Principal Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description

Renesas is seeking Principal Supplier Quality Engineer, responsible in establishing and maintaining the quality standards of semiconductor assembly suppliers, ensuring product consistency, and driving continuous improvement through supplier assessments, audits, and corrective action processes. Additional responsibilities include serving as a regional liaison for suppliers of manufacturing operations providing support on Quality documentation and implementation of best-known-practices. This role ensures that established manufacturing inspection, sampling and statistical process control procedures are followed and assure compliance to in-house and/or external specifications and standards, such as ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO/TS16949 wherever applicable.

Responsibilities

• Liaison between regional suppliers and Renesas
• Manage quality excursions and drive for effective root cause solutions and preventive actions
• Support process/material change process and site certification and audit activities
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure compliance with quality standards and specifications.
• Support assembly processes, with a focus on Cu Clip, surface mount technology (SMT), components and related manufacturing techniques.
• Identify quality trends, manage projects & influence teams to drive continuous improvement.
• Support best practice or lesson learn initiatives aimed at enhancing supplier quality.
• Ability to motivate others, remain focused and organized. Communicate with excellent written/verbal and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 15 years relevant experience in supplier quality management which includes supplier selection, ongoing quality improvement and manufacturing excursion response management.
• Proven experience in assembly processes, with a focus on Cu Clip, surface mount technology (SMT), components and related manufacturing techniques.
• Experience in utilization of various problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5-Why and fishbone analyses).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills when working with internal cross functional groups.
• Familiar with external standards such as ISO9001, ISO14001 and IATF16949 with experience in auditing in manufacturing environment as well as FMEA, Control Plan, SPC and MSA.

Additional Information

At Renesas, you can:

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.