Quality & Reliability Engineer in Samsung

Position Summary

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Samsung Austin Semiconductor is one of the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the world with more than 3,000 employees and 2.45 million square feet of floor space.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor has broad semiconductor process technology offerings serving customers in various application areas including mobile, consumer, networking/high-performance computing, Internet of Things, RF and automotive.

Since 1996, SAS has invested approximately $17 billion in its Austin, TX campus, making it one of the largest direct foreign investments in United States history.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor is a US-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

The Austin facility is one of the few semiconductor plants the company has outside South Korea. Visit www.samsung.com/us/sas.

SAS is focused on being the World’s Best Foundry product supplier.

Role and Responsibilities

• Samsung Austin Semiconductor (SAS) is seeking a full-time Engineer to contribute technical expertise as Quality Engineer in the Austin, TX area.
• This Quality Engineer position will be responsible for preventing and managing excursions in high volume manufacturing by driving overall quality improvements.
• The General Job Duties are applicable to all Quality positions.
• The specific job duties for each position contain key focus areas.
• Lead deployment of medium to large-scale projects that are cross-functional in nature and have visibility to company executives
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, support group counterparts, and executives to ensure compliance to external and internal quality standards and to meet quality goals.
• Capable of problem solve complex situations and navigate the political landscape to accomplish results.
• Analyze and make recommendations to help improve quality indices for each department’s business processes and programs
• Enforce rules & systems based operation to all employees while ensuring SAS procedures are continuously evolving and current
• Perform various types of audits (product, process, equipment, department, function, element, system, management) in relation to excursion prevention activities within the organization
• Participate in fab-wide pFMEA activities to minimize risks to mass production
• Create quality summary dashboards for Q&R and Fab leadership review
• Coordinate and lead activity in response to quality issues to achieve root-cause countermeasures and recurrence prevention
• Create strategic action plans to reduce quality concerns
• Assess risks for process and equipment change points and ensure all change points are managed according to established rules.
• Shift: 1st - Monday through Friday 8am - 5pm.

Skills and Qualifications

• BS degree required - engineering, materials science or related field preferred.
• Two+ years of semiconductor engineering experience preferred.
• Advanced project management skills required, Project Management credentials preferred.
• Lean/6Sigma/CQE certification preferred.
• Some programming/scripting experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate well with all levels of the organization particularly in a global environment and experience in working with external stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and able to react to shifting priorities to meet business needs.
• Must have excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments.
• A high level of self-motivation and strong communication skills (written and verbal) required.
• Must be detail oriented and maintain a high level of accuracy with ability to manage complex projects across multiple disciplines.
• Ownership and independent decision making to prioritize work, adjust to changing priorities, and respond to dynamic business requirements. Education, Training, Certification:
• Experience troubleshooting and negotiating with customers to resolve engineering/manufacturing operational issues required.
• Training and experience in ISO9001/IATF16949
• Experience in quality system auditing, as Lead Auditor (internal and supplier audits).
• Lean/6Sigma/statistical training preferred.
• Expertise in Excel, PowerPoint, and various statistics programs (i.e. JMP, Spotfire)
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments must be a team player.

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