Product Quality Engineer
About The Position
Qnity is seeking a Product Quality Engineer to join its ST-Litho Quality Team at the Marlborough, Massachusetts facility. The role focuses on driving material quality excellence across key product lines and working closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D, Marketing, suppliers, customers, and global colleagues. The engineer serves as a technical resource and voice of the customer, translating customer requirements and quality concerns into actionable improvements. The position leads investigations and root-cause resolution, reduces batch-to-batch variation, strengthens process controls, and identifies continuous improvement opportunities to enhance product quality and customer responsiveness. The role 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 who live 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.
- At least 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.
- Ability to work 100% onsite at the Marlborough, Massachusetts facility.
- Sponsorship is not available now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- PhD in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a closely related discipline; a PhD in Chemical Engineering or a closely related field is highly valued for the technical depth of the position.
- 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.
- Living within a commutable distance of the Marlborough, Massachusetts facility.
Responsibilities
- Lead quality initiatives across assigned product lines to improve consistency, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
- Implement controls identified through FMEA, including updating batch sheets and SOPs and establishing 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 (MRB) activities related to product quality issues.
- Conduct technical process audits to confirm manufacturing procedures and SOPs are 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.
Benefits
- Comprehensive pay and benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
