POET Technologies Hiring! Full Time Quality Assurance Engineer in Pulau Pinang - Ricebowl

Position Overview

The incumbent responsible for monitoring and improving the quality of operational processes and outputs in a manufacturing or engineering environment. This role involves inspecting materials and products, analysing quality data, and ensuring that production meets internal standards and external regulations. PQE also work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance protocols throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Maintain product quality standards, control plans, and inspection procedures.
• Perform incoming, in-process, and outgoing product inspections.
• Analyze quality data to identify defect trends and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Support New Product Development (NPD) to ensure quality requirements are integrated.
• Support product failure investigations and supplier quality issue resolution.
• Maintain quality documentation (FMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, SPC records).
• Support compliance with ISO, customer, and semiconductor industry standards (e.g., JEDEC, IPC, Mil-STD).
• Interpret engineering drawings and GD&T to verify product conformance.
• Support audits and drive continuous improvement to improve yield and reduce defects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 1-3 years of quality experience in semiconductor manufacturing.
• Knowledge of quality tools (FMEA, 8D, 5 Whys, SPC, MSA, PPAP) and AQL sampling.
• Proficiency in inspection tools (e.g., digital microscope, CMM) and statistical software (e.g., Minitab).
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and strong analytical/problem-solving skills.