Principal, Product Quality Engineer

Job Title

Principal, Product Quality Engineer

Role Summary

The Principal Product Quality Engineer leads end-to-end product quality and reliability for complex semiconductor products across development, qualification, and high-volume manufacturing. This role defines quality strategy, manages risk posture, and leads cross-functional teams to deliver on-time, high-confidence product releases.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 10+ years of experience in product quality, reliability engineering, manufacturing quality, or supplier quality.

Responsibilities

Lead product quality strategy and execution across the product lifecycle; ensure manufacturing and supplier quality, drive failure analysis and corrective actions, and represent quality to customers and leadership.

• Own quality governance and sign-off across Proposal Approval (PA), Production Release (PRU), Mass Production (HVM) readiness, and End-of-Life (EOL).
• Define and execute the Product Quality Plan (PQP), including quality targets, CTQs, risk mitigation, and validation strategies.
• Drive data-based lifecycle gate decisions and escalate risks affecting delivery or customer confidence.
• Set quality and reliability targets (yield, defect rates, escape risk, reliability margins) and lead qualification across DVT, PVT, and MP phases.
• Define and enforce manufacturing quality controls (IQC, IPQC, FQC, SPC, stop-ship) and act as primary escalation owner for FAB and OSAT partners.
• Lead complex failure analysis, root-cause identification, CAPA implementation, and effectiveness verification.
• Manage PCN strategy, change control, and supplier governance to balance risk and customer transparency.
• Represent product quality status and risks in executive and customer forums and mentor junior PQEs.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications and skills.

• 10+ years of experience in product quality, reliability engineering, manufacturing quality, or supplier quality.
• Proven ownership of product quality across multiple lifecycle phases (development through HVM and EOL).
• Strong background in qualification processes, manufacturing operations, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and driving decisions without direct authority.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with semiconductor devices, advanced packaging, photonics, or system-level products.
• Familiarity with reliability qualification, field quality metrics, and driving PCNs.
• Experience with supplier governance and change-control processes.
• Strong executive- and customer-facing communication skills.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Materials), Physics, or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: Marvell Technology

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions serve as essential building blocks of the data infrastructure connecting our world, driving innovation across enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures. The company focuses on creating transformative technology that shapes the future.