Senior Quality Engineer - Farmers Branch, TX, United States

Originally posted 15 October 2026 by the employer.

This role supports quality execution and continuous improvement for wafer fabrication processes.

About the role

The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for quality execution and continuous improvement for wafer fabrication processes at the Farmers Branch, TX manufacturing site. This role supports process control, product quality, qualification, and compliance across fab operations.

What you'll do

• Support and improve quality performance for wafer fabrication processes, products, and process modules.
• Establish, monitor, and continuously improve controls for incoming materials, in-process controls, wafer inspection, and final quality acceptance.
• Lead or support root cause analysis activities using 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, fault-tree, and statistical methods for process excursions, wafer defects, yield loss, and contamination events.
• Analyze Statistical Process Control (SPC) trends, process capability, defect paretos, tool matching, wafer maps, and yield data to identify risk and prioritize improvements.
• Ensure adherence to FormFactor quality systems, fab procedures, work instructions, control plans, and change-management requirements.
• Represent Quality in daily fab reviews, qualification meetings, change-control reviews, and escalation forums.

What you'll need

• Experience with process excursions, nonconformance management, material review, and disposition.
• Experience with Statistical Process Control (SPC), process capability, defect density, yield, and corrective and preventive actions.
• Working knowledge of semiconductor fab controls, including SPC, control charts, process capability, measurement system analysis, tool qualification, tool matching, contamination control, and cleanroom discipline.
• Ability to provide technical guidance to engineers, technicians, operators, and inspectors on process control, defect reduction, containment, and acceptance criteria.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with one or more wafer fab process areas, such as photolithography, thin-film deposition, wet and dry etch, plating, cleaning, metrology, inspection, or semiconductor chemical processes.
• Experience with JMP, Minitab, or similar statistical analysis software and manufacturing execution or yield-management systems.
• Experience supporting process transfers, tool installation and qualification, New Product Introduction (NPI), production ramps, or factory scale-up efforts.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, semiconductor quality systems, cleanroom controls, and structured problem-solving methods.

Skills: wafer fab quality, process control, defect performance, root cause analysis, SPC