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Switch Quality Engineer

AMD· Engineering
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Secaucus, NJ$139.1kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Quality engineer focused on supplier and manufacturing excellence for next-generation switch products in AI, cloud, and high-performance computing, leading data-driven quality improvements, supplier engagement, and NPI readiness across global operations.

Responsibilities

  • Drive supplier and internal technical organizations, including design, assembly, manufacturing, and product testing teams, to achieve high-quality product releases through review of test plans, qualification results, failure rates, DFx, xFMEA, NUDD, and supplier-led failure analysis.
  • Coordinate and manage quality activities with a focus on issue resolution, part approval, process control, quality assurance during NPI, advancement of analytics capabilities, risk identification, and mitigation planning.
  • Drive quality improvements related to design, materials, and manufacturing processes throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring critical quality data and test telemetry are sourced from system integrators and customers.
  • Monitor factory and field nonconformance metrics for switch products, including manufacturing yield, first-pass yield excursions, hardware replacement rates, and field quality performance, while driving process improvements and corrective actions.
  • Lead root cause investigations and corrective action implementation utilizing 8D, 5-Why, statistical analysis, and industry-standard quality methodologies.
  • Collect and analyze large amounts of data to identify product and process performance trends, providing actionable recommendations to improve quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.
  • Drive switch debug and issue resolution activities involving both firmware and hardware defects.
  • Define switch supplier build report expectations, including reporting frequency, required quality metrics, expected data, yield monitoring, and escalation requirements.
  • Manage field and customer escalations as the primary quality interface with suppliers, driving containment, root cause identification, corrective actions, and long-term resolution of quality excursions.
  • Serve as an advocate for the customer through deep manufacturing knowledge, timely follow-through, and strong customer focus.
  • Capture supplier and customer feedback, track lessons learned and drive continuous improvement in quality and reliability performance against AMD and customer requirements.
  • Travel to supplier locations as needed to support manufacturing quality initiatives, supplier audits, investigations, and continuous improvement activities.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Skills

Required:Switch architectures and networking systemsDFx, xFMEA, NUDD, root cause analysisStatistical analysis and data-driven decision makingCommunication and leadership
Nice to have:8D problem solvingQuality management and KPIsNPI and production readinessTools: Power BI, Tableau, JIRA
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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