品質エンジニア／Product Quality Engineer

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【ポジションの概要】

今回、当社の笹神工場（新潟県阿賀野市）にて、品質エンジニアを募集する ことになりました。

本ポジションは、半導体事業の製品品質エンジニアとして、製品の品質を向上・維持するために、 顧客及び原料サプライヤーと協力して業務を行います。内部関係者、原料管理、製造、品質管理 (QC)、エンジニアリング部門と協力しながら、厳格な品質管理を実現することが本ポジションの目 的です。

【このポジションに期待されること】

・FMEAを用いて品質リスクを特定し、SPCを使用してプロセス制御を確保するなど、統計手法を 用いて製品品質向上を目指す。

・原因究明が必要な時は、仮説を立て、仮説に基づいて社内技術者やサプライヤーと協力し、実験 を設計・実施し、異なる理論の妥当性を調査し、問題を解決し、遮断措置を講じる。

・ISO9001(IATF16949)のプロセスアプローチを理解し、品質管理システム(QMS) を維持・運用 する。

【担当業務】

・顧客の品質またはパフォーマンスのクレームに対して、RCIと修正・予防措置を行う。

・当社製品/原料の仕様と制御限界が適切に設定されていることを確認する（入荷QCテスト、サプ ライヤー仕様、製品および原料の保存期限など）

・当社製品および関連原料のプロセス制御計画とFMEAを、内部利害関係者およびサプライヤーと 協力して確立し、定期的に改善する。

・生産および品質プロセスの継続的な改善を行う。

・顧客プロセス変更通知（PCN）レターを作成し、顧客の承認テスト中に特定された問題を顧客と 協力して解決する。

・製品品質制御計画、製造プロセス、品質システムに関する顧客からの要求や「書類監査」に対応 する。

・顧客およびサプライヤーの監査の対応。

・ISO9001の内部監査員としての役割を担う。

【応募条件・資格】

・大卒以上（化学や工学などの理系分野が望ましい）

・品質管理の基礎知識

・分析化学の理解

・データ分析の経験（統計ソフトの使用経験があるとよい）

・ビジネスレベル以上の日本語スキル

【歓迎スキル・経験】

・半導体業界での経験

・化学や工学などの理系分野の修士号または博士号

・8D、Kepner-Tregoe問題分析、QC問題解決ストーリー、RCI、5 why、FMEAなどの形式的な問 題解決手法を使用した実証済みの経験SPC、FMEA、DOE、シックスシグマ、MSAなどの品質管理 スキル、およびJMPなどの統計ソフトウェアの使用に関する実務知識。

・ISO9001内部監査員 認定

・英語に対する学習意欲

【求める人物像】

・短時間で技術的な問題を解決するスキルをお持ちの方

Job Description Summary

DuPont E&I has an exciting and challenging opportunity, Product Quality Engineer for the Litho Technology Business in Semiconductor Technologies.  The position will be in Niigata, Japan and responsible for Quality of the products manufactured at Sasakami Plant in Japan.  
The Product Quality Engineer (PQE) will be working with our customers as well as raw material suppliers to improve and maintain product quality for microlithography manufacturing process.  This role also involves working with internal stakeholders as well as raw material management, manufacturing, quality control (QC) and engineering departments to ensure that stringent quality controls to be able to satisfy.  The candidate is expected to use solid statistical methods to maintain or improve product quality using FMEA to identify quality risks along with SPC to ensure process control.  The candidate is expected to develop hypotheses if troubleshooting is necessary.  Based upon those hypotheses, the candidate will work with internal technical peers and our suppliers to design and carry out experiments to determine the validity of different theories, resolve the problem and put containment actions in place. The candidate is capable to understand the ISO9001(IATF16949) process approach to maintain and operate quality management system (QMS)

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate and develop RCI and Corrective/Preventive actions for customer quality/performance complaint. (Critical)

• Ensure that our products and raw material specifications and control limits are established appropriately – incoming QC testing, supplier specification, product and raw material shelf life, etc.

• Work with internal stakeholders and suppliers to establish & regularly improve process control plans & FMEAs for our products and related raw materials.

• Respond to out of control and out of specifications raw materials and products, ensuring supplier performs an effective Root Cause Investigation (RCI) and implements Corrective/Preventive actions.

• Participate in continuous improvement of the production and quality process.

• Prepare customer process change notification (PCN) letter, work with customer to resolve issues identified during their qualification testing.

• Respond to customer individual requests and “paper audits” about product quality control plans, manufacturing processes, and quality systems – individual requests .

• Participate in customer and supplier audits.

• Be internal auditor for ISO9001 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum) in a technical discipline such as Chemistry or Engineering.

• 5+ years’ experience working in the semiconductor or semiconductor materials industry in a technical role. (Engineering, R&D, Quality, Fab, Manufacturing etc.)

• Thorough understanding of raw material and product chemistry along with analytical and functional characterization methods.

• Strong data analysis skills; experience using statistical tools like JMP, LIMS, MES are strongly preferred.

• Experience working with customers or suppliers outside DuPont on technical projects such as raw material or product development, improvement projects, or problem resolution.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills both in Japanese and English.

• Experienced with Semiconductor industry. (preferred)

• Master’s or PhD degree in a technical discipline such as Chemistry or Engineering.   (preferred)

• Demonstrated experience using formal problem solving methodologies such as 8D, Kepner-Tregoe Problem Analysis, QC problem solving story, RCI, 5 why, FMEA, or others.   (preferred)

• Working knowledge of Quality management skills such as SPC, FMEA, DOE, Six-sigma, MSA and use of statistical software such as JMP.   (preferred)

• Demonstrated success resolving technical challenges in a time-critical situation.   (preferred)

• ISO9001 internal auditor certification.   (preferred)

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