Sort/Test Quality & Reliability Engineer (QRE)
Intel · Oregon
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $121k–$232k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 10 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Intel (industrial) in Oregon. Your adaptability and attention to detail will contribute to our drive for results and relentless pursuit of quality, ensuring we meet our customers' needs with precision.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, SPC, FMEA, Control plans, MSA / Gage R&R, DOE
- Base pay
- $121k–$232k
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How this role compares
Against 11 other live quality postings in Oregon.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 6+)
Typical $122k–$220k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 6+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 83%
- ✓ FMEA 50%
- ✓ Control plans 50%
- ✓ Supplier quality 50%
- Six Sigma 42%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 42%
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Requirements
and Risk Prevention: Define requirements, readiness criteria, acceptance plans, FMEA, and mitigation closure for tester platforms, modules, interface hardware, burn-in, wafer/die sort, metrology, and supplier hardware.
- ✓Qualification Strategy: Lead Installation Qualification, Module Operational Qualification, Measurement System Analysis, HVM and Transfer Qualification, Reliability Validation, Change Qualification, and production release reviews.
- ✓Module Manufacturing Qualification: Ensure test processes achieve quality, yield, miscorrelation, gain, capability, stability, cost, and customer-risk objectives before transfer and during ramp.
- ✓Technology Transfer and Factory Support: Enable successful and timely transfer to ATM factories; provide effective IPG QRE support for engineering, qualification, pilot, and revenue production.
- ✓Methodology Ownership: Own, define, and update Test Process Certification methods, specifications, critical success indicators, qualification templates, and release criteria.
- ✓QMS Deployment: Establish and maintain FMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, OCAP, calibration, traceability, data integrity, change control, work instructions, and audit-ready evidence.
- ✓Excursion and Corrective Action Leadership: Lead MQE, excursion, yield, hardware, and reliability investigations using 8D, 5 Why, fault isolation, DOE, and model-based problem solving; verify corrective action effectiveness and recurrence prevention.
- ✓Analytics and Continuous Improvement: Use statistical analysis and manufacturing data to monitor process health, predict emerging risk, reduce escapes, improve qualification efficiency, and strengthen certification decisions.
qualifications
to be initially considered for this position.
requirements
and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. The experience listed below may be obtained through schoolwork, research, classes and project work, internships, military training, and/or work experience.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, OR Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience, OR PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field.
Relevant Experiences Include
- ✓Experience in one or more of the following: test process development, product development, HVM factory operations, semiconductor manufacturing, product test methodology and standards, die preparation, SORT/SDx, hardware development, reliability engineering, failure analysis, or process certification.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to lead risk assessments, qualification plans, corrective actions, readiness reviews, technical decisions, and cross-functional execution.
- ✓Strong statistical, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical risk into clear actions and decisions.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Semiconductor Test and Flow
- ✓Wafer sort, die sort, final test, burn-in, SLT, HDMT/AHMT, V93K/Advantest
- ✓Die prep, probing, package assembly, back-end test, and end-to-end material flow from silicon fab to customer
- ✓Test Process Definition, Test Process Certification, ATTD development, HVM transfer, and ATM excursion management
- ✓Identify electrical, thermal, mechanical, contamination, ESD, and test-induced product risks.
- ✓Define mitigation plans and closure criteria.
- ✓Ensure risks are tracked through development, qualification, and production ramp.
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Job Description
Embark with us on a journey of growth and transformation as we create exceptionally engineered technology and bring AI everywhere. As a valued team member, your adaptability and attention to detail will contribute to our drive for results and relentless pursuit of quality, ensuring we meet our customers' needs with precision.
Join us and build on our legacy of innovation and collaboration as we deliver world‑changing technology that improves the life of every person on the planet.
Life at Intel: https://jobs.intel.com/en/life-at-intel
As a Sort/Test Quality & Reliability Engineer, you will lead quality and reliability readiness for tester hardware, test modules, test processes, manufacturing systems, and supplier-developed solutions used in semiconductor development and high-volume manufacturing. Drive shift-left risk prevention, qualification rigor, test process certification, and disciplined HVM transfer through cross-functional execution with Test Development, Product Engineering, Manufacturing QnR, ATM, factories, suppliers, and ODM partners.
Your
may include but not limited to
- •Test Process Definition and Certification: Lead pathfinding, test process development, qualification, certification, and HVM ramp across products, architectures, Sort, and back-end test.
- •QnR
Quality, Reliability and Analytics
- •FMEA, Control Plan, SPC, OCAP, 8D, DOE, reliability validation, and change control
- •Electrical, thermal, mechanical, contamination, ESD, and test-induced product risk assessment
- •JMP/JSL, SQL, statistical modeling, process capability, correlation, and predictive monitoring
- •Advanced packaging, foundry manufacturing, supplier quality, and ODM manufacturing systems
Take advantage of this opportunity to join Intel and shape the future of engineering. Apply today to be part of a team that drives industry-leading innovation and transformation.
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Shift
Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location
US, Oregon, Hillsboro