Supplier Quality Engineer

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) leads supplier quality management for assigned suppliers, owning the resolution of supplier-related quality issues identified by Manufacturing and driving timely corrective actions to prevent production disruptions. The role is accountable for supplier quality performance, continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring supplier quality issues are resolved effectively with minimal impact to product quality, manufacturing cycle time, and business operations.

Support supplier quality activities, including supplier performance monitoring, non-conformance management, corrective actions, audits, and NPI readiness, while partnering with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain teams to drive quality improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, 2+ years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing, or Supplier Quality Engineering, and knowledge of quality tools such as 8D, Root Cause Analysis, and ISO 9001.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering or related discipline.
• 2-5 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, Supplier Quality or a similar role.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of quality tools and methodologies: Root Cause Analysis 8D CAPA Statistical Analysis
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Fluent English.

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.