Job Purpose

• Ensuring that all products delivered from a supplier are in compliance with manufacturing specifications and standards.

• Lead Supplier Quality engineering for critical direct materials like lead-frames, ceramic, substrate, tape and reel materials, mold compound, wire, solder paste and etc.
• Driving supplier quality performance, including new product development and product quality improvement.
• Overseeing supplier quality team and establishing quality control objectives.
• Performing supplier quality audits, maintaining supplier quality record.
• Drive standardization of processes across multiple WW factories SQE/IQA (Material Verification, Supplier Assessments, Qualification, etc.)
• Monitor existing suppliers to ensure quality objectives are achieved.
• Lead supplier qualification audits and follow-up with suppliers on corrective and prevention actions.
• Partner with Global Commodity Managers in reducing cost of materials and components while maintaining a high sensitivity of quality
• Drive and ensure Critical Direct Materials supplier with built-in quality from product development to mass production phases
• Collaborate with manufacturing and R&D engineers to improve overall product quality by emphasizing defect prevention throughout the development process
• Tracking, management and reporting for the assigned quality initiative programs
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to resolve quality issues that arise as quickly and efficiently as possible to prevent compromising quality and safety standards

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Material, Chemical, or related discipline
• With 5 year’s working experience in process/ material/ chemicals engineering, quality, supply chain or equivalent
• Ability to travel independently in domestic and international markets
• Candidate with IATF16949/VDA 6.3 and certified Lead Auditor is preferred but not required
• Experience with PPAP/APQP/DFMEA/PFMEA/Control Plan and DFM/DFQ
• Ability to read and interpret schematics & drawings
• Ability to listen - speak – read – write fluently in English language to liaise with international suppliers. ; additional score if candidate able to communicate in Mandarina – Chinese to some China source.
• Knowledge of Process Certification/Process Robustness
• Solid analytic and articulation skills
• Semiconductor Process/Manufacturing experience