About this role
As a Supplier Quality and Reliability engineer, you will be the member of Solidigm's Validation, Quality, and Reliability organization, responsible for addressing supplier related quality events.
Responsibilities
- Responsible as the key contact between operations, suppliers, and the customer, ensuring that overall specifications, quality/regulatory requirements, and expectations are met for all purchased product.
- Define audits and surveys to ensure that all suppliers are meeting Solidigm business requirements and quality standards.
- Ability to execute supplier audit activities related to both validation and on-going management of quality execution capabilities.
- Supplier Performance Management and Development
- Monitoring, report and support of supplier quality metrics and performance. Responsible for supporting supplier corrective action and continuous improvement activities.
- Support Solidigm managed factories on incoming inspection, problem part resolution through all phases of operations.
- Support alternative supplier selection. Participates in customer-facing supplier quality activities.
- Ensure supplier has proper Quality Management Systems through metrics, auditing, etc.
- Responsible for providing engineering support for all applicable areas of Quality Assurance.
- Primary contact between Solidigm and suppliers. Responsible for supplier periodic supplier feedback.
- Responsible for supplier qualification/disqualification.
- Initiate and follow up on supplier Failure Analysis requests with suppliers.
Minimum qualifications:(PCB focused Supplier QRE)
- BS degree in engineering or related field
- 5+ years of experience in PCB manufacturing, supplier quality, or reliability engineering.
- Strong knowledge of PCB fabrication processes, key process controls, and manufacturing-related failure mechanisms.
- Understanding of major PCB reliability and quality failure modes, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies.
- Familiarity with PCB stack-ups, Gerber files, fabrication drawings, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM)concepts.
- Basic knowledge of SMT/PCBA assembly processes and PCB-related assembly issues.
- Experience with PCB failure analysis (FA) techniques, including cross-section analysis, microscopy, X-ray, TDR and electrical characterization.
- Knowledge of PCB qualification and reliability testing at both bare board and PCBA levels.
- Understanding of PCB industry standards, workmanship requirements, CoC documentation, and cosmetic acceptance criteria (IPC standards preferred).
- Proven experience in quality excursion management, 8D problem solving, and supplier corrective actions.
- Hands-on experience conducting supplier audits, process assessments, and continuous improvement activities.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience working with PCB suppliers supporting SSD, server, data center, networking, or other high-reliability electronic product
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