Chemical Delivery/Flow Control Device Quality Engineer E4 - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$133,500 - $183,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
Work on quality oversight for chemical and gas delivery hardware including mass flow controllers (MFCs), flow ratio controllers (FRCs), and vaporizers.
About the role
The Chemical Delivery COE Quality Representative provides independent quality oversight for chemical and gas delivery hardware within the Chemical Delivery Center of Excellence.
What you'll do
- Partner with Design Engineering Authority (DEA) and Reliability throughout development of chemical and gas delivery hardware to identify technical quality risks from concept through release.
- Participate in design reviews and DFMEA/PMECA activities to ensure high-risk failure modes have defined prevention controls, detection controls, owners, and closure evidence.
- Ensure development, manufacturing, qualification, supplier, and field issues are routed to the correct Issue Owning Function (IOF) and lead structured problem solving when Quality is the accountable function.
- Partner with Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), DEA, BU Quality, and Supplier Engineering on technical quality requirements for MFCs, FRCs, regulators, valves, transducers, vaporizers, manifolds, and related subsystems.
- Own quality oversight and evidence completeness for qualification and validation of chemical delivery hardware, subsystems, and cleaning or contamination-control processes.
- Act as the Quality and Reliability representative for Chemical Delivery COE activities and provide an independent quality position on technical risk and release readiness.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or related technical field.
- 7-10 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, supporting semiconductor equipment or comparable high-purity, high-technology hardware.
- Hands-on knowledge of chemical and gas delivery hardware, including MFCs, FRCs, liquid flow controllers, pressure controllers, gas panels, and associated instrumentation.
- Understanding of semiconductor unit processes (CVD, PVD, ALD, ETCH, CMP, EPI) and their gas and chemical delivery requirements.
- Expertise in root cause analysis and corrective action (8D, 5-Why, fishbone, FMEA) and CAPA management.
- Working knowledge of quality tools and frameworks including FMEA, control plans, risk management, and qualification/validation.
- Experience with supplier quality, component qualification, incoming inspection, and nonconformance processes.
- Familiarity with high-purity systems, contamination/particle control, leak testing, and clean room protocols.
- Familiarity with SEMI standards, ISO, and other equivalent regulatory and quality requirements.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (M.S.) in a relevant engineering field.
- Six Sigma certification and proficiency with quality management systems (QMS).
Skills: chemical delivery, gas delivery, quality oversight, DFMEA, contamination control
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 53-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3718
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (3718 roles · 82 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 622 | 3718 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1102 | 9796 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 53 d | 53 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: chemical delivery, gas delivery, quality oversight, DFMEA, contamination control
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 613 open roles · median 52 d
- Lam Research · 545 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 269 open roles · median 44 d
- KLA Corporation · 254 open roles · median 66 d
- ASML · 198 open roles · median 64 d
- ASM International · 157 open roles · median 78 d
How we counted: 3718 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 82 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.