Supply Chain Engineer

About This Role

• Position Overview : We are seeking a Supply Chain Engineer (SCE) working in Global Operations (GO) - Backend Equipment and Materials (BEM) department to support direct materials management in the semiconductor assembly and test environment, with a primary focus on incoming materials technical readiness and quality.
• The role interfaces with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure materials meet specifications, reliability requirements, and production needs.
• The candidate will drive issue resolution, material qualification, and continuous improvement to enable predictable and efficient manufacturing operations.
• Key Responsibilities : Incoming Direct Materials Technical Ownership: Ensure incoming direct materials, including substrates and assembly materials, meet defined technical specifications and quality requirements.
• Work closely with Supplier Materials Engineering (SME), Materials Quality and Reliability Engineering (MQRE), and factory Module Engineering (ME) teams to validate material readiness, support new materials / products introduction, and enable smooth transition to high volume manufacturing (HVM).
• Technical Escalation and Factory Support: Act as the primary technical point of contact for incoming material-related issues.
• Lead investigations, coordinate cross-functional actions, and drive timely resolution to minimize impact on production, yield, and delivery.
• Direct Materials Quality Management: Lead direct materials quality excursion.
• Partner with SME and MQRE teams to manage material excursions, including containment, risk assessment, root cause analysis, and disposition decisions.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), support reliability validation and data analysis, and lead quality, yield improvement, and cost optimization initiatives to ensure sustained material performance and long-term product reliability.
• Supplier Qualification and Change Management: Support supplier qualification, validation, and engineering changes to support supplier capex activities, quality/yield continously improvements as well as cost savings / optimization activities.
• Participate in Materials Change Control team to ensure controlled and risk-managed implementation.
• Audit and Compliance Support: Prepare for and participate in supplier audits, customer audits, internal audits, and ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 audits.
• Support audit readiness, documentation, and closure of findings to ensure compliance with quality management systems and regulatory requirements.