Quality Program Leader - Wilton, CT, United States
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role serves as the organizational leader for quality across the Wilton Factory, responsible for establishing quality direction, strengthening factory-wide quality governance, and owning the Wilton Factory Quality Management System.
What you'll do
- Serve as the organizational quality leader for Wilton Factory, setting direction, priorities, governance, and expectations for quality performance.
- Lead the development and execution of the Wilton Factory quality strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities and customer expectations.
- Own the Wilton Factory Quality Management System, ensuring it is effective, current, compliant, and embedded into daily operations.
- Ensure Wilton Factory maintains strong audit readiness for internal, customer, regulatory, and certification-related audits.
- Establish and monitor measurable factory quality outcomes such as defect reduction, escape reduction, and first-pass yield improvement.
- Provide strategic leadership for Statistical Process Control (SPC) deployment, maturity, and effectiveness within Wilton manufacturing.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Optical, Quality, Mechatronics or a related scientific and/or technical field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in quality engineering, manufacturing or operational excellence in a high-tech manufacturing environment.
- 5+ years of experience in a leadership role managing direct reports and leading quality priorities across cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated experience leading factory-wide or organization-wide quality strategy, governance, Quality Management System ownership, audit readiness, and improvement initiatives.
- Strong background in Statistical Process Control, Six Sigma, quality systems, audit management, and structured problem solving.
- Proven experience defining, tracking, and improving measurable quality outcomes such as defect reduction, escape prevention, process capability, audit performance, corrective action effectiveness, and repeat issue prevention.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Optical, Quality, Mechatronics or a related scientific and/or technical field.
- Six Sigma Black Belt.
- ASQ CQE or CMQ/OE.
Skills: Quality Program Leader, Quality Management System, audit readiness, defect prevention, Statistical Process Control
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 51-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
436
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$158k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | ASML | All employers we track in this specialty (436 roles · 70 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 436 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 307 | 9460 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 58 d | 51 d (+7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $158k |
Skills observed across this category: Quality Program Leader, Quality Management System, audit readiness, defect prevention, Statistical Process Control
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 73 open roles · median 143 d
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 32 d
- Analog Devices · 22 open roles · median 46 d
- onsemi · 22 open roles · median 71 d
- Renesas Electronics · 19 open roles · median 65 d
- Applied Materials · 18 open roles · median 55 d
How we counted: 436 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 70 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.