Principal Supplier Quality Engineer

About the role

Renesas is seeking a Principal Supplier Quality Engineer in Bangkok to establish and maintain quality standards for semiconductor assembly suppliers, ensure product consistency and drive continuous improvement through supplier assessments, audits and corrective actions. The role also acts as a regional liaison for suppliers of manufacturing operations, supporting quality documentation and best-practice implementation, while ensuring inspection, sampling and statistical process control procedures follow in-house and external standards such as ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO/TS16949.

Key responsibilities

• Liaise between regional suppliers and Renesas
• Manage quality excursions and drive effective root cause solutions and preventive actions
• Support process and material change processes, site certification and audit activities
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure compliance with quality standards and specifications
• Support assembly processes, focusing on Cu Clip, surface mount technology (SMT), components and related manufacturing techniques
• Identify quality trends, manage projects and influence teams to drive continuous improvement
• Support best practice and lessons-learn initiatives aimed at improving supplier quality

Required profile

• BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in supplier quality management, including supplier selection, ongoing quality improvement and manufacturing excursion response
• Proven experience in assembly processes, especially Cu Clip, SMT and component manufacturing
• Experience using problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, 5-Why and fishbone analysis
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with internal cross-functional groups

Required skills

• Familiarity with ISO9001, ISO14001 and IATF16949, including auditing in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with FMEA, Control Plan, SPC and MSA