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Senior Manufacturing and Supplier Quality Engineer

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About Altera

At Altera™, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver the programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Manufacturing and Supplier Quality Engineer to lead the manufacturing quality and end-to-end supplier quality management of Altera FPGA products. In this role, you will partner cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and external manufacturing suppliers to ensure all quality requirements are met. You will drive rapid issue resolution, govern supplier quality performance, and leverage statistical process controls and advanced data analytics to safeguard product quality.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drives manufacturing ramp of FPGA products, ensuring product quality and reliability compliance across industrial, commercial, automotive, and Aerospace, Defense, & Government (ADG) market segments.
  • Performs risk assessments, defines quality and reliability goals, and enables key decisions that affect product quality and reliability.
  • Drives manufacturing optimization, product quality excursion resolution, and High-Volume Manufacturing (HVM) reliability assessments to achieve continuous DPPM improvement.
  • Leads supplier quality management, ensuring OSAT partners comply with Altera, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and AS9100D quality requirements. Defines, monitors, and drives supplier quality KPIs and performance improvements.
  • Leads cross-functional teams to resolve supplier quality incidents and customer issues by driving root-cause analysis and executing robust Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) workflows.
  • Drives continuous supplier quality improvements and executes initiatives to reduce manufacturing and supplier-related quality incidents.
  • Leads and executes supplier qualification activities, including Bill of Materials (BOM), package configuration, OSAT qualification, and test site transitions.
  • Leads supplier quality audits to verify OSAT process compliance with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and AS9100D standards, focusing on risk mitigation, traceability, counterfeit prevention, statistical process controls, and CAPA effectiveness.
  • Supports San Jose (SJ) production test operations by providing quality assurance oversight for production test stand-up activities, test process readiness, and ongoing production test quality maintenance to ensure manufacturing excellence.
  • Supports San Jose laboratory quality compliance by maintaining laboratory quality systems, including equipment calibration, ESD compliance, environmental controls, and adherence to established quality and safety procedures.
  • Partners with manufacturing, supplier quality, and operations teams to maintain and continuously improve internal Quality Management System (QMS) processes, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, AS9100D, and Aerospace, Defense, and Government (ADG) quality requirements.
  • Monitors post-launch quality metrics to identify systemic improvement opportunities and establishes a robust closed-loop feedback system, integrating lessons learned into future product architecture and manufacturing processes.

Salary Range

The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$149,100 - $215,000 USD

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

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Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 10+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing and supplier quality engineering, with a demonstrated track record of optimizing manufacturing workflows and resolving complex silicon, packaging, and product quality issues.
  • 8+ years of experience across the semiconductor product lifecycle, including wafer fabrication, advanced packaging, semiconductor assembly, and automated test equipment (ATE) methodologies.
  • 8+ years of experience applying product reliability physics, failure analysis methodologies, and product qualification stress testing to support semiconductor product development and manufacturing.
  • ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification and 5+ years of experience working within ISO 9001 quality management systems, with demonstrated knowledge of AS9100D compliance frameworks and international Aerospace, Defense, and Government (ADG) quality requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Certified AS9100D Lead Auditor with deep technical knowledge of aerospace quality management requirements, risk-based auditing methodologies, and international aerospace governance expectations.
  • Demonstrates advanced analytical capabilities to drive data-driven decision making, backed by deep proficiency in statistical analysis tools and methodologies.
  • Experience leading complex or cross-functional technical initiatives and proven ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

San Jose, California, United States

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Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

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