Applied Materials Lead QA Engineer 

India, Karnataka 

935194911

What We Offer

As a Senior Quality Lead, you will be a key driver of quality strategy across product lines, leading the qualification and delivery of product features and versions—including tool platform and system-level qualification. You will define and enforce quality standards, influence product architecture for testability, and ensure seamless integration of quality practices across the development lifecycle. This role requires a proactive leader who can collaborate across engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver high-impact, reliable solutions.

• Define and drive the overall quality strategy for product features and releases.
• Lead end-to-end qualification efforts across tool platforms and system-level components.
• Establish scalable quality frameworks, automation strategies, and best practices.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to influence design and development for quality.
• Own the release readiness process, including go/no-go decisions based on quality metrics.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing quality engineering team.
• Represent quality in cross-functional leadership forums and executive reviews.
• Continuously assess and improve quality KPIs, tooling, and processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 15- 20yrs years of experience in quality engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience in quality assurance and testing.
• Strong knowledge of tool platform and system-level qualification.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead and mentor a team.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on quality and accuracy.

• Experience with Tool platform, Application-Platform integration flows, end-to-end qualification involving system, simulation.
• Certification in quality assurance or related field.