Senior Engineer, Materials Quality Engineering

Entegris; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards package

Annual bonus eligibility

401(K) match

Health, dental, vision insurance

Flexible schedule

11 paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Entegris in San Luis Obispo, CA is seeking a Senior Engineer, Materials Quality Engineering to ensure high-quality raw materials for manufacturing and manage supplier risk.

You will lead supplier quality investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvements, collaborating with Procurement, Operations, R&D, and Customer Quality to sustain a robust supply chain.

This role requires a BS in a relevant engineering field, 3+ years of experience, and travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• BS degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in chemical/materials production with quality or manufacturing focus.
• Six Sigma knowledge preferred; semiconductor industry experience is a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 20% domestically or internationally.

Responsibilities

• Resolve supplier quality issues and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Analyze data sets to enable clear cross-functional decision making.
• Lead risk assessments for supplier changes (MOC) and implement changes.
• Drive supplier improvement through audits, scorecards, SPC, and continuous improvement projects.
• Develop part specs, QA criteria, test methods, and quality documentation.
• Support supplier and material capabilities for new product development.

Skills

Six Sigma

Education

BS Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Materials Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Senior Engineer, Materials Quality Engineering

Job Description: Entegris is seeking a Materials Quality Engineer for the Ultra High Purity gas purification systems business in San Luis Obispo, CA. Your primary responsibility will be to deliver consistent high quality raw materials to our manufacturing operations. You will assess and manage supplier risk, performance, and improvement. You will implement effective supplier corrective actions, assess proposed supply changes, and drive continuous quality improvements to ensure a robust raw material supply chain for Entegris and our end-use customers. You must be able to work with significant autonomy and independent judgement as part of the global Materials Quality Engineering organization. You will have the interpersonal skills to develop strong working relationships with both our critical/strategic suppliers and internal customers as you collaborate with Procurement, Operations, R&D, and Customer Quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Resolve incoming fabricated metal and electronic part quality issues by driving supplier quality investigations. Implement effective corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

• Analyse, synthesize, and summarize complex data sets to drive clear decision making and action with cross-functional groups.

• Lead projects to evaluate the technical risk of supplier notified changes (management of change) and execute implementation.

• Drive raw material supplier improvement using supplier assessment/audit, scorecards, measurement systems analysis, control plan development, SPC, FMEA, continuous improvement projects, and six sigma projects.

• Develop and maintain part specifications, certificate of analysis acceptance criteria, analytical test methods, and quality documentation.

• Provide strategic technical solutions to close material performance gaps and improve supply chain value for Entegri
  s.

• Proactively assess and plan risk mitigation strategies (business continuity planning) with procurement.

• Contribute to success of new product development (NPD) by evaluating new materials ' capability and working closely with the business unit.

• Use clear and concise verbal and written communication with supplier contacts, internal stakeholders, and leadership.

• Establish and maintain relationships with technical external supplier contacts.

• Train suppliers on semiconductor industry quality expectations and key requirements.

• Build effective working relationships across the factory and company.

• Support Entegris ISO and customer maintenance audit activities.

Qualifications

• Education - BS Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Materials Engineering.

• Experience - Minimum 3 years' experience work experience in chemical or materials production environment with core competency in manufacturing, quality, and/or production management. Six sigma knowledge preferred. Experience within semiconductor industry a plus.

• Ability to travel up to 20% domestically or internationally.

• Ab ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

• Communications - Skill in concise and clear verbal and written communications and experience with front line supplier and customer interactions. Ability to analyse, synthesize, and summarize complex data sets to drive clear decision making and action with cross-functional groups and leadership.

WhatWeOffer:

Ourtotalrewardspackagegoesaboveandbeyondjustapaycheck.Whetheryou'relooking to build your career, improve your health, or protect your wealth, we offer generous benefits to help you achieve your goals.

• Compensation: $114,000-$125,000 per year range with actual pay dependent on candidate overall skills for the role

• Annual bonus eligibility

• Progressive paid time off policy that empowers you to take the time you need to recharge

• Generous401(K)planwithanimpressiveemployermatch

• Excellenthealth,dentalandvisioninsurancepackagestofityourneeds

• Flexibleworkscheduleand11paidholidaysayear

• Paidtimeoff(PTO)policythatempowersyoutotakethetimeyouneedtorecharge

• Educationassistancetosupportyourlearningjourney