Quality Engineer - Santa Clara, California, United States

Originally posted 21 April 2026 by the employer.

Work on camera modules and automotive imaging products.

About the role

As a Quality Engineer, you will assure quality throughout the product lifecycle, including product development, manufacturing, failure analysis, production release, and servicing, with a focus on automotive products.

What you'll do

• Plan and execute quality strategies during design and development by defining standard operating procedures for electrical quality control and assurance.
• Lead automotive quality improvement initiatives by implementing proactive measures to reduce test-related quality incidents.
• Ensure product quality and reliability through statistical yield analysis techniques such as Statistical Yield and Bin Limit (SYL, SBL) evaluations.
• Perform failure analysis utilizing pFA and eFA tools, including cross-sectioning, emission microscopy, X-ray analysis, SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), optical microscopy, oscilloscope probing, and OBIRCH.
• Conduct FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) and statistical data analysis using MATLAB, Visual C, Excel, and internal OVT tools.
• Handle customer complaint (CCN) cases and customer return analyses, providing detailed failure reports and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
• Communicate directly with end customers and supply chain partners, including package houses and foundries (e.g., TSMC), to resolve quality and process issues.
• Drive Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) across functional engineering teams to ensure continuous improvement and enhance product robustness.

What you'll need

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Knowledge of Digital IC design.
• Knowledge of IC fabrication.
• C programming.
• RTL design.
• VHDL programming.
• Verilog programming.
• Knowledge of Semiconductor physics.
• Knowledge of Reliability prediction.

Skills: failure analysis, electrical quality control, automotive quality, statistical yield analysis, Corrective and Preventive Actions