Product Engineer

Tualatin, OR

Contract

Semiconductor

$73.29

We are seeking a Product Engineer 4 / Supplier Engineer - Ceramics & Coatings. In this highly visible role, you'll serve as the technical lead for critical ceramic and coating suppliers, driving supplier qualifications, material risk mitigation, quality improvements, and supply continuity initiatives supporting advanced semiconductor products.

• Work on cutting-edge semiconductor technologies that drive the future of the industry.
• Partner with world-class ceramic, coating, and advanced materials suppliers.
• Lead high-impact initiatives critical to manufacturing continuity and product innovation.
• Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, quality, manufacturing, and executive leadership teams.
• Influence strategic supplier and technology decisions across global operations.

This position puts you at the center of solving complex material and supplier challenges affecting critical semiconductor technologies. You'll lead supplier recovery efforts, qualify alternate materials and suppliers, drive process improvements, and ensure manufacturing readiness for advanced ceramic and coating components essential to production success.

• Serve as the Supplier Engineering single point of contact (SPOC) for critical ceramic and coating suppliers.
• Lead technical efforts related to material shortages, supplier recovery plans, and supply continuity initiatives.
• Drive cross-functional execution from risk identification through containment, qualification, validation, and production implementation.
• Develop and align qualification plans, acceptance criteria, testing requirements, and change management activities with Product Groups.
• Lead supplier technical reviews focused on manufacturing capability, capacity, process controls, and production readiness.
• Evaluate supplier manufacturing processes including forming, sintering, machining, grinding, polishing, coating, and finishing operations.
• Resolve supplier quality issues using structured problem-solving methodologies including 8D, PSDMP, FMEA, and 5-Why analysis.
• Conduct root-cause investigations and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain material risk dashboards, project trackers, qualification roadmaps, and executive-level reporting.
• Communicate supplier risks, technical findings, recommendations, and trade-offs to cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Support supplier audits, qualifications, technology transfers, and continuous improvement programs.

• Master's degree in Materials Science, Ceramic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience; OR
• PhD in Materials Science, Ceramic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in supplier engineering, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, or advanced materials development.
• 3+ years of experience working with ceramic manufacturing processes including forming, sintering, machining, grinding, polishing, or finishing operations.
• 3+ years of experience supporting thermal spray coating technologies and materials such as alumina, yttria (yttrium oxide), and rare-earth oxide coatings.
• 3+ years of experience evaluating material properties, powder characterization, and manufacturing process impacts on product performance.
• 2+ years of experience utilizing characterization tools such as SEM/EDS, XRD, or similar materials analysis techniques.
• 2+ years of experience using statistical tools such as JMP, Minitab, or equivalent analytical platforms.
• 3+ years of experience within semiconductor equipment, semiconductor materials, or advanced manufacturing industries.

• Deep understanding of ceramic powder characterization and how powder properties impact manufacturing performance and final product quality.
• Experience managing supplier escalations, recovery plans, and supply chain risk mitigation initiatives.
• Strong expertise in structured problem-solving methodologies including 8D, FMEA, PSDMP, Lean, and statistical analysis.
• Experience leading technical qualifications and supplier audits without direct authority.
• Strong executive presentation and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence global cross-functional teams and drive…