Manager Quality Lab

**Location City**

Thalwil

**Location Region**

**Location Country**

Switzerland

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**About u-blox**

**Manager Quality LAB (80-100%)**

As Manager of the Quality Laboratory in Thalwil, you will lead a team of highly skilled experts in reliability testing and physical failure analysis. You will be responsible for managing lab operations, driving technical excellence, and fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Your role includes defining and optimizing lab processes, ensuring equipment readiness, and supporting product quality and reliability across the organization.

**Your Responsibilities**
Leadership & People Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of experienced Quality Lab professionals.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Provide clear direction, regular feedback, and career development opportunities.
- Promote cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team and across departments.

Lab Operations & Process Management
- Oversee daily operations of the Quality Laboratory in Thalwil.
- Define and implement efficient processes and procedures for all lab activities.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation within the lab environment.

Reliability Testing
- Plan, schedule, and execute reliability tests (stress and electrical) for all products.
- Ensure timely and accurate documentation and reporting of test results to the Quality Engineering team.
- Optimize reliability testing to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
- Coordinate the procurement of test boards (BiBs, PK, etc.) based on project needs.

Physical Failure Analysis (PFA)
- Manage and perform PFAs within expected timelines.
- Conduct Failure Mode Analyses (FMAs) to determine appropriate PFA approaches.
- Ensure high-quality and comprehensive PFA reporting.

Project Coordination & Support
- Align regularly with Quality Engineers on qualification project status.
- Support implementation of product qualification requirements.
- Collaborate with Quality and Production Engineers to define corrective actions for nonconformities.

Lab Infrastructure & Equipment
- Ensure lab equipment is fit for purpose and properly maintained.
- Investigate and propose new tools, methods, and equipment.
- Oversee procurement, installation, and maintenance of lab infrastructure.
- Administer databases related to reliability tests, PFAs, equipment, and master data.

**Your Skills and Experience**
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the semiconductor industry.
- Strong expertise in Quality Reliability Engineering.
- Proven leadership experience managing expert-level technical teams.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
- Strong communication and project management skills.
- Self-motivated, disciplined, and able to work independently.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- Willingness to travel up to 20%.

**What are your perks?**
- A multicultural and international company with over 60 different nationalities
- Project-based activities working with colleagues distributed across the globe
- A start-up and innovation mindset while in the process of scaling-up processes and efficiencies
- Hybrid working model & flexible working hours
- A strong learning environment
- Sport activities and Team events
- Nice location on the Zurich lake side, 15 min away from Zurich with public transport
- Sport activities, “Friday beers”, barbecue, and an amazing roof terrace
- Between 25 and 30 days of vacation a year, employee insurance contribution taken over by employer and additional contribution from the company to the pension fund, participation to public transport costs
- ... and discover even more by talking with us

We see diversity as a strength and promote a culture of inclusion among our employees. Our varied backgrounds, ideas and experiences are critical to our success. We strive to become a strong learning organization and are committed to provide our employees with equal opportunities regardless of differences such as gender, race, ethnicity, generations, belief.

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