Senior Thin Films Quality Engineer
Millipore Corporation

Work Location: Carlsbad, California
Shift:
Department: EL-TF-DQC Quality Mgmt. Carlsbad
Recruiter: Shelby Elizabeth Briggs

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Your Role

You will be leading the next generation precursor Thin Films materials to enable the innovation to the digital age. As the newest member of team, your scope of work includes:

• Lead teams in the execution and quality of thin films materials to major semiconductor customers globally.

• Lead cross-functional teams in resolving technology issues.

• Lead investigations to root cause and manage cross-functional teams in implementation of preventative/corrective or mitigation actions to ensure world-class quality.

• Be the voice of the customer to the site.

• Support the Site Quality manager in maintaining Thin Films quality performance and efforts toward continuous improvement.

• Ensure discipline to process controls tools to ensure (e.g. SPC reviews) quality, identify continuous improvement opportunities, and variation reduction.

• Identify and enable automation activities to make decisions faster and improve visibility to unknown variable/issues.

• Be key voting member to disposition discrepant material, identifying gaps in the process, and managing cross-functional teams to implement controls to prevent/reduce variation.

• Lead, engage, and support audits of the sites processing and quality systems

• Contribute to the advancement of global quality related projects and process improvements with Lean and/or Six Sigma or data-driven process optimization projects.

Location: Carlsbad, CA, USA - Onsite

Travel: < 10%, International and Domestic



Who you are:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of Bachelors degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Material Science, or other Technical discipline

• 5 yrs or more in chemical manufacturing, process engineering, control engineering, analytical chemist, or semiconductor fabrication experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to motivate others and work collaboratively with multiple internal stakeholders.

• Demonstrated success in contributing to the advancement of projects, project teams, and process improvements.

• Demonstrated experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma projects or in data-driven process optimization projects.

• Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple activities and projects.

• Moderate to Advanced Statistical knowledge (SPC, t-test, ANOVA, single and multivariate statistical modelling)

• Experience in quality tools for problem solving (5Whys, segmentation, Model Based Problem Solving), FMEAs, continuous improvement (CI) activities, management of change, and document control systems.

• Proficient with data science/statistical software including JMP, Palantir Foundry, Python, and/or visualization tools such as Tableau.

• Experience with process improvement, data automation, and data digitization.

• Excellent communication skills - oral and written in more than native language, English, and more

• Ability to work with people from various backgrounds/cultures.

• Experience within Electronics industry (preferably in semiconductors)

• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or other relevant certification

• Experience with ISO9001 Quality Management Systems

• ISO9001 or IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Certification

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification

• SAP experience

Pay Range for this position: $73,000-219,000

Our ranges incorporate all levels and career types available within this specific role, and are derived from relevant industry market data. Should we decide to make an offer, we will consider several factors, including but not limited to your location, skills, experience, career level, and other job-related factors. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; paid time off; and paid holidays; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses.

The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.

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