Senior/Staff Quality Assurance Engineer or Manager (Foundry)
LocationSingapore
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
DepartmentOperations
Company size51+ people
First seen1mo ago
Last seen3d ago
Core Responsibilities
Quality Management
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Monitor and maintain quality standards across wafer fabrication processes.
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Develop and maintain quality documentation including Control Plans, PFMEA, SOPs, quality procedures, and audit records.
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Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, customer requirements, and internal quality systems. Chair CRB (change request board) to review and make disposition on change request from foundry fabs.
Process Quality & Yield Improvement
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Analyse foundry line yield loss, defect density, process capability, and quality metrics.
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Drive continuous improvement projects (CIP) to reduce defects and improve manufacturing performance.
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Monitor SPC charts and process control systems to identify drift to pro-actively prevent excursions and risks.
Problem Solving & Corrective Actions
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Lead root cause analysis using (not limited to ) 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, and statistical tools.
Implement and verify CAPA effectiveness to prevent recurrence.
Customer Quality Management
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Act as the primary interface between customers and manufacturing teams on quality-related issues.
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Support customer audits, quality reviews, RMAs, NC, CAPA and corrective action reports.
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Prepare customer quality reports and communicate quality performance metrics.
Reliability & Product Qualification
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Support process qualification, technology transfer, and new process & product introduction activities.
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Review reliability data and ensure products meet qualification requirements.
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Participate in wafer fabrication change management and risk assessment activities.
Audits & Compliance
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Conduct internal process audits and quality system audits.
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Track corrective actions from audit findings through closure.
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Maintain audit readiness for customers and certification bodies.
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
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5 -10 years of experience in semiconductor wafer fabrication, foundry manufacturing, or semiconductor quality engineering.
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Knowledge of FEOL and BEOL manufacturing processes.
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Technical Skills
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Statistical Process Control (SPC), Failure Analysis (FA), FMEA / PFMEA, CAPA, 8D Problem Solving, DOE (Design of Experiments), Yield Analysis, Reliability Engineering, ISO 9001 (IATF 16949 an advantage)
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Minitab, JMP, Excel, SQL (preferred)
Preferred Experience
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Semiconductor foundry or fab environments such as CMOS, RF, Mixed-Signal technologies, Silicon Photonics an added advantage.
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Customer & foundry quality management and audit experience.
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Technology transfer and process qualification projects.