IQA & Supplier Quality Engineer (Onsite)

COHERENT; Calamba; On-site; PHP 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Coherent Philippines Pte Ltd is seeking a senior IQA/SQE professional to lead incoming quality assurance and supplier quality activities. You will review specs, perform root-cause investigations, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and drive improvements in inspection and supplier processes.

The role requires 5+ years in electronics/semiconductor, expertise in 8D/5 Why/FMEA, and strong data analytics with Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electronics or equivalent with 5+ years in semiconductor/electronics/optoelectronics.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and QMS requirements.
• Experience in supplier audits and corrective-action management.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and quality requirements.
• Data-driven thinking with attention to detail and decision making.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily IQA activities and ensure timely inspection and disposition of incoming materials.
• Review material specs, drawings, inspection standards, sampling plans, and supplier docs.
• Analyze defects, identify trends, and recommend corrective actions.
• Lead investigations of supplier nonconformities using 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone and root-cause methods.
• Issue, monitor, and verify effectiveness of Supplier Corrective Action Requests.
• Coordinate with suppliers, Purchasing, Engineering, Warehouse, Production, and Quality teams to resolve issues.
• Support supplier qualification, new material approval, first article inspection, and process-validation activities.
• Participate in supplier audits and evaluate process controls, FMEA, Control Plans, SPC, and inspection systems.
• Monitor supplier performance using DPPM, rejection rate, responsiveness, and corrective-action effectiveness.
• Recommend containment, sorting, rework, return, replacement, or acceptance based on risk assessment.
• Review and approve inspection results, supplier reports, deviation requests, and dispositions.
• Develop and improve incoming inspection procedures, checklists, sampling plans, and quality records.
• Support risk-based inspection methods and skip inspections based on historical data.
• Lead or support continuous improvement projects to reduce defects, inspection effort and cost of poor quality.
• Prepare regular IQA and supplier performance reports with trends and actions.
• Provide training to inspectors and production personnel; ensure QMS compliance.
• Escalate significant supplier-quality issues to the Quality Manager with recommended actions.

Skills

IQA processes

SQE processes

Engineering drawings

Root-cause tools

CAPA

SPC

Power BI

Coordination

Quality reporting

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Electronics

Tools

Power BI

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Coherent Philippines Pte Ltd is seeking a senior IQA/SQE professional to lead incoming quality assurance and supplier quality activities. You will review specs, perform root-cause investigations, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and drive improvements in inspection and supplier processes.

The role requires 5+ years in electronics/semiconductor, expertise in 8D/5 Why/FMEA, and strong data analytics with Power BI.