Product Quality Engineer

Job Description:

Working as part of the Global Quality team, this role will work alongside Business Unit Engineers, Product Support, Field Teams, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, and other business functions toward the goal of resolving “non-conformance” issues that are encountered by our manufacturing & field teams and determined to be either high customer or high-cost impact. This role also includes meeting directly with Customers as well as presenting solutions and status to both customers and various levels of ASM management.

Responsibilities:

• Act as Single Point of Contact, on behalf of Global Quality, for given product lines
• Also act as Single Point of Contact for key customer Field Teams on quality concerns
• The above responsibilities require building a fundamental understanding of the quality concern identified, determining the best solution path and driving appropriate action
• Drive, within ASM’s Toll Gate process, building in quality for New Product Introductions
• Work with BU personnel to create Critical Part definition, Design FMEAs, product reliability & measurement/evaluation requirements
• Own ‘Top X’ (top priority) issues for key customers for given product lines
• Drive continuous improvement in order to reduce Cost of Poor Quality at ASM
• Analyze NC data to identify trends, systemic causes and repeat issues that result in high cost impact to ASM
• Work with other members of the Quality teams and management to roll out efficiency and continuous improvement efforts
• Working with cross-functional teams, institute solutions focused on permanently solving root cause and preventive similar occurrences
• Communicate solutions & experiences with colleagues to solve common issues existing across multiple products

Qualification:

• Master’s degree preferred in Mechanical, Electrical or Material Science Eng;  PhD is a plus
• 7-10 years of experience in semiconductor, or similar technical industry, in engineering role with a strong focus on quality
• Experience with Structured Problem Solving (e.g. 8D, C4, A3 etc.)
• Experience with Project Management
• Experience with Quality Management Systems, Quality Assurance and Process Control; part fabrication experience is a plus
• Six Sigma Green Belt; Black Belt is a plus
• Ability to build organizational awareness and collaborate in a global setting is required
• Ability to influence, persuade, and position the value-building quality within products
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use logic and data to make factual assessments
• Ability to drive or oversee issues to full resolution (start-to-finish)