Director, Fab Operations

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 ISO
9001 international quality standard and ISO
14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 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. MACOM offers foundry services that represent 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.

Seeking an energetic leader for MACOM’s 7x24 Lowell Fab manufacturing operations, to include day‑to‑day production activities in wafer fabrication, test and inspection, together with multiple projects and programs. The successful candidate will have a technical Fab background and a passion for continuous improvement in quality, cost and output of various RF, Microwave and Lightwave Semiconductor products. This is an on‑site position reporting to the VP of Lowell Fab Operations, with shift supervisors as direct reports.

• Exceptional communication skills and stakeholder management skills are a must. Role requires regularly communicating to executive team, business units, supply chain, peers and operations technician staff. Ensure transparent and open flow of communication. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to identify opportunities for process improvement and implement best practices. Provide regular reports and presentations to the executive team on operational performance and initiatives.
• Accountable for the safety, quality, cost, throughput, and on‑time shipment of critical products for the demanding semiconductor industry and must proactively drive improvement across a 7x24 operation to enable the profitable growth of the businesses.
• Develop and execute strategies to meet company’s business objectives and goals. Translate to floor centric metrics to drive performance. Contribute to the strategic direction of the business and participate in its execution. Lead long‑term capacity planning and infrastructure investment to support future growth.
• Work closely with the Supply Chain function to achieve business unit revenue, gross margin goals and key operations metrics such as OTD, late backlog, cost, yield and cycle time.
• Utilize technical skills to lead problem solving for a wide range of semiconductor Fab challenges. Implement work and process improvement methodologies and mentor staff to do the same.
• Face time with 7x24 team. Expected to skew periodically to maintain face‑to‑face relationship with all shifts.
• Quality Assurance &Compliance:
  Maintain rigorous quality standards to meet customer and regulatory requirements.
• Build, develop and grow the operations team, ensuring the efficient day‑to‑day operation of the function. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability throughout the manufacturing organization.

• Proven leadership skills. Must possess a strong “Safety” mentality. Experience leading, coaching, building teams and mentoring. An inspiring leader who can attract and retain the key talent for the plant.
• Strong understanding of compound semiconductor Fab processes and equipment.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization. Possess the ability to communicate clearly, accurately and directly, both verbally and in writing to executive management and customers.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing principles and structured problem solving.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to make risk decisions on limited data.
• Be able to thrive and…