Lead Process & Quality Engineer - Rockrimmon, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
$114,000 - $135,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.
This position supports membrane manufacturing processes.
About the role
This role involves leading process and quality engineering activities for membrane manufacturing, focusing on startup, qualification, and long-term operation.
What you'll do
- Lead manufacturing startup, process qualification, and operational-readiness activities for UPE membrane manufacturing processes.
- Develop and execute readiness plans integrating equipment qualification, process validation, procedure development, training, metrology, material readiness, and process-control implementation.
- Provide hands-on engineering support during commissioning, startup, qualification, scale-up, troubleshooting, and sustained manufacturing.
- Author, review, and implement procedures, work instructions, process specifications, control plans, inspection methods, qualification protocols, validation reports, and other QMS documentation.
- Analyze manufacturing and quality data using statistical methods to identify sources of variation and improve yield, throughput, capability, reliability, and cost.
- Lead structured problem solving and corrective actions using root cause analysis, risk assessment, DOE, SPC, and continuous-improvement methodologies.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; 6 years with a master's degree; or equivalent work experience.
- Experience in manufacturing process development, process engineering, process validation, equipment qualification, technology transfer, or manufacturing startup.
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional technical projects in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience writing and implementing technical procedures, work instructions, qualification protocols, validation reports, control plans, or other QMS documentation.
- Strong knowledge of root cause analysis, risk assessment, statistical methods, process capability, and continuous improvement.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project, and with statistical software such as Minitab or JMP.
Nice to have
- Experience with membrane manufacturing, filtration products, polymer processing, advanced materials, specialty chemicals, battery separator film, nonwovens, or a related continuous-process industry.
- Knowledge of membrane or polymer-processing operations such as slurry or solution preparation, die extrusion, casting, phase inversion, extraction, annealing, stretching, pore formation, thermal processing, or web handling.
- Experience supporting greenfield manufacturing, manufacturing scale-up, process replication, or transfer from development to commercial production.
- Experience with continuous or roll-to-roll manufacturing processes.
- Experience designing and executing DOE, process characterization, SPC, process capability, validation, and measurement-system studies.
- Experience with SAP, camLine, EtQ, or comparable manufacturing and quality systems.
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
Skills: membrane manufacturing, process qualification, process validation, quality leadership, statistical methods
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 53-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2424
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$99k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Entegris | All employers we track in this specialty (2424 roles · 77 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 243 | 2424 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 408 | 9738 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 31 d | 53 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $99k |
Skills observed across this category: membrane manufacturing, process qualification, process validation, quality leadership, statistical methods
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 384 open roles · median 81 d
- Entegris (this employer) · 243 open roles · median 31 d
- Applied Materials · 229 open roles · median 39 d
- Lam Research · 104 open roles · median 53 d
- Infineon Technologies · 90 open roles · median 52 d
- ASML · 74 open roles · median 70 d
How we counted: 2424 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 77 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.