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As a leading global supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry, Lam Research develops innovative solutions that help our customers build smaller, faster, and more power-efficient devices. We are a company comprised of people who work hard, deliver outstanding results, and maintain a sense of humor during even the most challenging times. Our success results from our employees diverse technical and business expertise, which fuels close collaboration and ongoing innovation. We know that our dynamic, global team of exceptional employees is essential to our continued growth. Join the Lam Research team, where you can play a vital role in the future of electronics and write your own success story. The Impact You ll Make As a Supplier Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer at Lam, youll make an impact in ensuring suppliers manufacturing processes and products meet quality standards by designing, implementing, and maintaining quality assurance programs. You design methods for inspecting, testing, and evaluating production processes and finished products onsite at our global suppliers locations. By analyzing production data, you identify trends and partner with the supplier to resolve technical, quality and production challenges. Your expertise will help develop excellence in supplier product inputs supporting Lams commitment to delivering high-quality and reliable products. What You ll Do This position will be based out of Bangalore, directly reporting into the leader of Supplier Quality Manager in India and with Global Supplier Quality organization. This individual would be responsible to manage Sheet Metal Fabrication Surface Coating supplier engineering activities by working closely with suppliers, Engineering and supply chain teams in US and Asia region. Primary job responsibilities of the role are listed below: Provide expertise in manufacturing processes for Sheet Metals and Frames (Welding of Stainless Steel, Cold rolled steel and Aluminum, painting, etc) Work with suppliers to develop process of records (POR) interface with design engineering to understand performance requirements. Collaborate with engineering, product management supply chain teams to capture their requirements and provide Design-for-Manufacturing inputs on fabricated parts Discover and review new fabrication technologies and new materials for application to Lam products to enable new capabilities, reduce variation in manufacturing, or improve product performance. Drive improvement of the supplier s quality, 8D POR to ensure product quality, cost, and on-time-delivery. Continuously focus on process improvement and Best-Known Methods development Travel to Lam and Lam supplier s manufacturing locations to conduct audit and document supplier s performance on critical POR overall quality management systems. Apply findings to implement systematic and lasting improvements to product and processes Collaborate with cross functional and global teams to execute strategies and clearly communicate with stakeholders on strategy implementation. Who We re Looking For Educational qualification: Bachelor s/Master s engineering degree in Mech/Prod/Industrial/Aerospace Years of Experience: Bachelor s degree with minimum 8 years (or) Masters with minimum 6 years of relevant experience Mandatory Skills: Strong understanding of GDT, metallurgy, powder coating and welding techniques Working knowledge on various types of metal welding process. Strong in understanding interpretation of Sheet Metal Frames assembly drawing. Strong ability to read mechanical drawings, specification interpretation of BOM. Working knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC), Gauge Repeatability Reproducibility (GRR, MSA), 5-Why, 6S/7W, t/F tests, box plots, 8D, Ishikawa diagrams Experience in Project Management, team lead experience, supplier process development, quality project management Experience in Supplier Process development, Quality management handling suppliers from remote location Proficient in Structured Problem-solving tools (8D Problem solving, 5 Why, Fishbone Diagram, FMEA, DOE etc.). Excellent communication and presentation skill Preferred Skills Working knowledge of ASM welding standards, (Semi S2, OSHA, RoHS, ISO 9001/ IATF 16949 ISO 13485:2016) Knowledge on measuring Instruments like Vernier caliper, Micrometer, Profile projector etc. welding tools Experience in handling suppliers from remote location and maintaining a strong working relationship. Experience in any ERP tool (ex. SAP, Oracle) statistical tools (JMP, Minitab etc.) Strong analytical skills to convert data into information and craft executive level summaries
