Quality Lead - Power Converter

Head -Quality will lead the quality function across product development, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, reliability engineering, customer quality, and field quality for Power Electronics products including PCS, Central Inverters, BESS, DC-DC Converters, EV Chargers, and Energy Management Systems.

The role is responsible for establishing world-class quality systems, ensuring compliance with international standards, driving continuous improvement, reducing warranty costs, and improving customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

Product Quality & Design Quality

• Participate in product development reviews. 
• Implement APQP, Design FMEA, Process FMEA, and Control Plans. 
• Ensure quality gates throughout product lifecycle. 
• Define qualification and validation requirements fo Power Conversion System ( Central Inverters , DC-DC Converters, EV chargers),, Battery Packs, BESS Containers 

Supplier Quality Management

• Develop supplier quality framework. 
• Qualify and audit suppliers globally. 
• Monitor supplier PPM and quality performance. 
• Lead corrective actions with suppliers. 
• Establish incoming quality control processes. 

Manufacturing Quality

• Incoming Quality Control (IQC) 
• In-Process Quality Control (IPQC) 
• Outgoing Quality Control (OQC) 
• Drive defect reduction and yield improvement. 
• Implement Statistical Process Control (SPC). 
• Ensure traceability across manufacturing operations. 
• Support new product introduction (NPI). 

Reliability & Validation

• Define reliability strategy for power electronics and BESS products. 
• Establish test programs 
  1. Thermal Cycling 
  2. Vibration Testing 
  3. HALT/HASS 
  4. Environmental Testing 
  5. EMC/EMI Testing 
  6. Burn-In Testing 
  7. Life Cycle Testing 
• Analyze field failure trends and reliability growth. 

Customer Quality & Field Quality

• Lead customer complaint resolution. 
• Drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Actions. 
• Reduce warranty and service costs. 
• Support major customer audits and quality reviews. 
• Monitor field performance of installed systems. 

Regulatory & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with: 
• ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 
• IEC Standards Standards , Utility Grid Codes 
• Customer-specific requirements 
• Manage certification and surveillance audits. 

Continuous Improvement

• Deploy Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies. 
• Lead Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) reduction programs. 
• Implement digital quality and analytics tools. 
• Benchmark best practices across industry. 

Education

Min Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Power Electronics, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering.

Experience

• 15–20+ years in Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing, or Operations. 
• Minimum 5 years leading a quality organization. 
• Experience in Utility-scale Solar Inverters, BESS , PCS ,EV Chargers ,Industrial Power Electronics ,Renewable Energy Systems 

Technical Skills Set required 

• Quality Tools
• APQP,PPAP,FMEA ,MSA ,SPC 

8D ,Six Sigma ,Root Cause Analysis, Reliability Engineering