Quality Assurance Engineer, Senior

Sky Water is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with a strong knowledge of semiconductor industry and customer-facing experience for our site in Austin, TX. This role partners with automotive customers and cross-functional teams to ensure compliance, resolve quality issues, and continuously improve processes to protect product quality and reliability for our site in Austin, TX.

Experience with automotive customer requirements preferred.
Responsibilities:

Drive, monitor, and continuously improve fab quality metrics with a strong focus on Zero Defects, including timely review and follow-up of customer complaints (IQA failures, field returns, RMAs, FAs, etc.).
Establish, maintain, and sustain robust Quality Systems, including specifications, SPC, change management, supplier quality controls, and MRB processes for NCM.
Partner with Supplier Quality, Procurement, and Fab Engineering to ensure incoming materials meet specifications and to support qualification of new materials.
Perform internal audits of quality systems and manufacturing processes to verify compliance and identify improvement opportunities.
Collaborate with internal teams and external customers to drive corrective actions, continuous improvement initiatives, and effective resolution of quality issues.
Demonstrate strong attention to detail, structured problem-solving, and root cause analysis while building and maintaining effective relationships with customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.

Required Qualifications:

BS Engineering, Chemistry or Physics with 5-7 years related work experience in a wafer fabrication environment (or regulated environment).
Strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated experience using industry-standard Quality tools such as 8D, FMEA, 5 Whys, Poka-Yoke, 5S, etc.

Experience with 1 or more of the following standards: ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 13485, AS9100
Familiar with Automotive standards (IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, JEDEC, AIAG, AEC, etc.).
Understanding of statistical tools (SPC, DOE) for use in making data-driven decisions.
Ability to drive improvement through the leadership of cross-functional continuous improvement activities/teams

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductor wafers
Certified auditor/lead auditor to 1 or more of the following standards: ISO 9001, ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100)
ASQ certification as CQM, CQE, CRE and/or formal Six Sigma training (Green/Black Belt certification)
Familiar with AIAG process standards for PPAP, FMEA, etc.
Experience reviewing contracts