Manager & Senior Manager (Semiconductor Fabs Process/QC)

GMP Group HQ; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor manufacturing firm in Singapore seeks a Quality and Process Control Manager. In this role, you will lead a team in strategic process design and continuous improvement to ensure product quality. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of industry experience and expertise in SPC, Lean/Six Sigma methodologies. This position involves direct interaction with key customers and requires strong leadership skills, making it pivotal to the company's operational success.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with a minimum of 5 years in a leadership/management role.
• Deep technical knowledge of semiconductor fabrication processes.
• Expert-level knowledge of SPC, DOE, FMEA, and Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive a strategic roadmap for yield improvement and defect reduction.
• Lead design and maintenance of advanced control systems.
• Serve as the technical expert and primary quality interface for key customers.

Skills

Leadership

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Root-Cause Analysis (RCA)

Lean/Six Sigma

Data Analytics

Education

Degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Defect Inspection Tools

Job description

Job Summary

Leading a team in responsible for the strategic design, implementation, and continuous improvement of all quality and process control systems within Fab Operations. This role is critical for ensuring world-class product yield, reducing defectivity, and maintaining strict compliance with customer specifications, internal quality standards, and relevant industry certifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive a strategic roadmap for yield improvement and defect reduction across critical process modules.
• Lead the design and maintenance of advanced, real-time Statistical Process Control (SPC), Fault Detection and Classification (FDC), and Advanced Process Control (APC) systems to stabilize and optimize all fabrication steps.
• Cross-contamination management to balance research and development flexibilities in integration runsheet flow path vs process tools health and process repeatability.
• Small volume prototype protocol and product and process control plan alignment and setup with requester, process margin runs till demonstration of product SPC repeatability and line defect and electrical yield.
• Serve as the technical expert and primary quality interface for key customers, leading customer audits, addressing quality-related concerns, and driving customer-specific quality improvement plans.
• Problem Solving: Direct and oversee high-level, cross-functional root-cause analysis (RCA) and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) teams for major process excursions, non-conformances, and field returns, utilizing methodologies like 8D or Six Sigma
• Metrology & Inspection: Oversee the selection, qualification, and maintenance of all in-line and off-line metrology and defect inspection tools, ensuring measurement system accuracy (Gage R&R) and high data quality.
• Process Window Definition: Collaborate with Process Integration and R&D teams to define, qualify, and stabilize robust manufacturing process windows for all new product introductions (NPI), ensuring Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles are met.
• Data Analytics: Leverage large-scale manufacturing data (Big Data) to identify subtle process drifts, predict failures, and proactively implement controls.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Quality Engineers, Process Control Engineers, and Technicians, setting performance goals, developing career paths, and fostering a culture of ownership and data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with all stakeholders to balance the trade-off between quality stability, process efficiency, and tool uptime.

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Preferable 10+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with a minimum of 5 years in a leadership/management role focusing on Process Control, Quality Assurance, or Yield Engineering within a Fab environment.
• Deep technical knowledge of semiconductor fabrication processes in different modules.
• Expert-level knowledge of SPC, DOE, FMEA, and Lean/Six Sigma methodologies (Black Belt certification highly preferred).
• Strong leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the proven ability to influence and align technical and executive stakeholders.

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