[Career] Materials Engineer - Cabot Microelectronics - Hillsboro, OR

Opportunity Type: Career

Sponsoring Organization: Cabot Microelectronics

Opportunity Location: Hillsboro, OR

Application Deadline: None given, apply ASAP

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Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (CMC) is searching for a Materials Engineer to join the team in Hillsboro, OR. This role is a key and highly visible role within Engineering and will be responsible for managing the technical relationship with key suppliers having both short-term and long-term impact on CMC’s success. This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate and grow one’s technical expertise, influencing skills, and relationship building with our key internal and external partners.

Primary Job Purpose/Function:

• The Materials Engineer is responsible for understanding chemical manufacturing processes and process capabilities of CMC’s raw material suppliers and driving variation reduction and continuous improvement.
• The main deliverable is to reduce and prevent variation in final product quality through quick and efficient response and troubleshooting related to raw material production and performance issues.
• Working in conjunction with R&D, the Materials Engineer will facilitate development of new partnerships with suppliers for long-term delivery of high quality and cost-effective products.
• The Materials Engineer will also drive continuous improvement, process control, and management of change to ensure and enhance overall quality, as well as engage the supplier to resolve raw material issues that impact performance of CMC products in our customers’ applications.

Hiring Requirements:

• Collect and evaluate supplier process and raw material / product data.
• Own proactive raw material variation reduction to make polishing pads in High Volume Manufacturing setting.
• Collaborate with suppliers on material design and material scaling up.
• Drive continuous improvement for assigned suppliers / commodities.
• Provide training and support to suppliers to attain continuous improvement of their products and processes.
• Serve as a technical owner for supplier changes, as impact raw material ownership.
• Become an internal raw material expert by understanding properties through hands-on understanding of the material’s performance in CMC processes and products and how those factors impact customer performance.
• Own technical problem-solving initiatives, including customer complaints and excursion investigations that intersect with raw material properties
• Directly interface and interact with suppliers to assure that all CMC quality requirements for incoming raw materials are met.
• Participate in / with New Product Development and Sourcing teams for improvement initiatives, management of change, and in the selection / evaluation of new suppliers.
• Work directly with Engineering teams to define critical raw material specifications and communicate them to suppliers for agreement and compliance.
• Work with Sourcing team to formalize those agreements.
• Evaluate supplier performance based on both service and product performance.
• Perform audits and evaluations of suppliers’ quality systems, as well as process audits, or other evaluations as needed.
• Gather and disseminate information for supplier report cards.
• Perform regular, proactive SPC trend reviews for raw materials and report out findings and corrective actions.
• Use supplier audits and score card results to further continuous improvement of supplier systems and product quality.
• Drive supplier corrective actions through the SCAR (Supplier Corrective Action Request) process.
• Assure that suppliers are using appropriate root cause analysis in resolving SCARS and assist those suppliers who need additional training.
• Monitor and track supplier improvements via SCARs. Manage raw material quality, grading, and segregation.
• Participate as a stakeholder of the Materials Review Board (MRB).

Key knowledge, skills, and abilities:

TECHNICAL: Solid understanding of continuous improvement methods, problem solving techniques, statistics for process control, and design of experiments. Six Sigma certification is a plus. Experience working in a manufacturing environment is highly desirable.

BUSINESS: Problem solving skills, ability to multi-task, good organizational skills, experience in giving external presentations, effective communication skills with the ability to communicate to internal and external personnel at all levels; strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, excellent record keeping skills, possess a sense of urgency in satisfying internal and external customer needs.

COMPUTER: Advanced skills, including experience with databases and Microsoft Windows and Office applications. JMP skills a plus.

TRAVEL: 20% or less

Applicable Education, Experience, Licensing, and Capabilities:

• B.S. degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent.
• 2-3 years of manufacturing and/or materials engineering experience preferred.
• ASQ CQE, APICS (CPIM) or CQA certification is a plus.
• Previous experience working with suppliers is a plus.
• Experience in semiconductor, microelectronics, or high-tech industry a plus.

How to apply:

Apply online through Cabot Microelectronics Job Posting REQ-0078_2017.12.18