Product Quality Engineer (PQE)

Title:
Staff Product Quality Engineer (PQE) Semiconductor Quality Engineering Product Quality Engineer Quality Assurance Engineer

Location:
Onsite San Jose California

Duration:
Full-time

Job Description:
Staff Product Quality Engineer (PQE) responsible for semiconductor product quality customer quality engineering root cause analysis and cross-functional quality improvement across product lifecycle.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead customer complaint investigations using structured problem-solving methods including 8D 5 Whys Ishikawa for product quality engineering and semiconductor quality

• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective action (CAPA) across product engineering manufacturing reliability engineering and test engineering teams

• Manage failure analysis (FA) requests and deliver clear technical findings to internal teams and customer-facing stakeholders

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve product quality issues and improve semiconductor device performance and reliability

• Monitor field return data reliability metrics yield trends and customer quality indicators to identify risks and improve product quality

• Analyze data using statistical methods (SPC DOE) and tools to support quality assurance and product quality engineering decisions

• Prepare and present customer-facing quality reports technical presentations and quality reviews

• Support customer audits qualification activities and compliance requirements for semiconductor quality and reliability

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects enhance product robustness and improve customer satisfaction

• Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering teams to strengthen process controls test coverage and quality systems

Skills:

• Product Quality Engineering (PQE) Semiconductor Quality Engineering Quality Assurance Engineering Customer Quality Engineering

• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Corrective Action (CAPA) 8D 5 Whys Ishikawa (Fishbone)

• Failure Analysis (FA) reliability analysis semiconductor failure mechanisms

• Semiconductor devices wafer fabrication assembly test processes semiconductor manufacturing

• Data analysis tools: JMP Python MATLAB Excel for quality data analysis and statistical modeling

• Statistical methods: SPC (Statistical Process Control) DOE (Design of Experiments) yield analysis reliability metrics

• Customer-facing communication technical reporting cross-functional collaboration

• Reliability testing process control defect reduction quality improvement methodologies

• FA tools knowledge: SEM FIB OBIRCH EMMI (failure analysis techniques)

• Automotive and high-reliability standards: AEC Q100 ISO 26262

Qualification:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Materials Science

• Minimum 12 years of experience in semiconductor quality product engineering reliability engineering or manufacturing

• Strong expertise in semiconductor processes reliability and product quality engineering

• Proven experience in customer-facing roles quality investigations and cross-functional engineering environments