Job Description

About Altera

At Altera™, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver the programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced, self-driven Senior QMS Engineer to lead and shape the enterprise Quality Management System (QMS) for Altera FPGA Semiconductor design and development organization operating across automotive, ADG, industrial, and consumer markets.

This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational impact and ownership, responsible for:

• End-to-end QMS compliance and certification strategy and execution

• Driving QMS gap assessment, audit readiness and quality culture at scale

• End-to-end issue management system and process ownership

You will serve as a quality authority and strategic partner across engineering, operations, supplier quality, and customer-facing teams—ensuring that quality systems are not only compliant, but scalable, efficient, and aligned with high-reliability product delivery expectations.

This role requires the ability to thrive in complex, evolving environments, comfortable operating with ambiguity, and can influence across functions without direct authority.

Key Responsibilities:

QMS Certification & Compliance Leadership

• Lead and own enterprise QMS certification strategy and execution, for ISO 9001 (corporate baseline) and AS9100D (ADG baseline) across company throughout the planning, execution and implementation

• Drive IATF 16949 (automotive QMS) conformance across organization

• Serve as the primary interface with certification bodies, auditors, consultants, and customers

• Own and drive audit governance, including:

  • Internal audit program design and execution

  • External certification and surveillance audits

  • Cross-site audit alignment and readiness

• Ensure continuous audit readiness through strong process discipline and evidence-based compliance

• Establish and drive QMS performance metrics (KPIs) and management review mechanisms

• Partner with global teams to ensure consistent QMS implementation across locations

• Lead vendor, consultation and certification bodies management for all QMS activities

• Drive corporate policies and external QMS communication

End-to-End Issue Management Ownership

• Own customer, internal, and supplier issue management framework and integrated systems for issue management

• Collaborating with cross functional organization to establish and drive KPI

• Drive continuous improvement and retrospective process for critical issues

• Establish issue management training framework and content development

• Enable structured problem solving and impact analysis methodologies (8D, 5-Why)

• Own risk and impact analysis, containment and customer-facing processes as end-to-end issue management

• Drive continuous improvement and quality issue closure effectiveness

• Enable data-driven quality insights and monitoring

• Drive effective process and end-to-end system management and improvement

• Enable end-to-end traceability from defect identification to resolution and improvement

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Electronics or related field) with minimum 10 years of working experience in semiconductor industry

• Experience building and implement enterprise QMS conformance

• In depth knowledge of AS9100D, ISO9001 and IATF16949

• ISO9001 / AS9100D Lead Auditor certification

• Track record in leading both internal and external audits (3rd party certification body, customers, vendors).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experienced with FPGA products and expanded market segments such as automotive and ADG (Aerospace, Defense and Government)

• Wide scale of external and internal quality issue management experience across semiconductor design to manufacturing

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in semiconductor QMS area

• Familiarity with PLM (Windchill), JIRA, JAMA and other enterprise solutions / software

• Certified ASQ quality engineer / manager or Six Sigma Black Belt preferred

• Strong knowledge and experience in designing end-to-end issue management, product containment, product recall and process / product exception management

• Strong cross functional leadership, project management and influential skills

• Strong analytical and standards interpretation skill

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to influence decision-making and alignment across the organization

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

San Jose, California, United States

Additional Locations:

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.