Overview
The Vacancy: We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Quality Engineer to join our Quality and Inspection team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Incoming Quality Control/Outgoing Quality Control Engineers and Defect Engineers to ensure the highest standards of defect detection, classification, and resolution across our manufacturing processes. You'll be part of a dynamic team driving innovation in defect detection and quality assurance. We offer opportunities for growth, continuous learning, and the chance to make a tangible impact on product excellence. After an initial training period, the working hours will be 08:00 - 16:30, Monday to Friday, working one weekend in three (with the Thursday before and Tuesday after taken in lieu of the weekend). This shift pattern involves working bank holidays and weekends as and when they fall on your working shift.
The Company
Plessey is an embedded technologies developer at the forefront of the microLED technology for augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) display applications. Working with our partner Meta, we are passionate about developing innovative products that will change the way people interact with the world around them.
Challenging existing display technologies, microLEDs are propelling forward a vast, yet stagnated market, changing the way we interact with our devices, both for information and entertainment.
Drawing on over a decade of semiconductor and optoelectronics expertise, Plessey has developed an award-winning, unique, and proprietary GaN-on-Silicon platform and monolithic process at its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
Responsibilities
* Define and implement pass/fail criteria for critical defect inspections across inline, incoming, and outgoing stages.
* Defect Analysis Tool Leadership
* Develop and maintain a comprehensive defect library/catalogue.
* Update and distribute relevant documentation and specifications to production and manufacturing teams.
* Lead root cause analysis and troubleshooting for new or unidentified defects.
* Establish and promote best practices for defect inspection procedures and sampling methodologies.
* Train and support operators and technicians in defect inspection standards.
* Collaborate with Defect Engineers on both optical and SEM-based defect classification and reviews.
Key Skills & Experience
* Proven industrial experience in semiconductor or LED manufacturing environments.
* Comfortable working with microscopes and inspection tools in a cleanroom setting.
* Familiarity with failure analysis techniques such as FIB, SEM, and EDX.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
* Strong attention to detail and a collaborative team mindset.
Qualifications
* Diploma or Degree in Engineering or a related field.
The Benefits
* Cycle to work scheme
* Group personal pension plan and life assurance
* 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Subsidised gym and subsidised canteen
* Private health and dental schemes
* Free on-site parking
* Discretionary Bonus Scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Free fruit and hot drinks
* Employee referral scheme
* Technology & innovation awards programme
* Staff events
Testimonials
Jacquiline, Principal Process Engineer
“Working with Plessey has opened many learning opportunities for me especially in R&D side of things. Most of my working experience has been with the manufacturing and product transfers. Here at Plessey, I get to be involved in the actual development of new technologies. Also, I am learning not just Lithography, but the whole process itself. It\'s been a great experience so far.”
Ross, Device Engineer
“Working for Plessey allows me to continually deepen my understanding of phenomena and characterisation techniques that are not just specific to uLED displays, but apply to various applications within the semiconductor industry. With Plessey having a FAB on site, there are a large range of amicable colleagues within reach who specialise in fields across the process, starting from MOCVD specialists for GaN to experts in device testing and solid-state physics.”
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