Senior QA Engineer — Lab Quality & Analytics Lead

Entegris, Inc.; Burnet (TX); On-site; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

401(k) plan with employer match

Health, dental and vision insurance

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Entegris, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Engineer, Quality Assurance for the Burnet, TX facility.

You will oversee materials characterization, analytical methods, and laboratory systems that impact customer acceptance and device performance. Lead lab improvements to boost throughput, testing accuracy, and data stability. Responsibilities include guiding investigations, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring ISO 17025/9001 compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an analytical lab, quality engineering, or QA role.
• Working knowledge of ISO 17025 or equivalent lab quality systems.
• Experience with analytical method validation and investigations.
• Hands on experience with quality tools such as pareto, FMEA’s, SPC/SQC, histograms, trend analysis, process mapping, design of experiments, cause and effect diagrams, 8D problem solving methodology.
• Knowledge of proper controls for analytical instrumentation, SPC, stability, accuracy, variation, and method uncertainty, GR&R and correlation and matching.
• Strong documentation, communication, and critical‐thinking skills.
• Familiarity with JMP, Minitab, or other statistical analysis software.

Responsibilities

• Ensure data integrity and compliance across analytical and electronic systems.
• Lead or support investigations (deviations, OOS/OOT, contamination events).
• Drive continuous improvement in analytical robustness and quality culture yielding reduced variability, improved testing stability, and shorter cycles.
• Drive analytical testing stability and improvement through the use of, and implementation of, statistical process control.
• Provide oversight of training, analyst qualification, and competency.
• Review instrument qualification, calibration, and metrology practices.
• Approve change controls and risk assessments related to analytical testing.
• Support audits (customer, ISO, internal).
• Support review/approval of analytical methods, validations, and method changes.
• Own, maintain, and drive improvements in laboratory quality systems (ISO 17025 / ISO 9001).
• Serve as an SME on quality concepts, systems, and tools, including 8D, RCA, FMEA; train as needed.
• Nurture and grow a culture of quality by partnering with Engineering and Production on problem solving.

Skills

Data integrity

Analytical lab experience

Quality engineering

Statistical analysis (SPC/SQC)

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field

Tools

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Entegris, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Engineer, Quality Assurance for the Burnet, TX facility.

You will oversee materials characterization, analytical methods, and laboratory systems that impact customer acceptance and device performance. Lead lab improvements to boost throughput, testing accuracy, and data stability. Responsibilities include guiding investigations, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring ISO 17025/9001 compliance.