Ready to make a meaningful impact in a highly precise, technical environment?

 Are you an experienced, strategic and hands-on  Head of Quality , ready to establish a robust, scalable Quality Management System (QMS) to support precision instrument manufacturing to the highest standards of reliability and performance? Can you ensure quality principles are adopted across the enterprise, regularly interfacing with our commercial, engineering and operational teams. If so, read on…

Reward and Benefits :

• £65,000 to 85,000 (depending on experience)
• 25 days annual leave, death in service and private health care benefits, personal pension contributions of 4% with salary sacrifice and a generous EMI Share scheme

Based in Abingdon, Oxford, UK, we are a high calibre team of 100 plus people and we are growing fast. We are backed by global financial and industry investors including Applied Ventures, the strategic venture arm of the industry leading equipment company.

About the role:

The  Head of Quality  is critical to enabling sustainable growth, protecting our brand, and ensuring we deliver world-class metrology systems that meet the demanding requirements of advanced materials science, nanotechnology, and semiconductor applications. 3 days on site (operational requirements).

A typical day for a Head of Quality could look like this:

Quality Strategy & Leadership

• Owning the entire Quality function, leading with cross-team influence
• Defining and delivering a quality strategy that powers growth and embedding quality as a non-negotiable part of the company’s DNA

Quality Management System

• Ownership of documentation control and internal audits
• Leading all certification activities and ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance

Product & Design Quality

• Partnering with Engineering to bake ISO9001 principles into product development
• Putting strong, structured risk management practices front and centre
• Building a dependable change management process with Engineering and NPI

Supply Chain

• Guiding the Supply Chain team in creating robust supplier qualification and audit programmes
• Setting up inspection processes that scale effectively with demand
• Supporting supplier corrective actions and pushing for continuous improvements

Manufacturing & Operational Quality

• Leading nonconformance management, CAPA and root-cause investigations
• Developing inspection, calibration and quality processes to reduce production risk and building tight feedback loops with Customer Support and Product

Who we are looking for:

To succeed as our Head of Quality , we do need you to have the following skills and experience:

Nice to have:

• Experience leading a quality function within the  Semiconductor field

Education / Qualifications:

• Either a Degree in a relevant discipline (E.g Physics, Engineering, Quality Management) or similar, or a clear equivalent path through relevant apprenticeship or significant accumulated experience.

We look for these attributes for our team:

• Self-management: Able to work independently, setting priorities for own work based upon the company goals and targets.
• Teamwork: Engages with other members of the company to bring the best solutions to the problem. Recognise the value that fellow company members bring to enhance own abilities. Supports colleagues with their tasks when critical to the company goals.
• Impact and Influence: Establishes themselves as the knowledge centre in their own field.
• Ownership & Initiative: React and address both short- and medium-term issues and proactively takes action to solve them.
• Results Orientation: Focus on the company goal, avoid distraction, making timely decisions to achieve the target.

A bit about us:

Infinitesima is a privately owned company founded in 2001, as a spin-out of the University of Bristol, by CTO Professor Andrew Humphris. Our dynamic team of scientists and engineers is focussed on enabling the next generation of semiconductor devices through delivery of innovative products to customers around the world.

Our strength lies in the varied perspectives that come from different cultures, experiences, and identities. We believe that true innovation is fuelled by collaboration, locally and globally. We strive to foster an environment where everyone can contribute meaningfully and thrive.

If you require adjustments to take part in the recruitment process, please let us know, we’ll do our best to support you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Infinitesima Ltd only works with approved agencies and does not accept unsolicited agency CVs. Please do not submit candidate details in response to this advert, or to any Infinitesima Ltd employees. Infinitesima Ltd is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.