Operations and Customer Quality Engineer III (E3):
Key Responsibilities
- Interacts with customers, functional managers and engineers in product development, design, test, marketing, sales, planning, manufacturing, etc. These interactions often are regarding potential, real, or perceived customer quality or reliability concerns arising from technical, administrative or logistical events.
- Develops, maintains, and applies quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products. Determines if manufacturing, inspection, and test processes are sufficient to deliver product with world-class initial quality.
- Manages/maintains/develops process and conducts training for team members and targeted organizations on quality processes. Reduces product installation cycle time and cost while still meeting reliability performance requirements.
- Identify systemic issues in manufacturing process, product design, supplier quality, etc. and drive continuous improvement across the business unit.
- Prepares customer friendly reports for product quality excursions, audit results, quality capabilities and improvement efforts.
- Success in this role will be measured against business unit customer satisfaction indices and customer quality indices.
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Functional Knowledge
- Demonstrated depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field
- Demonstrated knowledge in highly configurable industrial electro-mechanical systems manufacturing.
Business Expertise
- Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
- Demonstrated proficiency in 8D problem solving process
- Semiconductor industry quality standards knowledge preferred
Leadership
- May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
- Operates independently with minimal immediate management guidance
Problem Solving
- Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
- Standard quality tools knowledge - 8D, Pareto chart, Ishikawa diagram, Data distribution analysis, Whys analysis, Flowcharting, Control Charts, etc.
- Data analytics - Strong knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
- Capable of utilizing Excel/PowerBI/Tableau/ and/or JMP for analysis of data sets to recognize trends, categorize data by multiple fields, create charts and analyses suitable for executive and customer presentation.
Impact
- Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives
Interpersonal Skills
- Capable of communicating difficult concepts concisely and succinctly to all levels of the organization.
- Maintains poise and professionalism under pressure.
- Capable of negotiating with others to adopt a mutually agreeable solution when available solutions are not ideal.
Education / Experience
- 4 year technical degree preferred, Applied Materials Operation, Engineering, or Quality experience can serve as equivalence
- 3-6 years Quality, Operations, or Engineering experience in a manufacturing or engineering role
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Skills
Certifications:
Languages:
Years of Experience:
4 - 7 Years
Work Experience:
Additional Information
Shift:
Day (Singapore)
Travel:
Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Eligible:
No
Referral Payment Plan:
Employee Referral (Enhanced)
Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.