PRINCIPL ENGINEER, ATCQA

Req. ID:

JR110825 PRINCIPL ENGINEER, ATCQA

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

Key Responsibilities

Subcontractor Quality Governance & Strategy

• Develop and execute subcontractor quality strategies aligned with Micron quality objectives and business needs.
• Establish quality governance framework, KPIs, and performance scorecards for outsourced manufacturing partners.
• Drive subcontractor accountability through regular quality reviews, audits, and executive business reviews.
• Lead strategic quality initiatives to improve yield, reliability, customer quality, and operational excellence.
• Serve as the quality subject matter expert for subcontractor manufacturing processes and systems.

Quality Performance Management

• Monitor and improve subcon quality metrics including:
• PPM
• Yield performance
• Escapes
• Customer returns
• Reliability indicators
• Audit findings
• Corrective action effectiveness
• Identify emerging quality risks through trend analysis and proactive monitoring.
• Drive containment, corrective and preventive actions to closure.
• Ensure sustainable solutions are implemented and institutionalized.

Problem Solving & Quality Improvement

• Lead complex cross-functional quality investigations utilizing:
• 8D
• DMAIC
• FMEA
• SPC
• DOE
• Fault Tree Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Drive reduction of chronic quality issues through systematic continuous improvement projects.
• Facilitate technical reviews and escalation management with subcontractor management teams.

Supplier & Manufacturing Quality Systems

• Assess effectiveness of subcontractor quality management systems.
• Lead quality audits and compliance assessments.
• Drive implementation of best practices and standardization across subcontractor sites.
• Ensure adherence to:
• ISO9001
• IATF16949 (where applicable)
• Micron Quality Standards
• Customer requirements
• Support qualification and certification activities for new processes, products, and manufacturing lines.

Risk Management & Quality Assurance

• Develop risk assessment methodologies for subcontractor operations.
• Establish early warning systems to identify process excursions and quality degradation.
• Drive excursion management and risk containment activities.
• Lead quality readiness reviews for:
• New products
• Technology transfers
• Capacity expansion
• Process changes

Data Analytics & AI-Driven Quality Management

• Utilize AI and advanced analytics to identify trends, predict quality risks, and accelerate root cause identification.
• Develop automated quality dashboards and data visualization tools.
• Drive objective, data-based decision making across quality and manufacturing organizations.
• Champion digital transformation initiatives that improve quality monitoring, reporting efficiency, and operational effectiveness.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

• Partner closely with:
• Assembly & Test Manufacturing
• Product Engineering
• Process Integration
• Reliability Engineering
• Supplier Management
• Customer Quality
• Influence quality decisions across organizations without direct authority.
• Lead communication with executive leadership regarding major quality issues and business risks.
• Mentor and develop quality engineers across the organization.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in:
• Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Materials Science
• Physics
• Related technical discipline

Experience

• 10+ years of semiconductor manufacturing or quality engineering experience.
• 5+ years of supplier/subcontractor quality management experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor Assembly and Test manufacturing processes.
• Proven track record leading complex quality improvement initiatives.

Technical Skills

• Statistical analysis and process control.
• Supplier Quality Management.
• Reliability methodologies.
• Failure Analysis.
• Quality System Auditing.
• Risk Assessment.
• Data Analytics and Visualization.
• AI-enabled quality applications.
• Advanced problem-solving methodologies.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinking.
• Executive communication.
• Influencing without authority.
• Cross-functional leadership.
• Business acumen.
• Data-driven decision making.
• Change management.
• Continuous improvement mindset.

Success Measures

The successful candidate is expected to:

• Reduce subcontractor quality escapes and customer-impact incidents.
• Improve subcon yield and quality performance year-over-year.
• Establish predictive quality monitoring capabilities using AI and analytics.
• Improve corrective action effectiveness and closure cycle time.
• Strengthen subcontractor quality systems maturity.
• Drive measurable cost of poor quality (COPQ) reduction.
• Enable objective, data-driven quality decisions across the supply chain.
• Achieve sustained improvements in quality, cycle time, and operational excellence.

E5 Principal-Level Differentiators

• Defines and influences ATCQA subcon quality strategy across multiple sites.
• Leads highly complex quality issues with significant business impact.
• Exercises broad technical judgment and independent decision making.
• Influences senior leadership and external subcontractor executives.
• Recognized as a company-wide subject matter expert in subcontractor quality management.
• Champions AI, automation, and digital transformation for quality excellence.

Job Profile(s):

Quality Engineer 5

Relocation level: (TBD)

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