Supply Chain Engineer (SCE)

Intel Corporation•Hillsboro, OR

2d•$120,860 - $231,670•Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Chain Engineer (SCE) is responsible for driving improvements in factory manufacturing availability and collaborating with factories to close material gap analysis plans caused by supply or quality issues. A key deliverable is optimizing the end-to-end raw material supply chain to ensure low risk, defined business continuity plans, and reduced waste through optimized usage. The role involves managing and driving quality issues related to supplier safety, quality, and site MQI closure performance. This may include leading task forces and 8D work with suppliers to close prevention plans, and driving continuous improvement and quality enhancement with suppliers in partnership with FCS/GMO teams. The SCE is responsible for driving manufacturing availability (MA) performance across toolsets within the factory by eliminating material capacity and quality risks in partnership with factories and Material Program Managers (MPMs). This includes problem definition, roadmap building, and supplier engagement/escalation to resolve material limitations. The role also involves working with factory modules and leadership to improve cost structures, drive performance to outcome-based contracts, and identify cost-saving contracting opportunities. As a senior SCE, the candidate will lead, coach, and mentor less experienced SCEs, and drive Intel-wide improvements and standardization. This position covers critical manufacturing floors (C4, Die Prep, Die Sort, Wafer Level Assembly) within the wafer packing manufacturing ecosystem, aiming to optimize the materials supply chain in the advanced packaging ecosystem to exceed internal Intel product and Foundry customer commitments. Responsibilities include supporting management/senior leadership in incorporating process and quality improvements into Intel's supply chain and logistics strategy, defining material inspection methodologies, conducting cost control, process control, and production yield studies, and implementing plans to optimize the supply chain. The role supports long-range product plan development by defining next-generation methodology capabilities for Intel's supply chain roadmap, exploring and benchmarking emerging industry technologies, and contributing to Intel's future technology definition and requirements. It involves highlighting gaps between roadmap strategy, manufacturing capability, and market demands, and recommending solutions. The SCE will track supply demand trends, conduct root cause analysis for process and quality improvements, and collaborate with supply chain leads to implement solutions. They will lead supplier selections for new business in partnership with commodity managers and technical/quality partners, driving product and purchase specification content for compliance. The role includes performing alternate sourcing risk mitigation for single-sourced commodities, establishing control standards, determining KPIs, monitoring performance, and driving root cause analysis for supply chain issues. Additionally, the SCE will drive supplier process window validation activities and improvements in quality, reliability, yield, and cost, while maintaining quality standards and systems, creating specifications to minimize variability, and leading quality excursion management and failure mode analysis with suppliers.

Requirements

Bachelor's or master’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical field and 6+ years of experience OR PhD in the same fields and 4+ years of experience
4+ years of experience with Semiconductor factory operations, supply chain engineering, Supply Chain Planning, or supplier management
4+ years of experience with Root cause analysis and model-based problem solving (MBPS), KPI development, and performance tracking for supply chain operations
Project management experience
High systems proficiency including all MS applications
Excellent data analysis skills, including forecasting, budget management
Data analytical tool experience e.g. Power BI

Nice To Haves

MBA qualification
Semiconductor fab experience
Engineering and team management experience
Demonstrated planning and organization skills
Strong stakeholder management and people skills - internal and external -at all levels
Contract management experience
Comprehensive understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes and advanced packaging technologies

Responsibilities

Driving improvement to factory manufacturing availability
Liaising with the factory to drive materials gap analysis closure plans due to supply and/or quality issues
Optimizing the end-to-end raw material supply chain
Ensuring low risk throughout the supply chain
Developing defined business continuity plans
Optimizing raw material usage by reducing waste
Managing and driving quality issues related to supplier safety, quality, and site MQI closure performance
Chairing and leading TFs, 8D work with suppliers and modules to close prevention plans
Driving continuous improvement and quality improvement with suppliers in partnership with partner FCS/GMO teams
Driving manufacturing availability (MA) performance across toolsets within factory by driving material capacity and quality risks to zero in partnership with factories and MPMs
Problem definitions, roadmap building, and engagement/escalation with suppliers to resolve material limiters to factories
Working with factory modules and factory leadership to improve cost structures
Driving performance to outcome-based contracts
Identifying cost savings contracting opportunities across the functional areas within the local factory
Leading/coaching and mentoring less experienced SCEs
Driving VF wide improvements and standardization
Supporting management/senior leadership to incorporate process and quality improvements in Intel's supply chain and logistics strategy
Defining material inspection methodology
Conducting studies related to cost control, process control, and production yield
Implementing plans and programs to optimize supply chain
Supporting product long range plan development by defining next generation methodology capabilities to support Intel's supply chain roadmap
Exploring and benchmarking emerging technology in the industry
Contributing to Intel's future technology definition and requirements
Highlighting gaps between roadmap strategy, manufacturing capability, and market demands and recommending solutions to addresses those gaps
Tracking supply demand trends
Conducting root cause analysis to find opportunities for process and quality improvements
Collaborating with supply chain leads to implement solutions
Leading supplier selections for new business in partnership with commodity managers and technical/quality partners
Driving product and purchase specification content to ensure commodity performance compliance
Performing alternate sourcing risk mitigation for single sourced commodities
Establishing control standards
Determining KPIs, monitoring performance against targets
Driving root cause analysis for supply chain issues to arrive at solutions
Driving supplier process window validation activities on critical process modules through all stages of development
Driving supplier improvements on quality, reliability, yield, and cost
Maintaining quality standards and systems
Creating relevant specifications to minimize variability and subjectivity to align with operational capability requirements
Leading quality excursion management and driving failure mode analysis with suppliers