Epitaxy Engineering Manager - MOCVD

Epitaxy Engineering Manager

+ Epitaxy III-V Semiconductor Engineering / MOCVD

+ Senior manager in highly succesful and growing company

+ Leading edge Semiconductor development - true R&D feel coupled with real commercials

+ £55,000 to £65,000 per annum

+ Share options, bonus, 9% pension

+ Relocation support

Epitaxy Engineering Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Direct, develop and lead the MOCVD Engineering functions (consisting of Process and Equipment Engineering teams).

• Where appropriate, provide expert technical guidance for engineering initiatives.

• Reporting on progress and performance against targets and objectives.

• Drive continuous improvement in process design, cost savings, quality and resource utilisation.

• Develop major engineering goals to support chip manufacturing objectives.

• Responsible for yield monitoring activities and for the delivery of yield improvement actions.

• Sponsor cross-qualification to achieve manufacturing resilience.

• Participate in strategy planning for annual and 3yr planning cycles.

• Identify and drive delivery of new tooling programmes for continued manufacturing capability and capacity.

• Ensure all chip manufacturing engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with established policies and objectives.

Key Relationships

• Epitaxy Process and Equipment Engineering Teams

• Manufacturing Operations Team

• Wafer Fab Process and Equipment Engineering Teams

• NPI Team

Qualifications

• Minimum 2nd Class Bachelor's Degree in Semiconductor Engineering or equivalent and relevant experience within an individual contributor role.

• Demonstrable success in a supervisory role within a semiconductor manufacturing environment.

Skills

Essential:

• Knowledge of working within a high-technology manufacturing or production environment.

• Knowledge of working within a cleanroom or laboratory environment.

• Experience of computer-controlled semiconductor processing equipment or vacuum systems.

• Knowledge of manufacturing execution systems (MES) such as PROMIS and MES concepts such as product re-work procedures, task scheduling, data collection and SPC.

• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities, especially with regard to the scheduling and planning of work flows.

• Competent PC user (including the use of Microsoft Office).

Desirable:

• Wide ranging knowledge of semiconductor fabrication techniques especially with regard to the MOCVD growth of III-V based devices.

• Knowledge of photonic integrated circuit manufacture would be an advantage.

Other Requirements

• Working within a cleanroom environment with the prerequisite use of cleanroom clothing.

• Eligible to work in the UK.