Senior Quality Engineer

Entegris•Colorado Springs, CO

19d•Onsite

About The Position

Entegris is seeking an onsite Senior Quality Engineer for its UPE Membrane team in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The role supports a new membrane manufacturing operation through startup, equipment qualification, process validation, customer qualification, and production ramp. Working hands-on with Operations, Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Metrology, R&D, and Quality, the engineer will translate product and process risks into practical, controlled, documented quality systems. The position focuses on detailed quality execution, implementation of manufacturing controls, documentation, and support for validation and customer qualification packages. It complements the Lead Process & Quality Engineer, whose scope includes overall process startup, technology transfer, validation strategy, and manufacturing readiness. The successful candidate is engaged on the manufacturing floor, uses data and structured problem solving to identify risks, and develops complete, traceable evidence that supports customer review and approval.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
At least 5 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, 3 years with a master's degree, or equivalent work experience.
Experience applying manufacturing quality engineering tools, including PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, GR&R, process capability, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.
Experience supporting manufacturing startup, process validation, qualification, customer data packages, change management, nonconformance, CAPA, or audit readiness.
Experience developing PFMEAs, control plans, inspection methods, procedures, validation documentation, qualification evidence, and technical reports.
Ability to independently lead cross-functional investigations and make data-based recommendations at critical project or product decision points.
Ability to collaborate effectively with remote technical teams and translate technical knowledge into controlled manufacturing requirements.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and statistical software such as Minitab or JMP.
Ability to meet the stated work conditions and physical requirements, including frequent sitting, standing, or walking; constant verbal communication, fine manipulation, keyboarding, and near visual acuity; and occasional climbing, reaching, and work near manufacturing equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with membrane manufacturing, filtration products, polymer processing, advanced materials, specialty chemicals, battery separator film, nonwovens, or a related continuous-process industry.
Knowledge of membrane or polymer-processing operations such as slurry or solution preparation, die extrusion, casting, extraction, annealing, stretching, pore formation, thermal processing, or web handling.
Experience with cleanroom manufacturing, contamination control, high-purity products, semiconductor manufacturing, or regulated manufacturing.
Experience supporting manufacturing startup, technology transfer, process replication, customer qualification, or scale-up from development into commercial production.
Experience with automated inspection, laboratory testing, in-line metrology, roll-to-roll processes, and data traceability.
Experience with SAP, camLine, EtQ, MES, SampleManager, or comparable manufacturing and quality systems.
ASQ Certified Quality Engineer or Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt.

Responsibilities

Provide hands-on startup quality engineering support through equipment qualification, process validation, customer qualification, and production ramp.
Develop and implement PFMEAs, control plans, process flows, inspection plans, sampling strategies, specifications, acceptance criteria, out-of-control action plans, and reaction plans.
Partner with Process Engineering, Operations, R&D, and Metrology to identify critical-to-quality characteristics, define measurement strategies and process windows, and translate validation learning into manufacturing controls.
Work on the manufacturing floor to verify that controls are practical, effective, and accurately reflected in procedures and records.
Implement SPC and process-monitoring strategies; analyze capability, variation, yield, defect, and metrology data to identify risks and drive action.
Assist with preparing, reviewing, and compiling customer validation and qualification packages, including protocols, test results, capability data, measurement-system evidence, deviations, conclusions, and supporting records.
Support execution and documentation of process characterization, validation, and qualification, including MSA, GR&R, bias, correlation, capability, and method-validation studies.
Coordinate with the Lead Process & Quality Engineer and technical subject matter experts at i2M and other Entegris locations to align controls, test methods, acceptance criteria, and qualification evidence.
Author, revise, and implement quality procedures, inspection methods, work instructions, forms, records, training requirements, and other QMS documentation.
Lead investigations involving nonconforming material, process deviations, startup issues, internal defects, customer concerns, and quality escapes using structured root-cause and corrective-action methods.
Drive containment, corrective action, effectiveness verification, and recurrence prevention using 8D, 5-Why, fishbone, fault-tree, or equivalent methods.
Review product and process data to support deviation assessment, lot disposition, release decisions, escalation, and risk-based decision making.
Conduct readiness reviews, process audits, and quality-system audits to confirm procedures, controls, training, metrology, records, and reaction systems are implemented and effective.
Develop and monitor startup quality metrics and lead improvement work focused on control effectiveness, capability, yield, defect prevention, data integrity, and customer confidence.