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Supplier Quality Engineer Jobs in Pathum Thani, Thailand at Lumentum

Title: Supplier Quality Engineer

Company: Lumentum

Location: Pathum Thani, Thailand

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the Supplier Quality Engineer for Lumentum’s Semiconductor Commodity portfolio.
  • Own the supplier quality strategy supporting semiconductor technology roadmaps across multiple Business Units.
  • Provide supplier quality leadership throughout the complete product lifecycle, from technology development through sustaining production.
  • Partner with Design Authority, Product Engineering and Commodity Management to influence supplier selection, manufacturing strategy, technology roadmaps, and supplier capability development.
  • Support multiple concurrent NPI programs while balancing business priorities, supplier readiness, manufacturing capacity, and technology maturity.
  • Lead supplier qualification, manufacturing capability assessments, process audits, and supplier process readiness evaluations for strategic semiconductor suppliers.
  • Evaluate supplier manufacturing maturity, process capability, and operational excellence across wafer fabrication, assembly, packaging, and test operations.
  • Develop supplier improvement roadmaps focused on quality, yield, process capability and stability, manufacturing robustness, and operational excellence.
  • Identify supplier risks and develop mitigation strategies supporting business continuity, supply resiliency, and product quality.
  • Drive Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives with strategic suppliers
  • Partner with Design Authority, Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Program Management to ensure supplier readiness for new product introductions.
  • Participate in Design Reviews, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Excellence (DFX) activities with Engineering teams and suppliers.
  • Lead supplier process qualification, First Article Inspection (FAI), process validation, and production readiness activities.
  • Support production ramping, foundry transfers, manufacturing transfers, localization initiatives, supplier capacity expansion, tool qualification, and dual-source qualification projects.
  • Ensure suppliers consistently meet quality, reliability, manufacturability, and delivery requirements prior to production release.
  • Act as the primary technical quality interface between Lumentum and strategic semiconductor suppliers.
  • Influence engineering and supplier decisions without direct authority through technical expertise and data-driven decision making.
  • Lead supplier technical reviews, quality reviews, executive escalations, and corrective action activities.
  • Drive supplier capability development across advanced semiconductor manufacturing technologies, wafer fabrication processes, assembly, packaging, and automated manufacturing systems.
  • Support Engineering organizations with supplier manufacturing expertise during technology development, process qualification, product industrialization, and technology transfers.
  • Work closely with Design Authority, Product Engineering, Commodity Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Operations, Program Management, and Customer Quality.
  • Support supplier changes, value engineering initiatives, localization programs, manufacturing optimization, and cost reduction projects.
  • Utilize supplier quality metrics, statistical analysis, SPC, and manufacturing data to improve supplier capability and product quality.
  • Drive proactive supplier risk management, manufacturing readiness, and long-term supplier development throughout the product lifecycle.


Qualification

  • sBachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Materials Science, Semiconductor Engineering, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
  • .Minimum 8 years of experience in Supplier Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Quality, Product Quality, Process Engineering, or Quality Engineering within a high-technology semiconductor manufacturing environment
  • .Technical understanding of semiconductor manufacturing technologies, including wafer fabrication, epitaxial growth, lithography, thin-film deposition, etch, CMP, bumping, wafer probing, singulation, assembly, packaging, and final test
  • .Experience with compound semiconductor or photonic technologies such as InP, GaAs, Silicon Photonics, CMOS, SOI, or advanced semiconductor packaging
  • .Experience supporting supplier qualification, process validation, New Product Introduction (NPI), foundry qualification, manufacturing transfer, and production ramp activities
  • .Knowledge of semiconductor quality systems, statistical process control, process capability analysis, FMEA, Control Plans, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), JEDEC qualification standards, and structured problem-solving methodologies
  • .Familiarity with semiconductor reliability qualifications, including HTOL, HAST, thermal cyclin
  • gFamiliarity with 8D failure analysis techniques
  • .Excellent communication, organizational, project management, and leadership skills
  • .Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional technical decisions across engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, and supplier organizations
  • .Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (approximately 20–30%)

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