Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Tittle: Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Duration: 10 Months

Location: CHEESEQUAKE RD, PARLIN, NJ 08859

Job Summary:

• HD Microsystems has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an interim Quality Leader based in Parlin, NJ.
• This role will be responsible for leading a group of 3 quality engineers and 1 supplier quality engineer. The quality leader role is intended to lead a team that ensures the HDM business is upholding all aspects of the quality policy, quality management system (QMS), and ISO9001 certification requirements.
• This includes working closely with HDM’s customers to ensure their needs/issues are addressed, driving the current quality roadmap strategy, and working cross functionally with other departments in the business to drive and support quality expectations.
• HD MicroSystems is the world’s largest supplier of polyimide and PBO precursor chemistry specifically engineered for microelectronic applications.
• Applied and cured by our customers, these materials transform into polyimide and PBO films with unique end use properties.
• HDM's product line is broad, consisting of photosensitive coatings, standard non-photosensitive coatings, high temperature adhesives, optically clear coatings, and a full line of complementary ancillary products.

Responsibilities:

• Provides direction to the team on priorities and ensures established timelines are met
• Reviews documentation that will be sent to a customer to ensure content is consistent with strategy and desired message (Complaint resolution, data packages, etc.)
• Conducts appropriate performance management within the team as needed
• Reviews customer requests to determine appropriate response level and interact with customers and suppliers as needed.
• Drives existing goals within the team and holds accountable
• Supports supplier quality engineers to resolve raw material quality or supplier issues
• Leads established meetings within the quality organization framework (Ex. Weekly quality meeting, etc.)
• Ensures required quality related materials are prepared for repeating meetings (Ex. Tier 1 customer update meetings, supply review, etc.)
• Works with global counterpart to ensure site alignment on customer requests, projects, etc
• Updates quality led KPI’s and drives improvement
• Works with manufacturing, supply chain, sales, R&D, and other HDM organizations to support quality initiatives or requested information
• Leads ISO surveillance and customer audits
• Provides direction and drives organization quality incident reporting and root cause analysis
• Supports SPC initiatives within the manufacturing and quality control labs
• Ensures team manages customer complaints, audits, and checklist requests
• Determine qualification plan scope and act as final approver for Quality related to change management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, or a related engineering discipline is required
• 5 years combined experience in manufacturing, Quality or Continuous Improvement Engineering is required. Semiconductor industry or related experience desirable
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, or a related engineering discipline is required
• 5 years combined experience in manufacturing, Quality or Continuous Improvement Engineering is required.
• Semiconductor industry or related experience desirable
• 3 years people leadership experience is required
• Experience with External Communications to Vendors and/or Customers is required
• Demonstrated understanding of statistical techniques including DOE, Control Charts, Gage R&R, and ANOVA is required
• Ability to oversee a team and make good engineering judgments on their work is required
• Required to have proficient computer skills such as advanced Excel and PowerPoint use
• Experience using a statistical software program (e.g., Minitab, JMP™) is required
• Demonstrated experience with risk tools such as C&E and FMEAs is preferred
• Polyimide related knowledge, analytical and material characterization techniques, and results interpretation skills are preferred
• Experience working and managing projects in a global environment (both internal and external) with communications across cultures is preferred
• 6-sigma project certification is preferred.