Material Technology Director

What you'll do

• Set site strategy and governance for raw-material quality, supplier qualification, specifications, change control, audits, and material disposition.
• Lead supplier performance and development, incoming-material quality, excursion response, and supply-continuity initiatives.
• Manage and develop a multidisciplinary team, partnering across manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, logistics, laboratories, suppliers, and Samsung Korea.

What they ask for

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of semiconductor manufacturing experience, including significant work in supplier quality, materials engineering, process engineering, or related technical functions.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience with responsibility for technical teams, managers, or organizations.
• Experience with supplier qualification and development, material specifications, supplier change management, and non-conforming material disposition in high-volume manufacturing.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a related technical discipline; experience with advanced-node manufacturing, Fab startup, expansion, or technology transfer.
• Experience with semiconductor raw materials and trace-contamination analysis; global supplier audits or lead auditor certification; knowledge of ISO 9001 or IATF 16949.

Pay

$217,000 - $281,500 USD base salary

Tools

SPC, 8D, 5-Why, fishbone, fault-tree analysis, ISO 9001, IATF 16949