Quality Manager

Entegris’ Reno manufacturing site is seeking a Quality Manager to lead site quality systems, customer quality assurance, compliance, and continuous improvement to ensure consistent product quality, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction. What You’ll Do Establish, maintain, and continuously improve site quality systems, standards, and governance. Ensure quality policies, procedures, and standard methodologies are clearly defined, followed, and sustained. Drive a culture of quality, compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement. Ensure quality‑related training requirements are defined, completed, and maintained. Define, maintain, and improve quality control processes to ensure product conformance and process stability. Reduce product and process variation by identifying key contributors and implementing effective control systems. Ensure integrity, accuracy, and traceability of quality and product data within quality systems. Lead site quality activities including MRB/DRB participation, SPC review, audit support, and supplier quality oversight. Maintain audit readiness and support internal, customer, ISO, regulatory, and business audits. Ensure audit findings, non‑conformances, and observations are addressed through timely and effective corrective actions. Business and Cross‑Functional Collaboration Work closely with EH&S, Production, Supply Chain, R&D, Customer Quality, and external suppliers to resolve quality issues and mitigate risk. Build customer confidence through consistent execution, transparency, and quality performance. Prioritize quality initiatives based on customer impact, compliance risk, and business need. Maintain awareness of plant operations and drive actions necessary to sustain site quality and integrity. Support quality‑related cost initiatives including Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) reduction. Partner with Product Engineering and cross‑functional teams to define and align on new product quality requirements. Support New Product Introduction (NPI) through quality planning, validation, and transfer readiness activities. Coordinate product root‑cause investigations using statistical analysis and structured problem‑solving methodologies. Ensure corrective and preventive actions are effective, sustainable, and verified. Communicate investigation outcomes and lessons learned to internal stakeholders and external customers as appropriate. Support Product Management and Applications by translating customer and application requirements into quality expectations, while leading FMEA and risk assessments to identify, prioritize, and mitigate product and process risks. What We Seek BS in Mechanical, Polymer, Chemical, or Materials Engineering, or equivalent experience. 3+ years in manufacturing and leading quality teams within a manufacturing environment, preferably in a high‑technology product line. Ability to communicate effectively at various levels of the organization including customer communications. Strategic thinker with a vision that can outline a multi‑year quality progression path. Outstanding Candidates Will Have Proven experience in semiconductor/polymer processing industry preferred, or equivalent combination of 3+ years of relevant education and manufacturing or quality experience. Proven experience with external working relationships and communications, supplier or customer, preferred. Lean/Green Belt certification is a plus. Proficiency with Lean Manufacturing tools including Value Stream mapping, 8 forms of waste, 5S+1, and guidance of these techniques; solid understanding of Design of Experiment. Strong knowledge and competence in statistics, SPC/SQC, process control, 8D methodology, Six Sigma tools for variability reduction and process improvement. Ability to develop and execute qualification requirements and plans. What We Offer Compensation: $115K – $130K per year range (actual pay dependent on candidate skills). Annual bonus eligibility. Progressive paid time off policy. Generous 401(K) plan with employer match and no delayed vesting. Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance packages. Education assistance. A values‑driven culture with colleagues rallying around People, Accountability, Creativity, and Excellence. Entegris does not provide immigration‑related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need Entegris immigration sponsorship (e.g., H1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) now or in the future. At Entegris we are committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants. Our policy is to recruit, hire, train, and reward employees for their individual abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital or military status. #J-18808-Ljbffr Entegris