Sort and Die Prep Quality and Reliability Engineer

The Role and Impact:
As a Manufacturing Quality and Reliability Engineering Manager, you will lead a team dedicated to ensuring the highest standards in product quality and reliability throughout development and high-volume manufacturing (HVM). In this role, you will oversee critical processes such as product health optimization, excursion management, and continuous process improvement efforts-making a meaningful impact on cost, efficiency, and scalability. Your leadership will be key in shaping a proactive quality culture and driving results that align with organizational goals.

Business group:
Intel Foundry focuses on delivering world-class manufacturing services and cutting-edge silicon solutions to support Intel's broader technology and innovation goals. The KM1 SDx Factory Quality and Reliability team plays a pivotal role in ensuring that advanced silicon technologies meet stringent quality and reliability standards, supporting Intel's commitment to excellence in production and product development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, inspire, and manage a team of manufacturing quality and reliability engineers responsible for product development and ramp in advanced silicon technologies.
• Oversee product health indicators and drive optimization to support cost, ramp, and volume targets.
• Develop and implement systems for detecting, containing, assessing, and resolving product excursions.
• Establish and manage processes for material review boards and provide leadership in complex, high-impact scenarios.
• Drive continuous process improvement programs and collaborate with product engineering teams to refine designs, processes, and systems for improved reliability.
• Represent the quality and reliability engineering function in product development forums and contribute recommendations to enhance system, process, and product integrity.
• Promote a proactive quality culture within the factory through structured quality programs and initiatives.
• Build future-ready strategies for process integration and yield engineering capabilities that align with long-term organizational needs.
• Set clear goals, maintain accountability, enable differentiated performance management, and foster a productive work environment for the team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a specialized field and 3+ years of professional experience, or Master's degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of experience, or PhD with no prior professional experience.
• Proficiency in manufacturing quality processes, systems implementation, and reliability engineering practices.
• Knowledge of advanced silicon technologies and ability to optimize product health metrics.
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement programs and excursion management systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong leadership qualities, including the ability to inspire teams, develop talent, and foster a collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a focus on cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in driving strategies for long-term process integration and yield optimization.
• Proven ability to represent engineering functions in strategic forums and contribute impactful recommendations.

Join us at Intel Foundry, where your expertise in manufacturing quality and reliability engineering will drive innovation, transform challenges into opportunities, and shape the future of advanced silicon technologies.

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