Senior Quality Engineer

Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany • Catoosa, OK

101d • $126,500 - $189,700

About The Position

EMD Electronics is one of the leading Thin Films Material Suppliers in the world contributing to IoT, Memory, and AI devices. You will be leading the next generation precursor Thin Films materials to enable the innovation to the digital age. This position is located just outside Tulsa, Oklahoma USA. In this role, you will lead and solve some of the most complex issues the top semiconductor manufacturers face in the race to extending Moore's Law.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Material Science, or other Technical discipline.
• 5+ yrs in chemical manufacturing, process engineering, control engineering, analytical chemist, or semiconductor fabrication experience.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated ability to motivate others and work collaboratively with multiple internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in contributing to the advancement of projects, project teams, and process improvements.
• Demonstrated experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma projects or in data-driven process optimization projects.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple activities and projects.
• Moderate to Advanced Statistical knowledge (SPC, t-test, ANOVA, single and multivariate statistical modelling).
• Experience in quality tools for problem solving (5Whys, segmentation, Model Based Problem Solving), FMEAs, continuous improvement (CI) activities, management of change, and document control systems.
• Proficient with data science/statistical software including JMP, Palantir Foundry, Python, and/or visualization tools such as Tableau.
• Experience with process improvement, data automation, and data digitization.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, as well as other languages such as Mandarin, Korean, Japanese and/or German.
• Ability to work with people from various backgrounds/cultures.
• Experience within Electronics industry, preferably in semiconductor process engineering.
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or other relevant certification.
• Experience with ISO9001 Quality Management Systems.
• ISO9001 or IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Certification.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• SAP experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in the execution and quality of thin films materials to major semiconductor customers globally.
• Lead cross-functional teams in resolving technology issues.
• Lead investigations to root cause and manage cross-functional teams in implementation of preventative/corrective or mitigation actions to ensure world-class quality.
• Be the voice of the customer to the site.
• Support the site in maintaining Thin Films quality performance and efforts toward continuous improvement.
• Ensure discipline to process controls tools to ensure quality, identify continuous improvement opportunities, and variation reduction.
• Identify and enable automation activities to make decisions faster and improve visibility to unknown variable/issues.
• Be key voting member to disposition discrepant material, identifying gaps in the process, and managing cross-functional teams to implement controls to prevent/reduce variation.
• Lead, engage, and support audits of the sites processing and quality systems.
• Contribute to the advancement of global quality related projects and process improvements with Lean and/or Six Sigma or data-driven process optimization projects.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Retirement contributions
• Other perquisites

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree