Element Solutions Inc

Senior Director, Customer Quality

Element Solutions Inc

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $197,262 - $295,894 per year

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About the role

  • Serve as the primary contact for all quality-related topics for designated strategic semiconductor customers
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with customer quality, engineering, procurement, and operational teams
  • Lead regular customer quality reviews, business updates, QBRs, and technical discussions
  • Monitor and analyze key customer quality metrics including DPPM, return rates, field failures, defect trends, and audit outcomes
  • Track customer scorecards, identify performance gaps, and drive cross-functional actions to achieve target ratings
  • Lead end-to-end containment, root cause investigation, and corrective action activities for customer-reported issues
  • Coordinate across internal teams—manufacturing, engineering, reliability, supply chain, and product management—to ensure timely and robust problem resolution
  • Prepare and deliver customer-facing 8D reports, corrective action plans, and technical documentation with high professionalism and accuracy
  • Provide quality and reliability input during new product introduction (NPI)
  • Review change notices (PCNs), deviations, and risk assessments
  • Support or lead customer audits (process, system, compliance, supplier audits), facilitating corrective actions and closure activities
  • Partner with program management, operations, and commercial teams to ensure alignment of quality strategy with business objectives

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering discipline (preferably electronics, chemical, material science)
  • 12+ years of experience in quality engineering, customer quality, within the semiconductor industry
  • Proven track record directly with major semiconductor OEMs, OSATs, or Tier-1 customers
  • Strong understanding of semiconductor materials, processes (wafer fabrication, packaging, assembly, test), and reliability mechanisms
  • Expertise in quality tools: SPC, MSA, FMEA, control plans, 8D, PPAP, APQP, DOE, and risk management
  • Strong familiarity with semiconductor failure mechanisms, reliability standards, qualification methods, and analytical methods including Failure analysis
  • Ability to interpret data and trends including statistical analysis
  • Familiar with ISO9001/IATF 16949 quality management standards
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation (competitive base salary and performance-related bonus plan)
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Wellness Program
  • PTO/Holidays
  • 401(k)-retirement plan with a company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Opportunities for professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
quality engineeringstatistical analysisfailure analysisroot cause investigationcorrective actionsemiconductor materialswafer fabricationpackagingassemblytest
Soft Skills
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