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
• Thermal Cycling
• Vibration Testing
• HALT/HASS
• Environmental Testing
• EMC/EMI Testing
• Burn-In Testing
• 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.

Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as FPY, Supplier PPM, Customer PPM, FFR, Warranty Cost %, COPQ, Audit Closure Rate , Customer Complaint Resolution time

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