Principal, Product Quality Engineer

Marvell Technology•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

The Product Quality Engineer (PQE) is a technical and execution leader responsible for end-to-end product quality and reliability governance across the product lifecycle—from early development through high-volume manufacturing and end-of-life. This role owns quality strategy, risk posture, and execution outcomes for complex products, leading cross-functional teams to deliver on-time, high-confidence releases while protecting customer trust.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Materials, Physics, or related field).
10+ years of experience in product quality, reliability engineering, manufacturing quality, or supplier quality.
Proven ownership of product quality across multiple lifecycle phases.
Strong background in qualification, manufacturing processes, and root-cause analysis.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

Experience with semiconductor devices, advanced packaging, photonics, or system-level products.
Deep familiarity with reliability qualification and field quality metrics.
Experience driving PCNs, change control, and supplier governance.
Strong executive- and customer-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

Own product quality governance and sign-off across Proposal Approval (PA), Production Release (PRU), Mass Production (HVM) readiness, and End-of-Life (EOL).
Define, maintain, and execute the Product Quality Plan (PQP), including quality targets, CTQs, risk mitigation plans, and validation strategies.
Drive data-based lifecycle gate decisions and escalate risks impacting delivery or customer confidence.
Establish quality and reliability targets including yield, defect rates, escape risk, and reliability margins.
Lead qualification strategy and execution across DVT, PVT, and MP phases.
Ensure system-level reliability requirements are met with sufficient margin.
Define and enforce manufacturing quality controls including IQC, IPQC, FQC, SPC, and stop-ship criteria.
Serve as the primary quality escalation owner for FAB and OSAT partners.
Own PCN strategy and execution to balance internal risk and customer transparency.
Lead complex failure analysis spanning manufacturing, qualification, and field returns.
Drive root cause identification, CAPA implementation, and effectiveness verification.
Ensure alignment between manufacturing, reliability, and field failure mechanisms.
Act as the single quality owner across design, product, test, manufacturing, supplier, and customer teams.
Represent product quality status and risks in executive and customer-facing forums.
Partner with engineering teams to close test coverage gaps and prevent escapes.
Define and drive quality metrics, dashboards, and review cadence.
Identify leading indicators of quality risk and implement mitigations.
Mentor junior PQEs and influence broader quality standards.