WPM C4 Quality and Reliability Engineer

Intel; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 121,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Vacation

Job summary

Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon seeks a Quality and Reliability Engineer (QRE) to join the Foundry Quality, Reliability, and Labs team. The role involves on-site work with evening meetings, handling customer quality issues, and driving improvements across cross-functional teams in a high-volume semiconductor environment.

You will analyze data, coordinate with partners, and lead new technology certifications, with on-call duties as part of the rotation.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Science, or related discipline plus 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with manufacturing processes, semiconductor fabrication, and quality assessment.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis and problem-solving techniques.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer quality issues for internal and external products.
• Extract and analyze data to support risk assessment of suspect or non-conforming material.
• Lead and coordinate with downstream partners to manage excursions and investigations.

Skills

Quality engineering

Statistical analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Master's degree in Engineering/Science

Tools

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Job Details

As a world's leading chip manufacturer, Intel strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art. From semiconductor process development and manufacturing, through yield improvement to final test and optimization, and lastly advanced die prep and packaging. Employees in Intel Foundry are part of a worldwide network of manufacturing, advanced packaging, and assembly/test facilities. As a Quality and Reliability Engineer (QRE), you will be part of FQRL (Foundry Quality, Reliability, and Labs), Intel's Quality and Reliability organization. We are strong believers in partnership, collaboration and teamwork. You will routinely work with the fab module engineers, process integration and worldwide employees both internal and external to Intel. This is an on-site role that requires living in Oregon. This role requires evening meetings most work days. The Wafer Packaging Manufacturing (WPM) organization owns a crucial part of semiconductor wafer processing, testing, and die-to-wafer assembly. In addition to traditional product types, we drive Intel's advanced packaging strategy - bringing compelling capabilities to market and enabling large-scale AI computing. C4 (bumping) QREs cover several critical process segments such as interposer, micro-logical, and package side bumping in the WPM organization. Your key deliverables will include:

• Manage customer quality (both internal and external) issues on products.
• Extract and Analyze data to support risk assessment of suspect/non-conforming material.
• Lead and coordinate with down-stream partners to manage excursions, down-stream investigations, and respond to issues.
• Partner with other organizations to proactively drive improvements in quality and reliability performance.
• Develop metrics and goals for the end-of-line-hold operations and ensure they are met, as well as MRB (Material Review Board) inventory.
• Identify and drive activities and projects to improve detection and containment of potentially discrepant or unreliable material.
• Lead Certification and Ramp of new technologies from on-site and off-site development teams.
• 24x7 on-call response (as part of an engineering rotation) to respond to urgent line issues, excursions, or to support task force-level projects.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should exhibit the following behavioral traits:

• Semiconductor foundry quality and reliability engineering experience in a high volume environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Experience in manufacturing environments or familiarity with high-volume production processes.
• A growth mindset and active interest in continuous learning and development with examples relevant to high volume semi-conductor manufactuing.
• Make technical decisions and provide technical direction to those in cross-functional organizations.
• Evidence of organizational and planning skills for engineering projects.
• Demonstrate effective communication up and down the organization, including skills to communicate technical issues and status to factory and program leadership.
• Effectively work in a highly networked, cross organization role.
• Exhibit strong team building and influencing skills.
• Work under pressure, and in an ever-changing and dynamic environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in a specialized field such as Engineering, Science, or a related discipline plus 3 years of experience listed below:
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, semiconductor fabrication, and quality assessment methodologies.
• Familiar with excursion management, reliability fundamentals, or problem-solving techniques.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis techniques and tools, such as JMP or Minitab.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to write automation scripts to improve efficiency of data extraction and analysis.
• Proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and represent quality functions in engineering forums.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a proactive approach to driving process optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change control processes and drive continuous improvement programs
• Familiarity with product and process reliability principles and methods.
• Knowledge of quality control systems and methodologies.

Job Type

Experienced Hire

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location

US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $120,860.00 - 170,630.00 USD

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Work Model for this Role

This role will require an on-site presence. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.