Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Tower Semiconductor is a global specialty foundry leader, manufacturing analog integrated circuits for more than 300 customers worldwide in markets such as automotive, medical, industrial, consumer, aerospace and defense . Our Quality organization ensures that our technologies and manufacturing meet the highest standards and customer expectations.

Job Description

The Senior QA Engineer strengthens Tower’s Quality Management System through disciplined process execution, robust SPC governance, stable PLD/CCB/ELS systems, and best in class customer quality support. The role ensures compliance with industry regulation, customer standards, and Tower’s corporate quality policies while driving data based decision making and cross functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Systems & Compliance- Maintain and improve procedures, control plans, FMEAs, and risk assessments. Ensure fab compliance with internal procedures, customer requirements, and ISO standards. Support customer, corporate, and certification audits; drive sustainable corrective actions.

• Process Control & Data Integrity-Lead SPC/CPK monitoring and process performance improvement. Analyze trends using statistical tools and escalate systemic risks. Maintain high discipline across SPC Web, ELS, PLD, and CCB quality systems.

• Problem Solving Leadership- Lead 8D/RCA investigations and drive corrective and preventive actions effectiveness. Prevent recurrence through systemic fixes and improved detection controls. Coach engineering teams on structured problem solving methodologies.

• Reliability, NPI & Technology Readiness-Support reliability validation for new technologies (inline/PCM/rel data). Contribute to IQ/OQ/PQ activities for critical tools or modules. Ensure NPI flows meet Tower stage gate expectations.

• Customer Quality & Cross Fab Collaboration- Act as QA focal point for key customers; support audits and escalations. Provide clear, data driven responses to customer issues. Align with global Tower QA teams on standards, lessons learned, and best practices.

This job is for you if you are

• Have innovative thinking and finds creative solutions
• Have good collaboration and communication skills

Job Requirements:

• B.Sc. in Engineering (Materials, Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial or similar).
• 5+ years of experience in semiconductor or high‑tech manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of FMEA, control plans, risk assessments, SPC/CPK, and 8D/5-Whys/Fishbone tools.
• Excellent communication and ability to work with multidisciplinary technical teams.

Additional Preferred Experience

• Background in semiconductor fab (integration, process, device, reliability).
• QA industry certification
• Experience with customer audits and customer-facing quality roles.

Why Join Tower QA?

You’ll influence quality standards across a growing fab, support global customers, and play a key role in Tower’s operational and technological success. QA is a critical partner to engineering and the recognized voice of the customer across the organization.