Senior Manufacturing and Supplier Quality Engineer - San Jose, California, United States

Originally posted 18 July 2026 by the employer.

Lead manufacturing quality and supplier management for Altera FPGA products across advanced packaging and OSAT operations.

About the role

As a Senior Manufacturing and Supplier Quality Engineer, you will lead manufacturing quality and end-to-end supplier quality management of Altera FPGA products. In this role, you will govern supplier quality performance, drive issue resolution, and leverage statistical process controls to ensure product quality and reliability across industrial, commercial, automotive, and Aerospace, Defense, & Government (ADG) market segments.

What you'll do

- Drive manufacturing ramp, high-volume manufacturing (HVM) reliability assessments, and continuous DPPM improvement for FPGA products. - Lead supplier quality management and audits to verify OSAT partners comply with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and AS9100D standards, tracking supplier quality KPIs. - Execute supplier qualification activities, including Bill of Materials (BOM), package configuration, OSAT qualification, and test site transitions. - Resolve supplier quality incidents and customer issues by leading cross-functional root-cause analysis and executing Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) workflows. - Support San Jose production test operations and laboratory compliance, overseeing test process readiness, equipment calibration, and ESD compliance. - Partner with operations to maintain and improve internal Quality Management System (QMS) processes, integrating lessons learned into future product architecture.

What you'll need

- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field. - 10+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing and supplier quality engineering resolving silicon, packaging, and product quality issues. - 8+ years of experience across the semiconductor product lifecycle, including wafer fabrication, advanced packaging, semiconductor assembly, and automated test equipment (ATE) methodologies. - 8+ years of experience applying product reliability physics, failure analysis methodologies, and product qualification stress testing. - ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification and 5+ years of experience working within ISO 9001 quality management systems, with knowledge of AS9100D compliance frameworks and ADG quality requirements.

Nice to have

- Certified AS9100D Lead Auditor with technical knowledge of aerospace quality management requirements, risk-based auditing methodologies, and international aerospace governance expectations. - Demonstrated analytical capabilities with proficiency in statistical analysis tools and methodologies. - Experience leading complex or cross-functional technical initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders.

Skills: supplier quality, manufacturing quality, FPGA, product quality, reliability compliance, CAPA