Principal/Engineer - Supplier Quality Management (Advanced Electronics & Semiconductor Solutions)

About the role

Aumovio, spun off in September 2025 from the Continental Automotive group, is looking for a Principal/Engineer for Supplier Quality Management within its Advanced Electronics & Semiconductor Solutions (AESS) business. The role owns the quality interface with assigned wafer foundries and acts as the main contact for supplier quality across development, qualification, ramp-up and series production.

Key responsibilities

• Define, monitor and review supplier quality KPIs, scorecards, process capability, yield and reliability performance, audit findings and improvement actions.
• Conduct regular supplier quality and business reviews and assess supplier risks (process stability, capacity, quality systems, sub-tier control, manufacturing changes).
• Plan and run supplier system, process and technology audits, close findings, and evaluate compliance with IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, ISO 9001, automotive core tools and customer requirements.
• Support supplier selection, qualification, approval and periodic re-evaluation, and lead supplier problem-solving for yield losses, reliability failures and process excursions using 8D, 5-Why, fishbone, DOE and statistical analysis.
• Lead quality assessment of new foundry technologies, process transfers and new manufacturing locations, and approve quality deliverables such as control plans, PFMEAs, qualification plans and process capability evidence.
• Drive continuous improvement toward zero defects through SPC, process capability improvement and defect prevention, and keep audit records, dashboards, risk registers and action trackers up to date.
• Develop, maintain and improve the AESS quality management system, coordinate internal quality-system reviews and prepare for internal, customer, certification and corporate audits.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Microelectronics, Materials, Chemical Engineering, Physics or a related technical discipline.
• At least 7 years of experience in semiconductor supplier quality, foundry quality, wafer-fabrication process engineering, technology development, product quality or quality management, preferably including at least 3 years in an automotive semiconductor environment.
• Practical experience with wafer foundries and strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing, process integration, process control, yield management, reliability qualification and change management.
• Demonstrated experience with quality management systems, supplier audits, corrective-action management and cross-functional quality governance.
• Willingness to travel to supplier sites globally.

Required skills

• Solid knowledge of front-end wafer-fabrication processes (lithography, etch, deposition, implantation, diffusion, CMP, metallization, process control, inline monitoring, electrical wafer test).
• Working knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, VDA 6.3, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, control plans and AEC-Q100.
• Ability to interpret process data, reliability results, statistical trends and audit evidence to make risk-based quality decisions.
• Certification (Six Sigma Black Belt, IATF/VDA auditor) preferred.