Principal Engineer-Quality

Job Description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually.

We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo;

we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you. Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!

• Lead supplier quality initiatives to ensure raw materials and components meet Microchip's quality, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
• Support Microchip factories and business units in the investigation and resolution of supplier-related quality issues through root cause analysis, containment activities, corrective actions, and preventive actions.
• Monitor supplier quality performance metrics and scorecards, identify improvement opportunities, and drive supplier development initiatives.
• Conduct supplier quality and process audits, ensuring timely implementation and closure of corrective actions.
• Partner with internal Quality Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Purchasing teams to evaluate quality failures identified during incoming inspection and production and determine supplier-related root causes.
• Drive supplier corrective actions and continuous improvement efforts utilizing established quality processes, including Failure Analysis, Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs), Nonconformance Review Board (NRB) activities, and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
• Evaluate supplier manufacturing processes, workmanship standards, and quality systems to ensure compliance with Microchip requirements and industry standards.
• Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders across multiple Microchip sites to improve supplier performance, reduce risk, and strengthen supply chain quality.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship in supplier quality methodologies, problem-solving approaches, and quality system improvements.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Chemical), Material Science, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of quality engineering, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or supplier management experience within a semiconductor, aerospace, electronics, automotive, or similar regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of Material Science and Mechatronics Engineering principles.
• Experience leading supplier quality initiatives, supplier performance management, audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement programs.
• Proven experience conducting root cause analysis and…