QUALITY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST

Req. ID:

JR105895 QUALITY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST (Evergreen)

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Job Summary

The Quality Technician Specialist is responsible for leading daily quality inspection operations and ensuring product quality, compliance, and operational excellence across MSB QE Operations. This role serves as a technical expert and shift leader, driving quality execution, operational coordination, troubleshooting, training, process improvement, and collaborator alignment to support manufacturing quality and shipment readiness.

# Key Responsibilities

## Quality Operations Execution

• Lead and perform quality inspections in accordance with established procedures, sampling plans, control plans, and quality specifications.

• Ensure inspection activities are accomplished accurately, consistently, and within required turnaround times.

• Support disposition and containment activities for non-conforming materials, products, and quality excursions.

• Monitor daily inspection performance, quality benchmarks, and operational priorities to ensure business continuity and ongoing operational efficiency.

## Technical Leadership & Problem Solving

• Act as the primary technical resource for inspectors and operators on shift.

• Troubleshoot quality, process, and operational issues and raise them when required.

• Drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive actions for recurring issues.

• Support engineering evaluations, NPI activities, qualification runs, and special inspection requests.

## Team Leadership & Coordination

• Coordinate daily labor deployment, workload balancing, and shift priorities.

• Provide mentorship, mentor support, and technical support to inspectors and technicians.

• Facilitate communication and alignment between QE, Manufacturing, Engineering, Planning, and supporting teams.

• Assist engineers and supervisors in accomplishing department goals, operational initiatives, and action plans.

## Training & Capability Development

• Conduct operational training, certification, re-certification, and on-the-job mentoring for team members.

• Maintain training efficiency and proficiency standards within the team.

• Support the development of training materials, certification checklists, and knowledge-sharing activities.

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for assigned operational processes and tools.

## Continuous Improvement & Digital Transformation

• Identify operational inefficiencies, quality risks, and improvement opportunities.

• Lead or participate in Lean, automation, and efficiency improvement initiatives.

• Apply digital tools, automation solutions, and data analytics to improve operational efficiency and decision-making.

• Support the implementation of guidelines and standardization across QE Operations.

## Compliance & Quality System

• Ensure compliance with Micron quality standards, ISO/IATF requirements, EHS requirements, and site procedures.

• Maintain accurate records, reports, and inspection documentation.

• Support audits, customer visits, and quality system activities when required.

• Promote a strong culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

# Qualification

• Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Electronics, Mechanical, or related fields is preferred.

• Candidates without a diploma may be considered based on proven experience, demonstrated technical expertise, leadership capability, and operational contributions within Quality Operations.

• Solid understanding of quality inspection methodologies, sampling plans, defect classification, and manufacturing processes.

• Experience in quality operations, metrology, incoming inspection, outgoing inspection, wafer, strip, or unit-level inspection, or semiconductor manufacturing is preferred.

• Strong leadership, communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrates AI-enabled and data-driven ways of working through the use of technology solutions, automated processes, analytics, and continuous improvement methodologies is an advantage.

• Demonstrates Micron values of People, Innovation, Tenacity, Collaboration, and Customer Focus.

# Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Able to work on a 12-hour rotating shift schedule, including weekends and public holidays, as required by business operations.

• Able to work in manufacturing environments including Cleanroom and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protected areas while aligning with site safety and contamination control requirements.

• Able to perform quality inspection activities using microscopes, vision systems, and other inspection equipment for extended periods.

• Capable of performing detailed visual inspections requiring strong attention to detail and defect recognition skills.

• Able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and cleanroom attire as applicable to assigned work areas.

Job Profile(s):

Quality Technician Specialist

Relocation level: (TBD)

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