Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

Sr. Quality Engineer

Anseong-si, Gyeonggi, Korea (the Republic of) FULL_TIME
Quality Senior

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About this opportunity

You will be leading the next generation Formulations materials to enable the innovation to the digital age.

Your Role will:

Quality sustaining:

Manage and influence the site cross-functional groups (e.g. Operations, QC, Engineering, and Facilities) in dispositioning through rigorous risk review of abnormal events

Manage SPC health of the process and product help with disciplined analytics and effective CAPA (corrective action preventative action)

Influence rigorous risk review of changes to prevent and mitigate/minimize impact(s) to our customers

Lead the cross-functional team in structured problem solving to resolve customer issues and defects with robust, effective CAPAs

Site Leadership:

Lead and influence the quality culture at the site to a predict and preventative minded quality mindset

Lead and influence the quality culture to respond and prepare at the speed expected by our semiconductor customers.

Lead quality related Audits at the sites that result in rooting out common sources of variation.

Be the voice of the customer to the site and business partners

Be accountable to the business in maintaining quality performance and drive continuous improvement at the sites by driving collaboration with the tolling manufacturer(s) and global functional groups.

Identify sources of variation and inform cross-functional groups to mitigate quality variation to our customers

Identify and be persistent influence of continuous improvement opportunities to improve material and manufacturing innovation to meet our customers’ pace of scaling

Product and Process Development:

Contribute and support to the advancement of global quality related projects, process improvements with Lean and/or Six Sigma, and internal/customer related data-driven process optimization projects.

Support new product introduction by leading risk assessments and ensuring process controls are in place to prevent escapes to customers

Willing and able to travel to visit global manufacturing sites (and customer sites as needed) throughout globe to benchmark best of the best.

Able and willing to support cross-site quality development across multiple geographies and time-zones on an as needed basis.

Who you are:

Minimum of Bachelors degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Material Science, or other Technical discipline

+ 8 yrs in chemical manufacturing, process engineering, control engineering, analytical chemist, and/or semiconductor fabrication experience

Must be an English speaker with excellent English orally and written.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience within Semiconductor industry – preferably fab process engineering experience

Demonstrated ability to motivate others and work collaboratively with multiple internal stakeholders

Demonstrated success in contributing to the advancement of projects, project teams, and process improvements

Exhibits positive persistence in stakeholder management.

Exhibits resilience in the face of adversity and tough, difficult issues and transform into opportunities of learning and effective, preventative actions.

Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple activities and projects.

Strong attention to detail

Demonstrated tolerance of ambiguity and the flexibility to reach consensus and mutual agreement on a path forward to resolve issues.

Demonstrated safety and quality-oriented process engineering approach to process control systems to mitigate and prevent variation to our customers.

Moderate to Advanced Statistical knowledge (SPC, t-test, ANOVA, single and multivariate statistical modelling)

Proficient with data science/statistical software including JMP, Palantir Foundry, and/or visualization tools such as Tableau.

Python and JSL scripting

Experience in quality tools for problem solving (5Whys, segmentation, Model Based Problem Solving), FMEAs, continuous improvement (CI) activities, management of change, and document control systems.

Experience with process improvement, data automation, and data digitization.

Excellent communication skills – oral and written – additional language capabilities: Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, German, French, or Italian are a plus

Ability to work with people from various backgrounds/cultures

Experience with ISO9001 Quality Management Systems

ISO9001 or IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Certification

Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification

SAP experience

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Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Anseong-si, Gyeonggi, Korea (the Republic of)
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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We currently track 159 comparable Senior Quality roles across 40 biopharma companies.

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156Currently active
40Companies hiring similar roles
22Countries represented

Salary context

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Lowest disclosed · Senior Quality Control Associate Scientist · Merck KGaA $24/hr – $39/hr (≈ $49,920–$81,120/yr)
Peer group range $65,520 – $219,500 (median $147,075)

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