Quality Engineer – Entry Level

Are you looking to power the next leap in the exciting world of advanced electronics? Do you want to help solve problems that drive success in the rapidly evolving technology and connectivity landscape? Then bring your problem-solving, passion, and creativity to help us power the next leap in electronics.

At Qnity, we’re more than a global leader in materials and solutions for advanced electronics and high-tech industries – we’re a tight-knit team that is motivated by new possibilities, and always up for a challenge. All our dedicated teams contribute to making cutting-edge technology possible. We value forward-thinking challengers, boundary-pushers, and diverse perspectives across all our departments, because we know we play a critical role in the world enabling faster progress for all. Learn how you can start or jumpstart your career with us.

Position Overview

Ready to put your engineering knowledge to work? Join Qnity™ as an entry-level Quality Engineer in Newark, DE, supporting our semiconductor materials business within Slurry / Advanced Cleans & Slurry Technologies (ACST).

You’ll apply engineering principles, statistical analysis, and technical problem-solving to strengthen product quality, manufacturing consistency, and customer satisfaction through complaint resolution, quality system improvements, and cross-functional continuous improvement projects. Bring your curiosity and build your engineering judgment alongside experienced quality and engineering professionals. You’ll own assigned activities with appropriate guidance and take on project coordination and customer engagement as your capabilities grow, preparing you for future engineering and customer-facing opportunities.

Help customers see us as their partner of choice throughout the product life cycle, from new product introduction and qualification to ongoing improvement and change management. Guided by our values of Customer, Speed, Innovation & People, you’ll collaborate across teams to turn customer needs into practical improvements, strengthen trust, support new product development, and enable long-term business growth.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Bring the customer’s voice into everyday decisions by helping turn customer needs into internal action plans, quality standards, and operational improvements that support customer satisfaction and business success.
• Connect with global quality teams to share lessons learned, align quality expectations, and build consistent practices across sites.
• Build effective relationships with manufacturing, raw material teams, strategic partners, customers, account teams, product development, commercial, marketing, research & development, and supply chain to deliver quality improvements.
• Coordinate assigned materials improvement projects using data-driven risk assessments. Partner with business and operations teams to prioritize tasks, identify resource needs, and report progress as project complexity grows.
• Turn manufacturing, laboratory, and product quality data into insights that reveal trends, assess product consistency, and identify opportunities to improve. Support statistical process control (SPC) through control chart review and investigation of process variation.
• Help resolve customer complaints and investigate nonconforming materials by gathering data, exploring root causes, documenting findings, and tracking corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate product and quality records. Share findings and project progress through complaint updates, quality notifications, technical summaries, and presentations that support team decisions and customer communications, with quality and account team review.
• Support change management for assigned products by compiling qualification data, documenting proposed changes, coordinating assigned activities, and assisting with risk assessments and customer notification requirements.
• Participate in new product introduction and material qualification activities, including review of specifications, test results, and quality requirements.
• Support quality management system improvements by maintaining documentation, assisting with internal and customer audit preparation, and following up on assigned actions.

What You’ll Bring: Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Materials Engineering, or a related engineering discipline by the start of employment.
• Foundational knowledge of engineering principles, statistics, and data analysis demonstrated through coursework, academic projects, internships, co-ops, or related experience. Prior full-time engineering experience is not required.
• A methodical, efficient approach to analysis and problem-solving, with attention to detail and a commitment to accurate documentation.
• Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain technical information and communicate proactively with internal teams and customers.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships across functions, organize assigned work, and manage multiple priorities with guidance.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Initiative, adaptability, and an engaged approach to learning manufacturing processes, quality systems, and customer requirements, with the ability to apply engineering judgment to assigned work with increasing independence.

Additional Strengths: Preferred Qualifications These qualifications are helpful but not required.

• Internship, co-op, research, or project experience in manufacturing, quality, process engineering, laboratory testing, or continuous improvement.
• Exposure to semiconductor materials, specialty chemicals, chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), or material characterization methods.
• Coursework or hands-on experience with statistical process control (SPC), design of experiments (DOE), measurement system analysis, or statistical tools such as JMP.
• Familiarity with root cause analysis, corrective actions, risk assessment tools such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), or ISO-based quality management systems.
• Exposure to customer or supplier technical communications.
• Six Sigma training or certification, or interest in developing continuous improvement skills.

Living the Qnity Values At Qnity, success is measured not only by what we achieve, but also by how we achieve it.

• Customer: Partner with stakeholders to understand needs, solve business challenges, and deliver meaningful outcomes.
• Innovation: Continuously improve processes, technologies, and ways of working.
• Speed: Act with urgency, focus, and precision to move work forward and deliver results.
• People: Build trusted relationships, collaborate across teams, and inspire positive change.

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