Global Quality Systems & PLM Lead

Giga Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Giga Energy is seeking a Quality Systems and PLM Lead to design and stand up the global quality operating system and the PLM that underpins it. This role has a global remit with executive backing and governs how design releases, ECO/ECN, and supplier quality are managed across programs.

The position is based in Houston or Los Angeles with full-time onsite expectations and travel up to 10%, including international trips to manufacturing sites in China and Mexico.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years in quality, PLM, or manufacturing engineering in complex physical products
• Direct experience building or transforming a quality management system, not only operating within one
• Deep ownership of engineering change control and configuration management: ECO, ECN, deviations, revision governance, and release authority
• Experience implementing or administering a PLM platform such as Arena, Windchill, Teamcenter, or Agile
• Supplier quality experience in an international contract manufacturing environment, including audits, SCARs, and FAI documentation
• Experience defining inspection frameworks and non-conformance and corrective action processes that production teams actually use
• Track record of making a release or change process mandatory across engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Own the global quality operating system and the product lifecycle platform behind it
• Design and stand up the global QMS covering material, supplier, manufacturing, and customer quality
• Own document and revision control, including work instructions, inspection plans, and quality records
• Build the NCR and CAPA process and drive structured root cause using 8D, Fishbone, and 5-Why
• Own ISO 9001 readiness and certification effort, and the product compliance matrix against UL, NEC, NEMA, and customer-specific requirements
• Implement and own the PLM platform, including selection support and configuration of the release workflow
• Own the released product definition: approved BOM, drawings, specifications, and revision state
• Build the ECO and ECN workflow end to end, from change request through engineering disposition, approval, release, and supplier notification
• Define the deviation and substitution process for component changes after design freeze, including approval authority and traceability
• Define how an approved revision propagates into the ERP and out to suppliers and contract manufacturers
• Own supplier qualification, re-qualification audits, and the supplier scorecard and QBR cadence
• Build the Supplier Quality Agreement framework covering material certifications, FAI, and critical specs
• Issue and drive SCARs to closure; investigate repeat escapes and hold suppliers to sustained corrective action
• Define pre-shipment inspection checkpoints at overseas CM facilities
• Define the incoming, in-process, and final inspection framework, including sampling plans and acceptance criteria
• Own serialized test and as-built records, and the audit path that verifies a built unit against its released revision
• Own Certificate of Conformance and qualification and test record retention
• Own the customer-facing quality package used in program qualification and customer audits
• Own the customer complaint process: intake, containment, investigation, 8D, and formal closure within SLA
• Represent Quality at customer sites during field investigations and commissioning inspections
• Run internal audits against the QMS and close findings
• Own quality KPIs including incoming PPM, first-pass yield, scrap and rework, SCAR closure, and warranty claim rate
• Partner with Finance to define cost-of-quality tracking by program and supplier
• Drive continuous improvement and Lean initiatives with manufacturing engineering

Skills

Quality management

Engineering change control

PLM systems

Supplier quality

Root cause analysis

Audit management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

Arena

Windchill

Teamcenter

Agile PLM

Job description

Giga Energy is seeking a Quality Systems and PLM Lead to design and stand up the global quality operating system and the PLM that underpins it. This role has a global remit with executive backing and governs how design releases, ECO/ECN, and supplier quality are managed across programs.

The position is based in Houston or Los Angeles with full-time onsite expectations and travel up to 10%, including international trips to manufacturing sites in China and Mexico.