Director of Product Quality

About the role

Renesas is seeking a Director of Product Quality to lead quality improvement initiatives specifically geared towards new product development and volume ramp up to deliver on-time, high-quality, and ramp-ready products that meet customer timelines and expectations. In this role, you will help drive Renesas product quality to achieve a zero-defect mindset. This position reports to the Power Strategy and Technology Organization and directly supports the Performance Computing Power (PCP) business division.

The PCP team’s product development portfolio includes digital multiphase controllers, smart power stages, and 48V system power regulators, all targeted at the rapidly growing AI hyperscale data center market. During development, teams are expected to ship large-volume samples and prepare for steep vertical ramps while maintaining the stringent quality standards required for data center applications.

Responsibilities

• Define, track, and drive continuous quality improvement initiatives: Implement strategies to build in and improve NPI product quality, leveraging data-driven insights and cross-functional collaboration to exceed customer expectations.
• Work with counterparts in the Power STO (Strategy, Technology and Operations) team to implement changes in the development process as needed and advocate for new tools/capabilities to further improve delivered quality.
• Analyze and report on PCP quality performance (DPPM): Provide actionable insights through regular reporting on customer returns, identifying trends, root causes, and areas for improvement.
• Foster and maintain strong relationships with Quality teams (including customer QA): Serve as a liaison to external customer quality assurance teams (CQE, factory quality) to ensure alignment and timely support.
• Assess organization training needs and leverage the Renesas Quality Team to improve product group skillsets in root cause analysis, developing corrective actions, and preventive measures.
• Implement customer-specific quality requirements: Ensure customer-specific standards are incorporated and rigorously followed during design, development, samples, and production processes, promoting accountability, consistency, and reliability. Ensure compliance with Renesas business processes and internal/external audit readiness.
• Lead cross-functional teams (internal to BD and enterprise foundation teams) to resolve critical quality issues: Coordinate and drive rapid, structured problem-solving efforts involving engineering, production, and supply chain teams to quickly resolve quality concerns.
• Ensure or define standards compliance for AI datacenter products: Clearly define customer-level requirements as needed for the adoption of regulatory, industry, and customer requirements in product definition and performance.
• Serve as a representative on external standards committees relevant to PCP products.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product development or quality engineering teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and people skills, with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Solid understanding of the new product development process, associated quality standards, business processes, semiconductor supply chain, and production environments.
• Expertise with statistical analysis, structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, 3x5 Why), and making data-driven decisions.
• Ability to manage supplier excursions and drive resolution of customer escalations.
• Knowledge of commercial and automotive quality standards.

About Renesas

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its purpose: To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, Renesas offers the opportunity to work on world-leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future. The company’s culture, TAGIE, is grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial, shaping how teams work, grow, and deliver on its purpose.