Quality Engineer 5

LAM RESEARCH Corporation; Tualatin (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lam Research in Oregon seeks a Quality Engineer to design, implement, and maintain QA within the QMS. You will analyze production data, identify trends, and collaborate across functions to resolve technical and production challenges, ensuring high quality, reliable products.

Responsibilities include performing 8D/CAPA, supporting supplier quality dispositions, and presenting RCCAs to stakeholders at cross-functional reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field required.
• 12 years of related experience or 8 years with Master’s or PhD with 5 years.
• Lean Six Sigma experience requested.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001/quality standards.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes production data to identify trends and recommend updates or changes to quality defect detection and reporting and programs to improve.
• Supports disposition of supplier quality issues in manufacturing applying criteria.
• Conducts preliminary analysis of quality escapes to assign further investigation to appropriate investigation function.
• Utilizes 8D methodology to drive manufacturing owned escapes through root cause analysis and CAPA planning and execution.
• Ensures RCCA is presented to stakeholders and systematic solutions are deployed.
• Monitors quality of investigations conducted by stakeholders to reduce recurrence in manufacturing.
• Supports Global Quality and GOPS quality projects and audits.
• Compiles information on external and internal quality issues and build issues, quantifying improvement over successive builds.
• Presents quality data at PDR reviews and conducts GEMBAs on the manufacturing floor to investigate escapes.
• Reviews build instructions and performs risk assessments to provide feedback on manufacturability.
• Drives quality improvement initiatives through DMAIC, 8D methodologies.
• Communicates manufacturing-caused defect RCCAs to stakeholders including global accounts.

Skills

Quality Assurance

8D

DMAIC

Power BI

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Power BI

QMS

Job description

Overview

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry‑leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.

Impact

As a Quality Engineer at Lam, you'll make an impact in ensuring manufacturing processes and products meet quality standards by designing, implementing, and maintaining quality assurance within the quality management systems (QMS). You design methods for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the accuracy of production processes and finished products. By analyzing production data and reports, you identify trends and work across functions to resolve technical, quality and production challenges. Your expertise will help develop excellence in product design and manufacturing supporting Lam's commitment to delivering high‑quality and reliable products.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes production data to identify trends and recommend updates or changes to quality defect detection and reporting and programs to improve.
• Supports disposition of supplier quality issues in manufacturing applying criteria.
• Conducts preliminary analysis of quality escapes to assign further investigation to appropriate investigation function.
• Utilizes 8D methodology to drive manufacturing owned escapes through root cause analysis and CAPA (Corrective Action, Preventive Action) planning and execution.
• Ensures systematic solutions are fully deployed and presents RCCA (root‑cause corrective action) to stakeholders.
• Monitors quality of Investigation & RCCA (Root Cause/Corrective Action) conducted by stakeholders (Product Groups and Supply Chain) ensuring high probability that issues will not recur in MFG.
• Supports all Global Quality and GOPS quality projects and Management System Assessments (Audits).
• Compiles information on external and internal quality issues (NCI and NCE) and all build issues quantifying rate of improvement over successive builds and identifying top problems and opportunities.
• Presents this information at Product Development and Release (PDR) Cross Functional Team (CFT) reviews ensuring the full team continues to mitigate risk in support of transitions to High Volume Manufacturing (HVM).
• Presents Quality data at PDR transition reviews. Perform GEMBAs on manufacturing clean room floor and interview technicians to investigate quality escapes and gather information on potential causes.
• Review build instructions, perform risk assessments and provide feedback to MFE (manufacturing engineering) on manufacturability of deposition products. At times, may update build process instructions for manufacturing inspections and quality checks.
• Drives quality improvement initiatives and projects on key organization objectives through aligned project management methodologies such as DMAIC, 8D.
• Present and communicate manufacturing caused defect RCCAs to stakeholders such as global accounts teams that interface with regularly with Lam customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Engineering equivalent with 12 years of related experience or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills and comfortable working in a fast‑paced and changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work collaboratively with technicians building and testing product in clean room environment.
• Participate in quality analytics dashboard development and validation. Update and draft manufacturing quality process documentation.
• Participate in continuous improvement project teams as a representative of the Manufacturing Quality Department. Lean Six Sigma Skills and experience.
• Knowledge on ISO 9K and ISO requirements Experience using PowerBi and QMS.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Lam Research (“Lam” or the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non‑discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

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