Strategic Supplier Engineer: NPI & Quality Lead

Applied Materials, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. is a global leader in materials science and engineering solutions powering semiconductor chips and advanced displays.

The company offers a robust environment in which teams evaluate technical requirements and collaborate with Design Engineering and NPD to drive cost savings and manufacturing improvements, across a broad supplier network. Located in California, the role focuses on supplier audits, design-for-manufacturability, and continuous improvement while supporting

Qualifications

• Regarded as the technical expert in their particular field.
• Demonstrates in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within the function.
• Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process or service improvements.
• Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution.
• Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
• Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates technical requirements of new and existing products.
• Applies knowledge of qualified sources and products to recommend materials to Design Engineering, which would result in savings, lead time reductions, system improvements, ease of manufacturing, increased life and/or mitigated risk.
• Work with New Product Development teams to ensure the integrity and clarity of engineering drawing requirements and that all expectations are communicated effectively to supporting suppliers.
• Participation with New Product Introduction teams to ensure suppliers are involved in the development and review of specifications to promote design for manufacturability.
• Continuous involvement in the Supplier Selection Process to develop a supply base that provides competitive advantage in quality, value/cost, delivery and technology.
• Leads the supplier technical audit process and evaluates supplier performance and capability, drive continuous improvement opportunities at supplier.
• Training of other supplier engineers on the supplier audit and evaluation process.
• Leads quality problem resolutions and incident management, drive root cause and correction action.
• Identifies and drives broad based systemic supplier resolutions at the process level.
• Assist in cost planning by monitoring key cost drivers, supply markets, to ensure a competitive advantage.
• Assist Engineering by challenging existing manufacturing methods to recommend and develop a more cost effective and/or more reliable products that will improve our competitive position.

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. is a global leader in materials science and engineering solutions powering semiconductor chips and advanced displays.

The company offers a robust environment in which teams evaluate technical requirements and collaborate with Design Engineering and NPD to drive cost savings and manufacturing improvements, across a broad supplier network. Located in California, the role focuses on supplier audits, design-for-manufacturability, and continuous improvement while supporting