Senior Materials Lab Engineer

Senior Materials Lab Engineer

Date: Sep 21, 2026

Location: Fort Worth, TX, US

08 - Specialist, Operations Quality
Req
Hiring Manager:
Nathan Reddy
Band: 08
Region:
Americas
Country: USA
State/Province:
Texas
City:
Fort Worth

Functional Area: Quality (QUA)
Career Stream: Operations Quality (OPQ)
Role: Specialist (SPE)
Job Title: Specialist, Operations Quality
Job Code
: SPE-QUA-OPQ
Job Level: Band
08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Lead the team to handle all quality excursions independently, and take effective actions on time
• Oversee the product & material quality from NPI to mass production
• Develop the quality control plan for respective area (material/process/product)
• Monitor and report quality KPI for internal (factory) and external (customer)
• Drive continuous improvement to benefit customer, CLS and supplier.
• Develop and maintain internal quality system, procedures, work instructions and workmanship standards
• Lead process/product/system/supplier audit and improvement actions follow up.
  • Industry standards (e.g. ISO)
  • Compliance audit
  • Safety audit etc.
• Follow up the EC(Engineering Change), SPCN(Supplier Process Change Notification) to ensure the implementation of changes is timely and accurate (initiated both externally and internally)
• Coach junior quality staff to improve their quality knowledge.
• Accomplish the jobs assignment from the superior and participate in the quality strategy deployment.
• Experienced in operating, calibrating, maintaining, troubleshooting and interpreting data from failure analysis laboratory equipment including: optical microscopy, SEM, XRF, cross-sectioning grinders and polishers and X-ray.
• Cross section preparation of electronic printed circuit assemblies & metallurgical assessments of solder joints.
• Being certified in IPC-A-610 for soldering quality and being certified in IPC-A-600 and IPC-6012 or being familiar with the two standards for inspection of PWBs.
• Experienced in de-lidding or decapsulation of electronic components.
• Experienced in performing mechanical testing such as tensile, shear and compression testing.
• Knowledge of Ion Chromatography testing and evaluation of the results on electronic assemblies.
• Knowledge of thermal analysis like TMA, TGA and DSC.
• Demonstrates confidence in describing root cause and corrective actions to internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Experienced in evaluating and selecting new analytical lab equipment
• Knowledge of electrochemistry and its application to corrosion of electronic assemblies.
• Excellent English Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  High levels of organizational, team, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal)
• A high level of emotional intelligence:
  Consistently demonstrating the open mindedness of a problem solver who can collaboratively engage multiple people, in multiple departments, and work in difficult situations in a positive way.
• Onsite:
  This position is 100% onsite –this is not a remote or hybrid position. In addition, the team member must be able to act competently in emergencies and work on a flexible schedule.
• Expertise in MS-Office and Google Suite.

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require repetitive manual movements (e.g., keyboarding), carrying, pushing or pulling light objects, (under 5 kg.), carrying, pushing or pulling heavy objects (over 5 kg.), crouching, climbing
• Sustained visual concentration on small areas, such as monitors, screens, precise eye/hand coordination, sustained visual concentration on numbers, legal documents

• 10 years in a similar role or industry.

• Bachelor Degree in Materials Engineering

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