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Manufacturing Test Quality Engineer IV

Austin,TX💼 Full-time💰 $116,000–$116,000🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, validate, and optimize production-line testing processes for complex semiconductor capital equipment (lithography, CVD, etch systems) to ensure hardware reliability before client shipment.

Role type

Manufacturing Test Quality Engineer

Builds

Production-line testing processes and diagnostic hardware interfaces for semiconductor capital equipment

Domain

Semiconductor manufacturing / Capital equipment

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Statistical Process Control (SPC), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Six Sigma, Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (Gage R&R), SEMI Standards compliance, ISO 9001 compliance, root-cause analysis (8D, CAPA, 5 Whys), automated test script development, data analysis (Minitab, JMP)

Preferred skills

Experience with high-power RF generators, ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environments, gas delivery manifolds, precision optical/laser alignment mechanisms

Technologies

Mayan, Python, Minitab, JMP

Responsibilities

Define and validate new manufacturing test plans and modify fixture design during New Product Introduction (NPI); Develop and troubleshoot automated test scripts and software packages for tool-level diagnostics; Lead structured failure investigations for structural dropouts and complex hardware failures; Monitor and analyze First-Pass Yield (FPY) data to identify trends and implement corrective actions; Perform MSA and Gage R&R studies to confirm test station reliability; Ensure testing protocols adhere to strict cleanroom contamination regulations (ISO Class 4 / Class 100); Partner with design groups to integrate test access paths and diagnostic loops into next-generation equipment designs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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