Principal Incoming Material Quality & Reliability Engineer

About the role

As a Principal Incoming Material Quality Engineer at TSMC Washington, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that all materials used for product manufacturing comply with quality requirements. You will also build strong relationships with suppliers to improve their quality capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Implement the system to manage incoming materials including daily material gating, OCAP, documentation, coordination with other parties.
• Communicate with vendors to ensure quality requirements are met.
• Audit and coach suppliers to improve their quality systems.
• Collaborate with internal departments to identify requirements, assess risks, and build systems.
• Act as a subject matter expert for materials and chemistry, performing research for new materials and problem analysis.
• Support business continuity activities to identify and prioritize risks, identify alternative sources, and work with owners to qualify.
• Follow problem solving processes to identify root causes and applicable actions for non-conformances from both internal and external sources.
• Perform supplier audits to ISO9001 and, as applicable, IATF16949.
• Ensure records are maintained and identify and implement validating self-audit practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related physical science discipline.
• 8 -12 years of experience with IC manufacturing a plus.
• Knowledge of AI, SQL, VBA, and Oracle, or similar, is a plus.

Qualifications

• Fluency with Microsoft office programs including Word, PowerPoint, Access and Excel including macros.
• Efficient data handling and analysis capability in excel including formulas, and pivot tables.
• Ability to work with AI tools.

Skills

• Process approach to ensure direct and indirect production materials and chemicals meet requirements before release to production.
• Supplier audits to ISO9001 and, as applicable, IATF16949.
• Knowledge of ISO14001 and QC080000 a plus.
• Quality concepts and tools including a process approach, risk management including FMEA, control plan, MSA, calibration, SPC, OCAP, 8D/DMAIC, DOE, 3-leg/5-why.
• Familiarity with chemical analysis methods including ICPMS, GFAA, IC, and Auto-titrator, FTIR.
• Familiarity with data systems to the extent of defining requirements for IT, and the ability to validate systems meet requirements.
• Knowledge of SQL, VBA, and Oracle, or similar, is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive coverage, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Wellbeing program.
• Basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• 401(k) plan with an employer match.
• Employee stock purchase program.
• 12 recognized holidays per year and accrue 120 hours of paid time off annually their first year.
• Onsite amenities including a fitness center, a game room, on-site physical therapist, and a subsidized café where meals cost as low as $6 a day!

Pay

The starting salary typically ranges between $108,500 and $156,729 per year. The full salary range for this Job Grade extends from $108,500 - $172,895 depending on factors such as skills, qualifications, education, experience, tenure, and position level.

Schedule

This position operates on-site at our Camas, Washington location during core business hours, Monday through Friday 8 am – 5 pm; however, there may be occasions when additional hours are necessary to meet project demands.