Supplier Quality Engineer – Ceramics

This is a Hybrid onsite (3 days/week in office, regular shift), contract role in Fremont CA OR Livermore, CA OR Tualatin (Oregon)

• Master’s degree in Ceramics, Materials Science, Chemical, Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in supplier engineering, manufacturing, process engineering, quality engineering.
• Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across global and cross-functional teams.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally (approximately 15–25%).

• Serve as the technical liaison between our product groups, manufacturing, supply chain, and assigned ceramics suppliers from New Product Introduction (NPI) through High Volume Manufacturing (HVM).
• Lead supplier development, qualification, and readiness activities including process-of-record (POR), manufacturing process capability and change control compliance.
• Drive supplier quality issue resolution such as containment, root cause and corrective action (RCCA) using structured methods like 8D, PSDMP, FMEA, and 5-Why.
• Plan and execute supplier audits of manufacturing processes, quality management systems (QMS) and drive continuous improvement for yield and capability.
• Apply statistical and quality engineering tools such as SPC, DOE, MSA, and Lean/Six Sigma to monitor and optimize supplier processes.
• Communicate technical findings, risks, and recommendations clearly to cross-functional and executive stakeholders.

• PhD in Ceramics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in ceramic materials and manufacturing processes such as forming, sintering, machining, grinding, polishing, surface treatment.
• Experience designing, executing, and interpreting material characterization techniques such as SEM/EDS, XRD
• Proficiency with statistical analysis tools such as JMP or Minitab;
  Japanese language capability is a plus.

Our Client is a Fortune 350 company that engages in the design, manufacturing, marketing, and service of semiconductor processing equipment.