Semiconductor Materials Site Quality Manager, Thin Films

Versum Materials US•Carlsbad, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Electronics. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers. This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. Location: The Semiconductor Materials Site Quality Manager, Thin Films is an on-site position located in Carlsbad, CA with 5% domestic and international to meet business needs. Your Role: You will be leading the next generation precursor Thin Films materials to enable the innovation to the digital age. This position is located in Carlsbad, California USA and will be responsible for a team of quality professionals that engage in R&D, SVM, and HVM activities to our customers worldwide.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Material Science, or other Technical discipline
5+ years of experience in chemical manufacturing, process engineering, control engineering, analytical chemist, or semiconductor fabrication experience
Leadership, coaching and team building skills

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to motivate others and work collaboratively with multiple internal stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to identify abnormal variation, assess risk and hold stakeholders accountable for risk mitigation, corrective/preventative action.
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 communication skills–oral and written
Ability to work with people from various backgrounds/cultures
Experience within the semiconductor industry, highly automated factory controls environment, and/or in-depth Thin Films application in the semiconductor industry
Experience with ISO9001 Quality Management Systems
ISO9001 or IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
SAP experience

Responsibilities

Manage a team of Quality engineers in the execution and quality of thin films materials at the Carlsbad facility 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 best in class quality.
Be the persistent voice of the customer to the site
Be accountable to the business in maintaining Thin Films quality performance and drive continuous improvement at the sites by driving collaboration with Site and global functional groups.
Ensure discipline to process controls tools to ensure (e.g. SPC reviews) quality, identify continuous improvement opportunities, and variation reduction.
Identify and enable automation activities to make decisions faster, improve quality controls, and streamline operations/manufacturing processes.
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 and/or delegate Quality related Audits at the sites
Contribute and support to the advancement of global quality related projects, process improvements with Lean and/or Six Sigma, and internal/customer related data-driven process optimization projects.
Lead Site quality culture, quality structure, process transfer, and activities from NPI to SVM (small volume manufacturing) to HVM (high volume manufacturing)