Principal Quality Engineer - Formulations_ Electronics (Shizuoka)

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font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Principal Quality Engineer – Formulations</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0.0mm 0.0mm 15.0pt; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Location: Shizuoka, Japan</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 14.0pt 0.0mm 7.0pt; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><strong>Your Role</strong></p><p style="margin: 0mm 0mm 8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Principal Quality Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical authority shaping the quality culture and performance of our Shizuoka manufacturing site within the Electronics and Semiconductor Materials business.</span></p><p style="margin: 0mm 0mm 8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> In this pivotal role, you will own the health of statistical process control systems, lead rigorous risk reviews of abnormal events and changes, and drive structured problem-solving to resolve customer issues with robust, preventative corrective actions. </span></p><p style="margin: 0mm 0mm 8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will act as the voice of the customer to site and business partners, influencing cross-functional teams across Operations, Quality Control, Engineering, and Facilities to adopt a predictive and prevention-first quality mindset.</span></p><p style="margin: 0mm 0mm 8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Beyond site-level impact, you will contribute to global quality projects, support new product introductions through comprehensive risk assessments, and collaborate across geographies to benchmark and elevate manufacturing excellence. </span></p><p style="margin: 0mm 0mm 8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This role demands deep analytical expertise, resilience in navigating complex challenges, and the ability to translate data-driven insights into meaningful, lasting improvements that protect and advance our customers’ pace of innovation.</span></p><p style="margin: 12pt 0mm 6pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;">Who You Are</span></strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0mm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt;"><li style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline, combined with 10 or more years in chemical manufacturing, process engineering, analytical chemistry, or semiconductor fabrication.</span></li><li style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Native-level Japanese proficiency with strong written and spoken English; additional language skills in Mandarin, Korean, German, French, or Italian are a plus.</span></li><li style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in structured problem-solving, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and influence stakeholders at all levels with positive persistence and resilience.</span></li><li style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Moderate to Advanced Statistical knowledge (SPC, t-test, ANOVA, single and multivariate statistical modelling)</span></li><li style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proficient with data science/statistical software including JMP, Palantir Foundry, and/or visualization tools such as Tableau</span></li><li style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Python and JSL scripting</span></li><li style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience in quality tools for problem solving (5Whys, segmentation, Model Based Problem Solving), FMEAs, continuous improvement (CI) activities, management of change, and document control systems</span></li><li style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems; Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification and ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Certification are preferred.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Preferred: </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0mm 0mm 3pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience within the semiconductor industry, preferably in fab process engineering; demonstrated success in advancing projects and process improvements with strong attention to detail, tolerance of ambiguity, and the ability to reach consensus across diverse stakeholder groups; experience with process improvement, data automation, and data digitization; SAP experience; and the ability to work effectively with people from various backgrounds and cultures.</span></p><br><p style="text-align:justify"> </p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><strong>私たちが提供するもの：</strong>私たちは、さまざまな背景、視点、人生経験を持つ好奇心旺盛な人々で構成されるグループです。この多様性が卓越性と革新を促進し、科学と技術のリーダーシップを強化すると信じています。私たちは、すべての人が自分のペースで成長し発展するためのアクセスと機会を創出することにコミットしています。何百万もの人々に影響を与え、誰もが人類の進歩を支持できるようにする包括性と帰属感のある文化を築くために私たちに参加してください！</span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"> </p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">今すぐ応募して、発見を促し、人類の発展を高めることに専念するチームの一員になりましょう！</span></span></p>