Supplier Quality Engineer / Materials Engineer

Job Summary

Title: Supplier Quality Engineer / Materials Engineer

This position is for an experienced supplier quality materials engineer in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. It is not suitable for a new college hire who has recently graduated. The candidate will be the first point of contact for all supplier related quality issues and have the ability to drive solutions or drive suppliers to provide solutions to the issues concerning incoming chemicals, gases, wafers, slurries, and tooling. Additionally, the candidate will have technical understanding of materials specification and its impact on Semiconductor device performance. As one of GF s supplier quality materials engineers working from India, candidate will work with a specific commodity (e.g Wafer, CMP. Photochems, Gases, bulk chemical, Thin film depositions) and/or equipment supplier. Candidate will be the primary interface with suppliers and all GF Fabs (SGP, Germany US-East coast operations). The main objective is to protect the fab from excursions from supplier caused incidents (materials issues or equipment malfunctioning) which adversely affect normal production flow in our manufacturing line. Candidate will also drive for implementation of best practices and continuous improvement across all assigned suppliers /commodities.

Your Job

• Drive discussions and improvements with suppliers in order to overcome issues/incidents as quickly as possible
• Interface and communicate with all stakeholders from technicians through upper management in and out of our company
• Drive and assist suppliers with formal structured problem solving (8D analysis) for all incidents and excursions.
• Perform external audits in a lead or support role.
• Rate supplier performance annually
• Work with internal module engineering groups to bound and diagnose issues that may be supplier induced and drive toward zero excursion / zero defects.
• Work with other GF FAB supplier quality engineers on cross-site materials specification harmonization
• Execute and support new supplier and commodity qualifications for new processes or cost reduction.
• Provide necessary input to our supplier management/procurement team regarding issues with potential suppliers, including formal risk assessments to aid in strategic decisions.
• May involve work on first or second shift
• Ability to communicate with Senior management internally within GlobalFoundries or externally with Suppliers Executives

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors, Masters or PhD. in engineering

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