Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - FPGA & Supplier Excellence

Altera Corporation; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera Corporation in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality management for FPGA manufacturing. You will collaborate with engineering, operations and outsourcing partners to ensure quality requirements are met in production and drive issue resolution, CAPA and data-driven improvements.

Responsibilities include defining qualification plans, managing supplier audits, monitoring KPIs, and implementing process controls to improve DPPM and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electronic, mechanical, material, or manufacturing engineering.
• 10+ years’ experience optimizing supplier manufacturing workflows and Q&R issues.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001:2015 & IATF16949 quality system requirements.
• Certified ISO9001 auditor.
• Applying statistical analysis to quality and reliability data.
• Experience with quality tools including 8D, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP and APQP.
• Experience with leadership and stakeholder management.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier quality management for Altera FPGA manufacturing.
• Interfaces with engineering, operations and outsource partners to ensure product quality and reliability meeting Altera requirements.
• Leads and drives supplier related RMA, quality incident risk assessment, root causing analysis, resolution, corrective and preventive actions with cross functional team, Q&R risk assessment and material disposition.
• Deliver and support manufacturing optimization. Monitor and drive product outgoing DPPM improvement.
• Establish and monitor supplier performance metrics and KPIs to assess quality, delivery, and overall supplier effectiveness.
• Monitor and analyze quality results and identify & drives continuous improvements.
• Drives implementation of learning across suppliers.
• Define qualification plan, review and approve changes to supplier processes, materials, specifications and manufacturing locations by collaborating with change owner.
• Plans, coordinates and leads supplier quality audit until full closure of corrective actions.

Skills

Supplier quality management

Statistical analysis

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electronic, mechanical, material, or manufacturing engineering

Tools

8D, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP and APQP

Job description

Altera Corporation in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality management for FPGA manufacturing. You will collaborate with engineering, operations and outsourcing partners to ensure quality requirements are met in production and drive issue resolution, CAPA and data-driven improvements.

Responsibilities include defining qualification plans, managing supplier audits, monitoring KPIs, and implementing process controls to improve DPPM and reliability.