operations and customer delivery. You will strengthen governance by implementing robust QA processes, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring compliance with company, customer, regulatory, and Quality requirements.

You will lead Stage-Gate, design assurance, risk management, operational quality assurance, and customer quality activities.