OLIX
Director of Quality
Austin, TX · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
ComplianceProduct ManagementSupply ChainProcess ImprovementPerformance ManagementEMI/EMCLeadership
About the role
- This is a founding quality leadership role.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and own OLIX's Quality Management System from the ground up, targeting ISO 9001 certification and laying the foundation for more advanced standards as the business scales
- Define quality policies, procedures, metrics, document control, and CAPA processes that are fit for a fast-moving fabless company: rigorous without being bureaucratic
- Establish quality gates and review processes across the full product lifecycle, from design sign-off through tape-out, manufacturing, test, and deployment
- Build a quality culture at OLIX, partnering with engineering and operations teams to embed quality thinking early
- Supplier & Partner Quality
- Own the supplier quality programme across OLIX's foundry, OSAT, contract manufacturer, and component ecosystem, spanning silicon, advanced packaging, optical components, and compound semiconductor supply
- Lead supplier qualification, audits, corrective action programmes, and ongoing performance management through structured KPIs and scorecards
- Define and manage incoming inspection and acceptance criteria for wafers, substrates, optical components, and materials arriving from the supply chain
- Own the product qualification strategy for OLIX's silicon, optical components, modules, and systems: reliability test plans, qualification flows, and acceptance criteria informed by JEDEC and Telcordia GR-468 or equivalent standards
- Lead Design for Reliability reviews alongside engineering and manufacturing teams, ensuring quality implications are factored into design decisions before commitments are made
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline
Nice to have
- Experience with optical or photonic component reliability, including laser-based components
- Datacentre or hyperscaler hardware quality experience, including fleet reliability and RAS
- Master's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or Business Administration
- You're not just joining the mission
- you're owning a piece of it
- Due to U.S. export control regulations, candidates' eligibility to work at OLIX depends on their most recent citizenship or permanent residency status.
- Applicants who have subsequently obtained citizenship or permanent residency in another country not subject to these restrictions may still be eligible.
Skills
- Deep supplier quality expertise managing foundries, OSATs, and contract manufacturers in an outsourced manufacturing model
- Strong grounding in semiconductor and optoelectronic qualification and reliability: JEDEC, Telcordia GR-468, or equivalent standards
- Experience leading product compliance and certification for electronic hardware, including CE or UKCA, safety, and EMC
Benefits
- Employer-contributed retirement plans to help you build long-term financial security
- Meaningful stock options.
- To minimise your commute and maximise your life, we offer an annual Living-Local Bonus if your residence is within 20 minutes of the office
Company info
- Build OLIX's approved supplier list and qualification documentation to the standard required by tier-1 customers and strategic partners
- Own the product qualification strategy for
- rigorous without being bureaucratic
- Product Qualification & Reliability
- Stand up failure analysis capability and FRACAS processes to close the loop on development, manufacturing, and field quality issues
- Drive yield, defect, and reliability improvement programmes across manufacturing partners using structured methodologies including SPC, FMEA, 8D, and DOE
Visa & Work Authorization
- export control regulations, candidates' eligibility to work at OLIX depends on their most recent citizenship or permanent residency status
This listing is sourced directly from OLIX's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.