Senior Quality Engineer

Entegris•Colorado Springs, CO

18d•Onsite

About The Position

Entegris is seeking an onsite Senior Quality Engineer at its Colorado Springs, Colorado site to support FOUP manufacturing operations. The role will mature the quality system and process controls needed for an expanding semiconductor manufacturing business and planned production ramp. It spans injection molding, assembly, cleaning, inspection, and final packaging, combining hands-on manufacturing-floor support with development of quality planning, statistical controls, procedures, training, and reaction systems. The engineer is expected to independently lead complex problem solving, influence cross-functional teams, and turn process and product risks into practical controls. The Senior Quality Engineer will establish and improve process controls, quality documentation, SPC monitoring, investigations, audits, qualification activities, and operator training. The role supports product disposition, change management, customer-quality work, and risk-based decisions, while using data to reduce defects, scrap, rework, and variation and improve yield, throughput, cleanliness, and customer confidence. Work may involve occasional use of safety eyewear and cleanroom garments, heat exposure near molding or cleaning operations, and proximity to moving machinery. The position also involves inspection and handling of products, frequent sitting, standing, or walking, and regular communication, fine manipulation, keyboarding, and near visual acuity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, Quality Engineering, 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.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional investigations and convert data into practical, sustainable process controls.
Experience creating or improving procedures, work instructions, inspection methods, quality plans, and performance metrics.
Ability to work independently, exercise sound technical judgment, and lead work affecting major site programs or manufacturing ramp objectives.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including adapting technical information for operations, engineering, leadership, customers, and auditors.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and statistical software such as Minitab or JMP.

Nice To Haves

Experience with plastic injection molding, molded-component quality, tooling qualification, or molding-process control.
Experience supporting assembly, cleanroom cleaning, contamination control, final inspection, and packaging operations.
Experience in semiconductor, high-purity manufacturing, medical device, automotive, or another disciplined manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of visual inspection systems, CMMs, optical comparators, automated vision, dimensional metrology, leak or functional testing, and measurement-system analysis.
Experience supporting production scale-up, manufacturing ramp, new product introduction, APQP, PPAP, or process validation.
Experience with SAP, camLine, EtQ, MES, or comparable manufacturing and quality systems.
ASQ Certified Quality Engineer or Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt.

Responsibilities

Own and mature process-control strategies across injection molding, assembly, cleaning, inspection, and final packaging.
Develop, implement, and maintain PFMEAs, control plans, process flows, inspection plans, work instructions, sampling plans, and reaction plans.
Establish and improve SPC monitoring for critical product and process characteristics; analyze trends, capability, variation, and defect data to drive preventive action.
Partner with Manufacturing and Process Engineering to define process windows, validate controls, improve error proofing, and strengthen adherence to standard work.
Lead investigations into customer complaints, nonconforming material, internal defects, escapes, and process deviations 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 methodologies.
Support qualification and manufacturing-readiness activities for new equipment, tools, automation, products, and process changes, including MSA, GR&R, capability studies, and validation documentation.
Build and maintain quality procedures, inspection documentation, acceptance criteria, visual standards, and performance metrics.
Conduct layered process and quality-system audits across molding, assembly, cleaning, and packaging; identify gaps and work with operations to close them.
Partner with Operations and Training to strengthen operator qualification, defect recognition, process discipline, and reaction-plan execution during workforce and production ramp.
Provide quality engineering support for product disposition, deviation assessment, change management, and risk-based decision making.
Communicate quality risks, process performance, investigation results, and improvement priorities to leadership, cross-functional teams, customers, and auditors.
Support customer-quality activities, qualification data packages, audits, scorecards, and technical responses as required.
Use data to prioritize improvement projects that reduce defects, scrap, rework, and variation while improving yield, throughput, cleanliness, and customer confidence.