Quality Systems Engineer - Data Center
$131,700 - $197,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 16 October 2026 by the employer.
Qualcomm is scaling its Data Center business with the Qualcomm Dragonfly™ AI inference platform.
About the role
This Staff Quality Systems leader role is responsible for adapting and maturing the Quality Management System (QMS) as the Data Center business pursues ISO 9001 certification and expands into rigorous customer quality expectations, ensuring scalable, standards-driven quality governance across complex electronic products/platforms.
What you'll do
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of a Quality Management System (QMS) supporting mission-critical data center hardware systems utilizing structured methodologies (PDCA, Lean, Six Sigma).
- Translate contractual obligations and quality specifications into internal quality flow-downs to design, manufacturing, and supplier teams.
- Lead engineering audits/assessments across Data Center products, including documentation, design reviews, and stage-gate quality gates aligned with PRD/silicon development flows aligned with ISO-based, customer-specific requirements.
- Translate Hyperscaler-specific contractual quality obligations (customer quality agreements, warranty requirements, and epidemic defect triggers) into internal quality controls and supplier flow-downs.
- Analyze quality data, assessment outcomes, and customer signals to identify enterprise-level risks and trends; translate insights into improvements leveraging CAPA and Lessons Learned.
- Execute supporting product traceability programs and lot/component genealogy requirements in complex hardware supply chains.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field (electronics background required).
- Demonstrated experience planning and executing ISO 9001-based internal and external audits; working knowledge of IPC-A-610 for electronic hardware acceptability standards in server/data center hardware.
- Experience supporting product traceability programs and lot/component genealogy requirements in complex hardware supply chains.
- Familiarity with Hyperscaler quality program requirements (e.g., OCP — Open Compute Project — qualification standards, customer-specific quality agreements, and product qualification workflows for server/rack platforms).
- Five plus years of experience in quality systems, supporting complex electronic products.
- Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, validation, and release processes.
- Proven ability to lead structured problem solving and root cause analysis for systemic issues.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with PLM, ERP, MES systems.
- Awareness of product environmental governance requirements.
- Black Belt/Six Sigma certification.
- ASQ (e.g., CQE or CRE) or ISO Lead Auditor certification or equivalent.
Skills: Quality Management System, ISO 9001, quality governance, audits, traceability
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 53-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
425
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$153k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (425 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 425 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 48 | 9862 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 41 d | 53 d (−12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $153k |
Skills observed across this category: Quality Management System, ISO 9001, quality governance, audits, traceability
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 75 open roles · median 134 d
- Infineon Technologies · 31 open roles · median 44 d
- Renesas Electronics · 22 open roles · median 38 d
- STMicroelectronics · 19 open roles · median 24 d
- Analog Devices · 18 open roles · median 53 d
- Applied Materials · 17 open roles · median 72 d
How we counted: 425 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 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.