Product Quality Engineer

Qnity Electronics•Marlborough, MA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Qnity is seeking a Product Quality Engineer for its ST-Litho Quality Team at its Marlborough, Massachusetts facility. The role drives material quality excellence across product lines and partners with Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D, Marketing, suppliers, customers, and global colleagues. As a technical resource and voice of the customer, the engineer translates customer requirements and quality concerns into improvements, leads investigations and root-cause resolution, reduces batch-to-batch variation, strengthens process controls, and identifies opportunities for continuous improvement. The position includes technical ownership and global collaboration, including interaction with colleagues in Japan and Korea and travel for supplier visits and audits. It is 100% onsite at the Marlborough facility; candidates living within commuting distance receive priority. Sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in chemical manufacturing, process engineering, quality, semiconductor technology, or a related area.
Technical experience within the semiconductor or semiconductor materials industry, such as Engineering, R&D, Quality, Fab, or Manufacturing.
Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and root-cause investigation (RCI).
Demonstrated ability to use structured problem-solving methodologies to resolve complex technical issues.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and excellent attention to detail.
Ability to collaborate effectively with customers and cross-functional, multicultural, and geographically distributed teams.

Nice To Haves

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a closely related discipline.
Hands-on experience with formal problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, Kepner-Tregoe Problem Analysis, QC Problem-Solving Story, RCI, 5 Whys, and FMEA.
Strong statistical and data-analysis capabilities.
Experience with tools and systems such as JMP, LIMS, and MES.
Demonstrated success resolving complex technical challenges in time-critical situations.
Experience supporting customer quality issues, product qualifications, change management, or supplier quality activities.

Responsibilities

Lead quality initiatives across assigned product lines to improve consistency, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
Implement controls identified through FMEA, including updates to batch sheets and SOPs and establishment of specifications, control limits, and trend rules in SPC systems.
Review intermediate and finished-product control charts through the Process Control System (PCS), investigate trends, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
Investigate and resolve out-of-control product parameters during material production.
Lead and participate in Material Review Board activities related to product quality issues.
Conduct technical process audits to confirm manufacturing procedures and SOPs are being followed.
Evaluate technical changes to product families and review or approve qualification plans.
Prepare Product Change Notifications (PCNs) and partner with customers to address issues identified during qualification testing.
Investigate and resolve customer quality and product performance complaints using structured root-cause investigation methodologies.
Analyze customer requests for tighter specifications or control limits, assess supporting data and potential costs, and partner with Marketing and internal stakeholders to develop responses.
Respond to customer requests regarding specifications, control plans, manufacturing process flows, and quality systems.
Identify opportunities to reduce batch-to-batch variation, improve raw-material consistency, control critical-to-function parameters, eliminate unnecessary manual steps, and maintain stable manufacturing processes.
Support supplier visits and audits as required.