Supplier/Vendor QA Engineer 4- Mechatronic

Lam Research; Selangor; On-site; MYR 315,581 - 394,477; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor firm seeks a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer in Malaysia. This role involves ensuring supplier manufacturing processes meet quality standards, conducting audits, and providing insights into product and process improvements. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in semiconductor systems, strong skills in failure analysis, and the ability to optimize supplier manufacturing processes. This position combines technical expertise with communication skills to ensure high-quality outcomes and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• More than 10 years of experience in semiconductor equipment system and component level problem-solving.
• Ability to understand modeling from suppliers, especially thermal & flow modeling.
• Knowledge of electrical & manufacturing standards (Semi S2, OSHA, ISO9000/14000, RoHS, UL).

Responsibilities

• Ensure supplier manufacturing processes meet quality standards.
• Conduct audits and assessments at supplier locations.
• Act as a technical liaison between suppliers, product groups, and development teams.

Skills

Failure Analysis

5-whys

FMEA

Critical thinking

Creative thinking

Quantitative analysis

Qualitative analysis

Electrical standards

Manufacturing standards

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronic Engineering

Tools

Visual tools for quality assessment

Job description

The group you’ll be a part of

This is a Supplier Engineering position in the Electrical Systems Group of Supplier Engineering and Technology (SET) at Lam Research in Malaysia. In this role, you will directly contribute to develop (in partnership with Lam's C&F teams and suppliers) new designs in vacuum systems, from advanced valve designs, including novel heated products to manage hard-to-solve particles and sealing problems, actuators and bellows, metrology such as precision manometers, pumping, etc. Our Complex OEM team works in a wide variety of high‑technology fields, and this position offers an opportunity to collaborate across our group and the company on many interesting fields.

The impact you’ll make

As a Supplier Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer at Lam, you'll make an impact in ensuring suppliers manufacturing processes and products meet quality standards by designing, implementing, and maintaining quality assurance programs. You design methods for inspecting, testing, and evaluating production processes and finished products onsite at our global suppliers’ locations. By analyzing production data, you identify trends and partner with the supplier to resolve technical, quality and production challenges. Your expertise will help develop excellence in supplier product inputs supporting Lam's commitment to delivering high‑quality and reliable products.

What You’ll Do

• Apply skills and experience with semiconductor manufacturing and equipment, focused on vacuum technology, to technical and quality problems encountered in the product life cycle with special attention to new product introduction.
• Accountable for the quality and timeliness of supplier engineering tasks and projects and be a point of contact for the assigned OEM suppliers.
• Travel to Lam’s suppliers manufacturing locations to conduct effective situation assessments, audits and investigations and apply findings to implement systematic and lasting improvements to product and process.
• Perform Program/Project and Supplier Management roles with emphasis on problem‑solving analysis and improvements in manufacturing and test processes. Definition, review and improvement of Supplier’s Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA), Supplier’s Quality Systems and Processes of Record (POR).
• Act as a technical liaison between OEM Suppliers, Product group, Product development and customer front‑end teams to ensure speed and fast issue resolution and achieve customer satisfaction.
• Apply experience with industrial Quality Systems, Engineering Design & Documentation, Product Qualification, Change (EC) Processes and Problem Solving to issues occurring in product and component life cycles.

Who We’re Looking For

• Bachelor of Engineering majoring in Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronic Engineering.
• More than 10 years of experience in Semiconductor equipment system and component level problem‑solving knowledge.
• Ability and expertise in Failure Analysis (FA)/8D process, 5‑whys, FMEA, Design‑for‑Reliability, Weibull analyses, etc., to solve our most complex problems in the most efficient way.
• Ability to understand modeling from suppliers, notably thermal & flow modeling.
• Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) feedback to optimize supplier manufacturing processes and reduce quality, cost and delivery issues.
• Strong business‑effective communication and presentation skill to various levels of the company, and to suppliers during onsite/virtual audits, interactions and discussions.
• Working knowledge of electrical & manufacturing standards (Semi S2, OSHA, ISO9000/14000, RoHS, UL, IEEE, MIL, IPC 610/620).
• Electro‑mechanical assembly, methods of part fabrication, assembly, test and quality assurance.
• Critical and creative thinking, qualitative and quantitative analysis methods.
• Prior product design and technical engineer experience in vacuum systems is beneficial.
• Industrial systems life cycle: Specification, Manufacture, Assembly, Test, Reliability, Systems Integration and Product Support.
• Experience with Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly, inspection and test is also considered.

Preferred Qualifications

Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results. Lam Research (“Lam” or the “Company”) is an equal‑opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaff