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Head of Quality Assurance - Instawork Robotics Labs

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Hybrid (Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Head of QA for Instawork Robotics Labs (IRL), leading end-to-end quality and data-labeling across QA/QC, visual inspection, and process quality in automotive/manufacturing/robotics contexts. Hands-on leadership to build quality systems, scale teams, and drive a data-driven quality culture.

Responsibilities

  • Own the QA/QC function: Build and lead the overall quality strategy, processes, standards, and KPIs across operations and manufacturing.
  • Visual & Product Quality: Establish robust visual inspection and defect detection processes, including inspection standards, sampling methodologies, defect classification, and root-cause analysis.
  • Quality Systems: Design and implement SOPs, inspection protocols, quality gates, audit mechanisms, CAPA, and continuous improvement processes.
  • Team Leadership: Build, manage, and develop high-performing QA/QC teams across locations and functions.
  • Cross-functional Quality: Partner closely with Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Product teams to identify and eliminate recurring quality issues.
  • Data & Metrics: Build quality dashboards and drive metrics such as defect rates, first-pass yield, rework, rejection rates, customer complaints, and quality escapes.
  • Supplier & Process Quality: Drive supplier quality, incoming inspection, in-process quality, and final inspection standards.
  • Root Cause & Continuous Improvement: Lead RCA, corrective/preventive actions, and quality improvement initiatives using structured methodologies such as 8D, FMEA, SPC, Six Sigma, or similar frameworks.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in QA/QC, preferably in the automotive, manufacturing, robotics, mobility, electronics, or hardware industry.
  • Strong experience setting up and scaling multi-layer quality functions and processes from the ground up.
  • Experience leading QA and data-labeling operations for Petabyte-scale pipelines of real-world data
  • Experience working closely with machine learning, computer vision, robotics, or AI researchers on high-quality AI training datasets.
  • Experience managing large or distributed QA/QC teams.
  • Strong knowledge of root-cause analysis, CAPA, FMEA, 8D, SPC, and quality management systems.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to quality.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • A hands-on, high-ownership mindset — comfortable being on the floor, solving problems, and building processes rather than just managing them.

Skills

Required:Quality Assurance (QA)Quality Control (QC)Visual InspectionRoot Cause Analysis (RCA)

Benefits

  • Not specified in description
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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