Principal Manufacturing Quality Assurance Engineer

Overview Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, is seeking to hire an exceptional Principal Manufacturing QA Engineer to join our Quality Assurance team in Taiwan or South Korea. In this role, you will be working with some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world developing products that make data faster and safer. As a Manufacturing QA Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring product quality and process integrity across the end-to-end chip manufacturing and guarantee product quality that consistently meets customer requirements. In this full-time role, you’ll report directly to our Quality Assurance Director. Our Quality Assurance team is dedicated to ensuring our products conform and comply with the customer and applicable requirements, and your contributions will be instrumental in ensuring product quality and reliability. Rambus offers a flexible work environment, embracing a hybrid approach for most office-based roles. Employees are encouraged to spend an average of at least three days per week onsite, allowing for two days of remote work. Responsibilities Responsible for assuring consistent quality controls across the various manufacturing partners Drive manufacturing quality through process and process control improvements. Monitoring effectiveness of PFMEA and Process Control plans to ensure these are appropriate and sufficient to guarantee the desired product quality. Coordinate with manufacturing partners and stakeholders on 8Ds related to manufacturing processes and drive the resolution, and corrective actions of customer quality or internal process events. Responsible for defining and standardizing quality requirements for backend processes related to packing and labeling as well as deploying customer-specific requirements. Ensure that Rambus quality and manufacturing requirements are in line and comply with applicable industry standards, (e.g., JEDEC, EIA, etc.) Supports risk assessment of nonconforming products as well as supplier PCN submissions. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree, in a relevant engineering field Minimum 8 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry, with 5 yrs min experience in Process and/or Quality Engineering in semiconductor manufacturing. Preferred direct working experiences in semiconductor foundry and/or OSATs Working knowledge of relevant industry standards, JEDEC, EIA, etc. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Good verbal and written communication skills Rambus is a global company that makes industry-leading memory interface chips and Silicon IP to advance data center connectivity and solve the bottleneck between memory and processing. With over 30 years of semiconductor experience, we are a leading provider of high-performance products and innovations that maximize the bandwidth, capacity and security for AI and other data-intensive workloads. Our world-class team is the foundation of our company, and our innovative spirit drives us to develop the cutting-edge products and technologies essential for tomorrow’s systems. At Rambus, we are committed to fostering a workplace where every individual is respected, supported, and empowered to succeed. We value a range of perspectives and experiences that contribute to innovation and collaboration. Our goal is to ensure that all team members have equitable access to opportunities, resources, and a sense of belonging. We believe that a culture of fairness and inclusion helps us all do our best work. Rambus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Rambus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during our job application procedures. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please feel free to inform us in your application. Rambus does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services. For more information about Rambus, visit rambus.com. For additional information on life at Rambus and our current openings, check out rambus.com/careers/.