Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, Principal

at  MA Com Technolgy Solutions

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.
MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.
MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

PREVIOUS RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Experience managing relationships with external suppliers, contractors, and development partners.
• Experience with capital equipment procurement, capacity planning, and throughput modelling.
• Proof of success in continuous improvement of semiconductor fab manufacturing equipment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Four-year degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, or Industrial discipline – may be offset with experience or combination of experience and Associates Degree.
• 8+ years of experience in a similar role in a semiconductor fab.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs, work in awkward positions, walk, stand, or sit for extended periods.
• Willing and able to become a member of the Emergency Response Team.
• Due to ITAR regulations, candidates must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident

• Ensures Fab equipment and processes meet throughput, yield, safety, and efficiency objectives.
• Develops and documents procedures to sustain and evolve equipment performance through data analysis.
• Effectively communicates progress to goals through presentations and ongoing reviews.
• Initiates Escalations for hard down equipment through to recovery (owns history, status, plans, and communication 24x7 until resolved).
• Plans and manages capital equipment procurements, space, installations, commissioning and upgrades.
• Reasonable expectation of response during off hours in support of production.
• Maintains necessary records, reports, calibrations, parts inventory-reordering parts.
• Leads in the investigation and resolution of complex equipment related process problems.
• Proactively drives safe practices within the factory, supports and follows site safety policies.
• Works in clean room environment wearing clean room garments.
• Communicates day-to-day events, direction, and repairs both written and verbally, through logs and passdowns.
• Positively influences and supports others to succeed in their roles.
• Some travel for external training or source inspection of equipment is required as needed.