Staff Quality Engineer - Singapore
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role involves regional supplier quality and manufacturing support for Onto Innovation's extended factories and key suppliers.
What you'll do
- Support day-to-day quality and manufacturing activities at regional extended factories and key suppliers.
- Lead improvement initiatives to reduce defects, improve yield, and increase process robustness.
- Drive APQP deliverables, including PFMEA, control plans, process flow diagrams, MSA, and capability studies.
- Serve as the primary extended-factory customer-quality interface for regional Field Service teams on Out-of-Box Quality (OBQ) and Dead-on-Arrival (DOA) events.
- Lead containment, root-cause analysis, and corrective action using 8D, 4D, or equivalent structured methods.
- Provide technical guidance on manufacturability, quality standards, process controls, and NPI documentation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Optical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 5-10 years of experience in high-complexity manufacturing, supplier quality, or NPI engineering.
- Combined Quality Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering experience.
- Hands-on expertise in APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, and structured problem-solving.
- Experience with local or regional suppliers, contract manufacturers, or extended factories.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and ASQ certification.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- Experience in metrology, inspection, lithography, or semiconductor capital-equipment manufacturing.
- Background in optical systems, electromechanical systems, or complex assemblies.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
- Project-management experience or certification.
- Field Service experience and experience supporting global, multisite manufacturing teams.
Skills: supplier quality, APQP, PFMEA, root-cause analysis, yield
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 53-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
431
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$159k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Onto Innovation | All employers we track in this specialty (431 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 431 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 104 | 9417 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 31 d | 53 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: supplier quality, APQP, PFMEA, root-cause analysis, yield
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 76 open roles · median 136 d
- Infineon Technologies · 35 open roles · median 34 d
- Analog Devices · 22 open roles · median 41 d
- Applied Materials · 22 open roles · median 65 d
- onsemi · 22 open roles · median 66 d
- Renesas Electronics · 19 open roles · median 60 d
How we counted: 431 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Sept 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.