Product Quality Engineer (PQE) - Sherman

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Responsible for product quality engineering (PQE).

Responsibilities include:


* Quality assurance of InP/GaAs products manufactured in Sherman, TX


* Quality representative in new product introduction (NPI) team, responsible for ensuring appropriate quality-related aspects of new design are done with individual contribution or leading/facilitating the new product introduction team.


* Customer interface on quality issues during development, including correlation work and quality-related specifications.


* Ensuring outgoing quality assurance (OQC) is designed and executed properly.


* Leads material review board (MRB) activities throughout product life.

Includes internal execution and disposition, and customer interface for customer related MRBs.


* Owner for returned material (RMA) disposition and analysis, including corrective actions (CCARs, 8Ds, SCARs etc.) - from start to finish.

Education & Experience


* Minimum # years' experience: Experience in product quality preferred but not required


* Education: BS/MS in Engineering or Statistics or equivalent degree


* Knowledge of InP/GaAs semiconductors a plus.

Skills


* Strong interpersonal, teaming, and problem-solving skills.

Calm, rational, unemotional approach to problem-solving.


* Work effectively with other members of Coherent operations, development engineering, operations engineering, and other teams


* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with customers, including customer-presentable reports.

This position requires significant customer interaction, sometimes in stress situations involving product failures.


* Strong background in practical application of statistical and quality tools


* Ability to organize and manage his/her daily work across many different tasks


* Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Salesforce tools.

JMP proficiency highly desired.

Working Conditions


* Collaboration with other engineers and working with data.


* Work in a class 100/1000 clean room parts of some days


* Wear full clean room attire (smock, mask, etc.) parts of some days.


* Flexibility to support a 24/7 hour facility.


* This is a hybrid role requiring onsite presence 3 days a week.

Physical Requirements


* Nearly all work is with computer.


* Ability to move in a clean room.


* Ability to sit at a computer and in meetings for long periods of time, including at offshore time zones.


* Ability to adorn clean room attire- including bending and stooping.

Safety Requirements

All employees are required to to go through safety training, follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp.

Corporate EHS standards.

Quality and Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the rele...