Quality Leader for Semiconductor Equipment

Ignite Next GmbH; Bergen; On-site; NOK 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation + equity

International team

Relocation support

Immigration support

Room to influence work culture

Job summary

Lace Lithography in Bergen is seeking a Head of Quality to lead the Quality function as the company scales. You will embed pragmatic QA controls into development and delivery of semiconductor equipment, build a lean QMS, and partner with Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations.

The role reports to the VP of Operations and sits on the Operations leadership team; you’ll drive product quality, safety, and regulatory compliance across development and field deployments, with a hands-on, leadership

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Quality, Product Assurance or Manufacturing Quality within complex equipment.
• Experience with low-volume, high-complexity equipment and multidisciplinary engineering.
• Proven track record establishing or improving quality management systems and supplier quality.
• Experience integrating product safety and regulatory requirements into development and release.
• Ability to lead across disciplines and build capabilities without being deepest expert.
• Hands-on leadership style, building processes before a dedicated team exists.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build the Quality function.
• Establish QMS covering document control, nonconformances, corrective actions, audits and relevant certification requirements.
• Define quality criteria and verification activities with Engineering.
• Set supplier quality requirements and incoming inspection.
• Define manufacturing and acceptance quality checkpoints and release criteria.
• Integrate risk assessments, safety documentation and CE/SEMI requirements.
• Drive field issues into product design and supplier performance.

Skills

Quality leadership

Quality management systems

Supplier quality

Product safety & regulatory

Cross-disciplinary leadership

Hands-on leadership

Fluent English

Job description

Lace Lithography in Bergen is seeking a Head of Quality to lead the Quality function as the company scales. You will embed pragmatic QA controls into development and delivery of semiconductor equipment, build a lean QMS, and partner with Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations.

The role reports to the VP of Operations and sits on the Operations leadership team; you’ll drive product quality, safety, and regulatory compliance across development and field deployments, with a hands-on, leadership