Manufacturing Engineer Lead

Job Description

onsemi is seeking a Lead Engineer at the Nampa onsemi fab is the on-shift engineering leadership/supervisor for CFA and Probe engineering and technician teams that support manufacture of CMOS Image Sensors. Each shift has a Lead Engineer who is responsible for managing the technicians and engineers on their shift, ensuring the work environment is safe, ensuring their team follows safety policies and guidelines, and ensuring maintenance activities are completed per plan.

This means that job assignments for the activities on their shift are properly assigned and supported by qualified technicians and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that safety requirements, including lockout/tagout are properly followed during maintenance on manufacturing equipment.
• Ensure that the quality policy is understood and followed by their team.
• Communication. The Lead Engineer is responsible to ensure that issues affecting the fab are communicated to the Nampa team and the process/equipment owners in a timely manner.
• Ensure that critical staffing needs are reviewed at the start of each shift so priority duties are covered for the shift or appropriate actions are taken to manage and minimize risk due to staffing constraints/resources.
• Review the PM due list daily at the start of shift and coordinate work assignments for technicians, engineers, and contractors.
• Manage training and certifications for technicians and engineers on their team to ensure sufficient resources are available for the maintenance activities scheduled for their respective shifts.
• Ensure maintenance activities are performed and documented properly by their team, including Smart Repairs in Mai Ma for any repair activities.
• Ensure that applicable verification after shutdown steps are performed and documented after maintenance work has been completed on any manufacturing equipment.
• Ensure that manufacturing equipment is being properly logged by the team in a timely manner.
• Ensure that findings are initiated in a timely manner, with containment actions being promptly executed by their team and the process is started to drive to root cause determination and appropriate corrective actions.
• Ensure that periodic document reviews are assigned and are being completed on manufacturing documents on time.
• Ensure that 5S protocols are being maintained for the fab zones.
• Manage Res Man expired notifications for their team.
• Coordinate the Daily Area Meeting (DAM) in the fab daily to ensure any support needs for the fab team is addressed
• Ensure that the task lists are being maintained with current status and issues to support process/equipment engineering and the R&D/NPI teams are being addressed by their staff.
• Assist the process engineering team in resolving equipment issues and items that are impacting the performance of the equipment
• Keep Nampa senior leadership and production supervisors informed of area issues and progress
• Work with the CIM and IT teams to provide support required to address issues impacting the fab.
• Work with the engineering manager on staffing needs, including the interview and selection process, followed by training plan development.
• Manage vacation requests while ensuring sufficient coverage, timecard approvals, and performance appraisals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 3 years of recent experience in a process engineering role
• Proficient with both CFA and Probe manufacturing workflows.
• Engineering degree or equivalent experience
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Willingness to adapt their work schedule to meet critical needs for their shift or the site.
• Proficient with most applications used in CFA manufacturing, such as CAMSTAR, SPACE, and Klarity.
• Strong mentoring skills to be used for direct report job skills, personal growth, and development
• Strong approach for troubleshooting that includes a solid data summary and analytical skills
• Solid documentation and organizational skills, including Microsoft Word and Power Point
• Innovative and self-motivated attitude

About Us

onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is…