Staff Engineer, IPQA

Job Scope

• Define and implement Quality Assurance strategies for process stability, risk mitigation, and regulatory/customer compliance.
• Conduct process audits and internal layered audits, ensuring timely follow-up, verification, and closure of findings.
• Establish and enhance in-process control gates to strengthen risk mitigation
• Train QA operators and engineers on customer-specific requirements, SOPs, and quality standards.
• Perform process, product, equipment, and recipe buy-off to ensure readiness and compliance before release.
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Review and approve Statistical Bin Limits (SBL), Statistical Yield Limits (SYL), Out-of-Control (OOC), and Out-of-Spec (OOS) events.
• Chair weekly Quality Deep Dive meetings with Operations to review performance, risks, and improvement actions.
• Drive defect reduction programs, Quality Control Circles (QCC), and Continuous Improvement Projects (CIP).
• Lead and validate 8D, FMEA, and RCA activities, ensuring robust CAPA implementation.
• Perform in-line quality audits, SPC monitoring, and process verifications to sustain control.
• Prepare, maintain, and ensure compliance of process quality documentation (Control Plans, FMEA, PPAP, APQP, and MSA deliverables).
• Identify and implement Poka-Yoke solutions and automation in quality checks.
• Ensure successful recertification and compliance to ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 27001, ISO 15408 (Common Criteria), and ESD S20.20.
• Support customer audits, corporate automotive program requirements, and facilitate internal audits.
• Track, monitor, and achieve departmental KPIs, reporting progress to management.
• Lead or participate in process improvement initiatives, cross-functional task forces, and CIP reviews.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve operational specifications.
• Review, interpret, and implement customer requirements into internal processes.
• Develop and maintain QA databases, digital workflows, and control systems for efficiency and traceability

Required Experience and Qualifications (Required knowledge, skills and experience---however acquired):

• Degree in Engineering, Electrical, Electronic disciplines or its equivalent with 3 years relevant experience
• Preferably 3 years’ semiconductor working experience in Quality Control Assurance field or related experience in Semiconductor Manufacturing, wafer industries or Automotive industries