About the Role

In this exciting role, you will join the Product Quality Management & Engineering team within our Integrated Circuit Solutions (ICS) business group. We develop and deliver analog and mixed-signal IC portfolios for power and signal chain applications across automotive, industrial, consumer electronics, IT, and telecommunications.

As a Principal Product Quality Engineer, you will lead quality and reliability efforts across the entire New Product Introduction (NPI) and New Technology Introduction (NTI) lifecycle. You will ensure our new semiconductor products and technologies transition smoothly into mass production while meeting internal standards, customer expectations, and strict industry regulations.

What You Will Do

• Quality Engineering Assurance: Lead all quality activities for NPI and NTI projects, ensuring strong product and process readiness for timely mass-production releases.
• Qualification Management: Define, review, and approve qualification strategies, reliability test plans, and risk assessments (DFMEA, PFMEA) to guarantee product robustness.
• Compliance & Standards: Ensure full adherence to industry standards (JEDEC, AEC-Q100, AEC-Q006, IATF 16949) and customer-specific requirements throughout development and qualification.
• Risk Mitigation: Identify potential failure mechanisms early, drive structured root-cause problem solving (8D), and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Align with R&D, process, manufacturing, test engineering, and reliability labs to ensure seamless product and technology launches.
• Data-Driven Analysis: Analyze yield, test, and reliability data to spot trends, deviations, and systemic risks, driving data-based improvements.
• Customer Interface: Represent Quality in customer discussions covering new product qualifications, technical quality topics, and reliability performance.
• Documentation & Gate Ownership: Own Quality and Zero Defect project gate deliverables, ensuring accurate and timely completion of qualification reports, control plans, PPAP/PSW packages, and change management records.
• Production Readiness & Continuous Improvement: Define safe launch plans, validate process capability prior to mass production, monitor early field performance, and lead continuous reliability improvement initiatives.
  

What You Will Need

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in semiconductor quality, failure analysis, product engineering, or reliability engineering is preferred. (Note: Junior or non-experienced engineers with a strong willingness to learn and grow in this field are also encouraged to apply).
• Industry Background: Experience in automotive semiconductor environments and working with global customers (automotive, industrial, consumer electronics) is a strong advantage.
• Semiconductor & NPI Knowledge: Solid understanding of semiconductor devices and manufacturing processes (wafer fabrication, assembly/packaging, test engineering, and reliability), with hands-on experience in NPI/NTI processes.
• Reliability & Failure Analysis: Strong knowledge of reliability testing (HTOL, HAST, TC, HTS, ESD, Latch-up) and failure analysis techniques (SEM, EDX, X-Ray, curve tracing, decapsulation, cross-sectioning, FIB, OBIRCH).
• Quality Tools & Standards: Proficiency in root-cause analysis and quality tools (8D, FMEA, SPC, DOE, APQP), with familiarity in automotive standards (AEC-Q100, JEDEC JESD47, IATF 16949) as a strong plus.
• Leadership & Influence: Strong cross-functional leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills to effectively influence engineering and management teams.
• Problem-Solving Mindset: Structured, analytical, and data-driven approach with a proactive focus on defect prevention and the ability to manage multiple projects independently.

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D&I Statement

As an equal-opportunity employer, Nexperia values diversity not just because it is the right thing to do but because diverse teams perform better. We are dedicated to being inclusive, and a proof point of this dedication is that we were the main partner of the very first Dutch Paralympic Team NL House during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all, and we consider all applicants fairly, as well as providing a safe work environment and reasonable adjustments where requested.

In addition, we offer our colleagues the possibility to join employee resource groups such as the Pride Network Group or global and local Women's groups. Nexperia is committed to increasing women in management positions to 30% by 2030.