Company Overview:
MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data
Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications.
Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales
offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the
ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management
standard.
MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with
multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly
and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and
Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry
services that represents a key core competency within our business.
MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales
channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales
representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained
across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire
portfolio.
Principal Quality Engineer- RF & Microwave
Job
Purpose:
The Principal Quality Engineer will be responsible for
support of multiple business units across various key commercial and
Aerospace and Defense programs. Product Scope includes component but
principally higher-level modules and pallet programs. Additional support of
the site quality system and continuous improvement initiatives will also be
required.
Main Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Overall
responsibility for implementation and execution of the quality
management system (QMS) with existing or new programs assigned.
- Main
representative from the quality organization interacting with customer
counterparts on programs assigned.
- Partner with Program Management and
Integrated Product Team (IPT) to provide proactive issue identification,
causal analysis, mitigation, and preventive action.
- Represent
the Quality functional organization at program reviews, program staff
meetings, etc.
- Establish
and maintain Quality metrics that are utilized by the program team to
monitor performance.
- Manage
and report on Root Cause and Corrective Action effectively for all areas
of Program / Product execution.
- Perform
trend analysis and oversee corrective measures for Quality related
metrics; surveil program metric trends.
- Communicate
and escalate quality, customer satisfaction and program performance
issues to the program team, functional / program managers and business
leaders as necessary for timely resolution.
- Responsible
for helping to improve customer satisfaction scores for the Quality
scope.
- Assist
in the planning of internal and subcontractor audits.
- Lead
BU reviews from a Quality perspective for existing and new programs
during customer source control documents review, during the new product
stage gate process, and product support post release.
- Proficient
in control plans, FMEAs, PPAP, MSA, 6sigma, 5s and other lean
methodologies etc. with the
ability to guide institutional learning on these methods.
Minimum Qualifications:
- B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering or
related technical field (or equivalent) with 5-10+ years of component
and/or module/pallet assembly processes with direct experience in
managing complex programs and customers from a Quality and/or
manufacturing view.
- Understanding of semiconductor device fabrication
and components theory.
- Understanding of Printed Circuit Board
Manufacturing: IPC-600, IPC-610, J-STD-001
- Understanding of Micro-Electronics
Assembly: MIL-STD-833
- Experience managing programs in compliance
with AS9100D standards.
- Working knowledge of statistical sampling
plans used for inspection or test of components along with the ability
to perform statistical data analysis on large data sets.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Well-practiced organization and planning skills.
- Ability to work both independently and
within a team environment.
- MS Office experience (Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint, Project).
- Statistical software experience (JMP,
Minitab, etc.)
- Experience with Agile and/or SAP a plus.
- Due to ITAR regulations, candidates must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Position resides in Lowell MA but frequent
travel to the MACOM Nashua NH site will be required. Travel to Morgan
Hill, CA also may be required (but less frequent).
- Some business travel to end customers may
be required.
EEO:
MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse
workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job
applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity,
gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital
or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information,
veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category
protected under applicable law.
Reasonable Accommodation:
MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable
accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental
disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable
accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call
+1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone
number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and
nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work
with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to
perform the essential functions of their jobs.