Asia Quality Engineering Director

Job Title:

Asia Quality Engineering Director

Job Description:

Asia Quality Engineering Director (Singapore)

Why Join Our Leadership Team

At Entegris, we believe leaders exist at every level of the organization. We   leverage   the diverse perspectives of our global team to drive innovation in the semiconductor industry. As the Asia Quality Engineering Director, you will be a high-impact, high-visibility leader responsible for shaping quality excellence in one of our most critical regions.

We are a   values -driven culture, and we expect our leaders to champion our   PACE   values:

- People & Teamwork:   Build and mentor ambitious, high-performing teams.

- Accountability, Integrity & Trust:   Own regional performance and foster transparent relationships.

- Creativity & Innovation:   Find unique solutions to complex customer challenges.

- Dedication to Excellence:   Set the gold standard for quality and operational success.

- Job Overview

Leadership Expectations (PACE + Great Leader Profile)

- Customer centricity:   Anticipate   customer requirements, translate Voice of Customer (VOC) into measurable quality plans, and lead   crisp   communication during escalations.

- Data-driven decisions with speed:   Use risk assessment and statistical methods to accelerate containment, root cause confirmation, and permanent corrective/preventive actions.

- Accountability:   Establish   clear ownership across sites and functions,   deliver on   commitments, and reinforce disciplined execution against KPIs.

- Global partnership:   Align priorities across   Asia   plants and North America-based manufacturing/support teams to ensure consistent standards and one-team execution.

- Innovation:   Modernize quality systems and reporting, standardize best-known methods, and scale improvements across sites.

- Talent development:   Build organizational capability by hiring, coaching, and developing CQE/QE leaders; create succession depth and strong knowledge transfer.

These expectations align to Entegris’ PACE Values and the Great Leader Profile (GLP) characteristics used across the company to define and develop leadership behaviors.

The Asia Quality Engineering Director is a dynamic, cross-functional leadership role responsible for developing and executing regional quality   strategy   aligned to global   objectives — driving   zero-defect   performance and   high-reliability   outcomes across   Process and Product Management   -related value chains. Based in   Singapore   and reporting to global Quality leadership, this role leads multi-site teams and partners with Sales, Manufacturing, Product, and Supply Chain to meet demanding customer and corporate KPIs.

Primary Responsibilities

- Strategic leadership:   Develop and execute regional quality strategies aligned with global corporate   objectives   to achieve zero-defect, high-reliability standards for wafers and assembly; translate strategy into operating mechanisms, resourcing, and measurable outcomes.

- Quality Management System (QMS):   Lead quality assurance processes for regional plants, including qualification, change management, performance monitoring, audits, corrective action plans   maintain ,   effective CAPA closure   and continuously improve the QMS across Asia manufacturing sites to ensure readiness and adherence to   the   requirements .

- Customer quality interface:   Serve as the key quality liaison for strategic Asia customers; lead escalations for quality excursions and reliability failures, and drive robust corrective actions using   six sigma ,   8D ,   RCA , and cross-functional containment/prevention plans.

- Continuous improvement:   Champion a quality-first culture by driving Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives; strengthen process control and capability using data analytics to reduce defect density and improve   customer satisfaction.

- Team leadership:   Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing regional Quality organization across multiple Asia locations; set clear expectations, develop successors, and build strong engagement and retention.

Required Qualifications & Skills

- Experience:   12–15+ years   of Quality experience in the semiconductor industry, including   10 + years   in a senior leadership role.

- Technical knowledge:   working knowledge or experience   of   front-end   (wafer fabrication) and/or   back-end   (assembly, packaging, test) processes / ecosystem of   customer qualification and change control expectations   is strongly preferred.

- Semiconductor quality toolkit:   Expert-level application of 8D, RCA, CAPA/SCAR, FMEA, SPC/SQC, DOE, Six Sigma, and trend/statistical analysis to drive robust corrective and preventive action.

- Problem-solving:   Demonstrated   ability to lead containment, failure analysis, root cause confirmation, and permanent fixes in time-sensitive, customer-facing situations.

- Leadership:   Strong cross-cultural leadership capability to lead teams across multiple Asia locations (e.g., Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China ,   Korea   and Japan ) and influence outcomes through a matrixed organization.

- Education:   Bachelor’s degree in Engineering , Physics, or Materials Science;   Master’s   degree is highly desired.

- Communication:   Excellent verbal and written   English ;   proficiency   in   additional   regional languages (including Mandarin) is a plus.

- Location & travel:   Based in   Singapore   and willing to travel   frequently   within Asia and periodically to global headquarters/manufacturing support teams as needed.