Datacenter Infrastructure & Quality Excellence Leader

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · VANCOUVER, BC · Engineering

This role focuses on driving datacenter quality excellence by applying aerospace/automotive-grade rigor to datacenter infrastructure, ensuring reliability across manufacturing, OEM/ODM quality, component qualification, and material integrity. The leader will define and enforce quality standards, lead failure analysis, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed design-for-quality principles.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and enforce advanced quality standards for datacenter products, leveraging APQP, PPAP, AS9100, IATF 16949 principles.
  2. Drive manufacturing process quality, supplier/OEM/ODM audits, and component-level reliability.
  3. Lead FA (Failure Analysis), root cause investigations, and implement corrective/preventive actions.
  4. Champion SPC, FMEA, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement across global supply chain.
  5. Collaborate with design, operations, and suppliers to embed design-for-quality principles.

Skills

Required

  • Expertise in complex quality systems, material science, and datacenter hardware reliability.
  • Strong background in aerospace or automotive quality frameworks.
  • Proven leadership in cross-functional quality programs and supplier quality management.
  • Hands-on experience with FA labs, stress testing, and predictive reliability analytics.

Nice to have

  • Deep background in Quality Engineering, with exposure to high-reliability industries.
  • Advanced degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Systems Engineering.

What the JD emphasized

  • aerospace/automotive-grade rigor
  • datacenter infrastructure
  • world-class reliability
  • manufacturing, OEM/ODM quality, component qualification, and material integrity
  • mission-critical quality rigor
  • zero-defect culture
  • maximum uptime
  • customer trust
  • APQP, PPAP, AS9100, IATF 16949 principles
  • aerospace or automotive quality frameworks
  • Quality Engineering