Manager, Digital Transformation - Design Quality

Lam Research; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Competitive salary

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Lam Research is seeking a Digital Transformation – Quality Manager to lead critical quality workstream processes in the rapidly evolving semiconductor sector.

The role involves shaping quality management practices, fostering change within the organization, and embedding quality principles across product life cycles. Candidates should possess strong management experience and a relevant degree, supported by a passion for digital transformation.

Join us in transforming a market leader during a period of significant growth!

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of management experience in engineering or consulting.
• Strong knowledge of operational processes and systems.
• Experience with digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of quality management processes.
• Embed quality principles across product lifecycle.
• Promote a quality-first mindset across the business.

Skills

Management experience

Operational processes

Quality principles

Change management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Math, Statistics or related field

MBA or master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Statistical Process Control

Pareto Analysis

Failure Mode Effects Analysis

Job description

Office of Digital Transformation

The Office of Digital Transformation at Lam Research is responsible for the creation of next generation business process and accelerated adoption of technology across the company.

The Digital Transformation – Quality Manager Role

The Digital Transformation – Quality Manager role is a unique opportunity to transform a market leading semiconductor company to scale for past and future growth at an unprecedented time in our industry.

The impact you’ll make

Join Lam as a Digital Transformation Analyst, where you'll be at the forefront of revolutionizing our organization's digital landscape. As part of the Office of Digital Transformation, you'll play a critical role in creating next-generation business processes and accelerating technology adoption across the company. With your expertise in developing and implementing strategic plans, you'll not only enhance employee and customer experiences, but also improve operational efficiency and overall productivity. Make your mark in shaping the future of Lam, a market-leading semiconductor company during an unprecedented period of growth.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the vision, design, development, and deployment of critical Quality workstream processes.
• Embed quality principles across the product lifecycle and partner with other workstreams to deliver an integrated, closed-loop Quality Management System (QMS).
• Promote a quality-first, no-fault-forward mindset across the business.
• Serve as the quality champion within the Idea to Retire (I2R) workstream and sub-groups.
• Partner with stakeholders to capture, define, and prioritize quality requirements that support transformation goals.
• Shift effectively between strategy, planning, and execution across project phases.
• Stay flexible to deliver program and workstream objectives successfully.
• Champion the transformation project's governing principles.
• Drive consistent future-state solutions across capabilities and workstreams, ensuring they are simple, efficient, and scalable.
• Act as a cultural change agent by involving, engaging, and influencing stakeholders.
• Promote open communication, guide stakeholders through change, and empower them as organizational change agents.
• Transform digital tools and systems to provide end-to-end quality visibility.
• Redesign processes to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and connect data and intelligence.
• Understand enterprise data flows and system connectivity to enable insight-driven decision making.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related field, or equivalent experience, with 6–8 years of management experience.
• MBA or master's degree preferred.
• Experience in engineering or consulting, with strong knowledge of operational processes, systems, tools, improvement initiatives, process digitalization, and digital transformation in leading or fast-growth companies.
• Strong storyteller able to drive organizational change management.
• Demonstrates exponential thinking and incremental execution.
• Understands industry best practices and applies them in real-world settings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in product design and end-to-end quality strategy for product design and development.
• Semiconductor equipment design and/or manufacturing experience is a plus.
• Experience with requirements management, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Design for X, and related product development tools.
• Product engineering quality certifications, such as Design for Six Sigma, are a plus.
• 8+ years of quality experience using critical tools such as Pareto Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Process Control, and FMEA.

Our Commitment

This role includes a salary range of $114,000 - $253,000 for candidates residing or working onsite in the California, San Francisco Bay Area. Actual salary may vary based on location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and other factors.

Salary and Benefits

At Lam, we invest in you through a comprehensive set of benefits across phases of your life.