Supplier Quality Engineer (Fab)

We are seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer with deep technical expertise in wafer fabrication processes and hands‑on experience working directly with foundries and front‑end manufacturing partners. This role is critical to ensuring our semiconductor products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance. The ideal candidate brings strong process knowledge across FEOL and BEOL modules, a proven ability to collaborate with supplier engineering teams, and a passion for driving proactive, data‑driven continuous improvement across a global wafer supply base.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Supplier Quality Leadership

Serve as the primary technical quality interface to wafer fabs and foundry partners, ensuring alignment on quality expectations, process capability, and long‑term improvement plans.

Develop and execute supplier quality strategies that strengthen front‑end manufacturing performance and reduce risk across the supply chain.

Influence supplier leadership and internal stakeholders to prioritize quality, reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Wafer Fab Process Oversight

Provide deep technical oversight of wafer fabrication processes, including lithography, etch, deposition, CMP, implant, diffusion, and BEOL metallization.

Assess supplier process capability, SPC control, equipment stability, and defect management systems to ensure robust, scalable manufacturing.

Review and approve process documentation, control plans, PFMEAs, and manufacturing specifications.

Yield, Defect, and Excursion Management

Lead complex problem‑solving efforts for systemic supplier issues, excursions, and customer‑impacting defects.

Drive rigorous root cause analysis and ensure durable corrective and preventive actions are implemented and verified.

Supplier Audits & Development

Conduct in‑depth technical audits focused on wafer fab capability, quality systems, reliability performance, and process maturity.

Develop and execute supplier improvement plans that elevate process capability, yield, and defect performance.

Mentor suppliers on quality methodologies, reliability expectations, and advanced process control.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

Drive improvement initiatives that elevate supplier capability and reduce variability.

Identify and implement innovative approaches to improve wafer quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related technical field.

Minimum 8 years of experience in semiconductor wafer fabrication, supplier quality, process engineering, or foundry management.

Deep technical knowledge of FEOL and BEOL processes, inline metrology, defect inspection, and yield engineering.

Proven experience directly interfacing with wafer fabs or foundries and driving supplier‑level corrective actions and process improvements.

Strong understanding of SPC, DOE, FMEA, MSA, 8D, and other quality and reliability methodologies.

Ability to interpret wafer maps, defect paretos, SPC charts, inline data, and reliability results.