Lead Engineer, Materials Quality Engineering (Advanced Materials)

Location: Suwon office, South Korea, with support for the Oseong and Jangan manufacturing plants and travel to regional suppliers and global meetings as needed.

Company

hirify.global supports materials solutions and manufacturing operations involving critical chemical and advanced materials for semiconductor and other high-tech applications.

What you will do

• Lead supplier quality activities for Korea-based and regional suppliers supporting new product development and sustaining operations.
• Own supplier quality performance, risk assessments, improvement roadmaps, and continuity-of-supply initiatives.
• Lead material qualification, supplier change management, technical risk assessments, audits, and corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyze material-related issues and lead structured investigations using 8D, 5-Why, fishbone, SPC, and statistical analysis.
• Review supplier SPC systems, metrology approaches, measurement-system capability, FMEA, control plans, and capability studies.
• Partner with Procurement, Operations, R&D, Customer Quality, Business Units, and global MQE teams while mentoring MQE peers and training suppliers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 7–10+ years of experience in chemical manufacturing, semiconductor, automotive, or another high-tech industry.
• Knowledge of chemical manufacturing and materials such as colloidal silica, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, or polymeric nanomaterials.
• Experience in supplier quality engineering or a manufacturing environment, with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives independently.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt experience and proficiency with Minitab, JMP, or SAS are preferred.
• Fluency in Korean and English is required. Travel of up to 10% domestically or internationally may be required.

Nice to have

• MS or PhD focused on inorganic or polymeric nanomaterials.
• Fluency in Japanese or Chinese.

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomous role requiring sound engineering judgment and technical leadership.
• Partnership with Korea manufacturing sites, regional suppliers, and global MQE teams.
• Participation in business continuity planning and supplier risk mitigation.
• Opportunities to mentor peers and train suppliers on quality requirements and change control.