Senior Quality Manager - Newport, United Kingdom
About the role
This role is responsible for leading the strategic direction, governance, and continual improvement of the organization's quality management systems, ensuring the highest standards of product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction for semiconductor products.
What you'll do
- Lead and maintain the Newport Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and VDA 6.3 standards.
- Act as the primary customer representative and interface for audits, quality concerns, and customer requirements.
- Lead customer complaint investigations and resolution activities, including 8D corrective actions.
- Promote and embed quality improvement methodologies, including APQP, FMEA, QCC, 5S, MSA, and SPC.
- Lead, develop, and performance manage the Quality, Failure Analysis, and Calibration teams.
- Oversee document control, change management processes, and serve as final approver for key quality, process, and customer communications.
What you'll need
- Degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Semiconductor Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- Lead Auditor certification in ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.
- VDA 6.3 and Supplier Auditor qualification or equivalent auditing experience.
- 3 - 5 years senior leadership experience within Quality Engineering, Quality Management, and Semiconductor Manufacturing environments.
- Extensive experience leading Quality Management Systems within highly regulated manufacturing environments, preferably automotive semiconductors.
- Deep understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes, product reliability, and failure analysis techniques.
Skills: ISO 9001, IATF 16949, failure analysis, QMS, semiconductor manufacturing
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 57-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
426
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Median days open
57 d
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Median salary
$159k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Vishay Intertechnology | All employers we track in this specialty (426 roles · 69 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 426 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 162 | 9631 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 47 d | 57 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: ISO 9001, IATF 16949, failure analysis, QMS, semiconductor manufacturing
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 71 open roles · median 152 d
- Infineon Technologies · 32 open roles · median 45 d
- Analog Devices · 21 open roles · median 52 d
- onsemi · 21 open roles · median 67 d
- Applied Materials · 18 open roles · median 66 d
- Renesas Electronics · 18 open roles · median 61 d
How we counted: 426 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 69 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 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.