NPI Product Quality and Return Material Authorization (RMA) Engineer, Senior
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Senior NPI Product Quality/RMA Engineer at Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited responsible for the full spectrum of product quality from NPI to RMA. This role requires driving cross-functional alignment, ensuring product readiness, and leading issue resolution across the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Quality Engineering representative in NPI core teams, ensuring readiness deliverables are met for new product launch.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure lessons-learned and corrective/preventative actions are applied upstream during product development.
- Lead technical and business teams to resolve escalated Quality issues in HVM, including factory excursions and non-conforming materials disposition.
- Conduct technical evaluations of customer returned devices at system and device levels.
- Track actions, schedules, and owners to maintain targeted RMA analysis cycle time.
- Act as the conduit between Qualcomm’s customer, Product Core Team and Branch CQE, providing customer perspective to internal stakeholders.
- Drive improvement of internal quality systems with the goal of reducing outgoing product quality DPPM.
Requirements
- BS in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering (MS preferred).
- Minimum 5–10 years of relevant experience in NPI Product Quality, RMA, or Product Test Engineering roles.
- Strong semiconductor quality background and knowledge of wafer fabrication, semiconductor assembly and testing, and packaging.
- Hands on knowledge/application of quality tools, statistics, CAPA, and problem solving techniques.
- Strong cross-functional communication and leadership skills.
- Strong verbal and written skills; ability to clearly organize and articulate information; seeks win/win resolution in difficult situations.
- Minimum 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
- OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
Desired Qualifications
- MS preferred.
- Utilizing tools such as ATE, XRAY, CSAM, IV curve, system level test, and bench leading to a clear path of root cause.
Benefits
- Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.
- Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process for individuals with disabilities.
- Qualcomm is committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.
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