R&D Engineering Manager-Wafer Fab

Overview

The High Frequency Technology Center (HFTC) in Santa Rosa is seeking an R&D Engineering Manager to lead wafer fabrication and advanced packaging. This team develops, maintains, and optimizes processes to fabricate passive interposer substrates and integrated systems for Keysight's Heterogeneous Integration technology.

The Wafer Fab Engineering Manager will lead process development and process control to meet NPI and production metrics. Responsibilities include a combination of R&D and manufacturing in partnership with Design, Integration, Test, Operations, Maintenance, Product and Failure Analysis teams. The Engineering Manager will be accountable for yield, cycle time, throughput, quality, and execution of overall manufacturing and research goals. This role requires technical depth in semiconductor processing, managing and working alongside teams of scientist and engineers, and leading technical projects with urgency.

Success is measured through:

• Maximizing value by providing direction, feedback, and support to employee
• Creating and promoting a culture where everyone is accountable for their deliverables, and overall success and failure is shared by the team members
• Developing staff members with a focus on employee growth and business achievements
• Ability to adapt to rapidly evolving issues and priorities
• Communicating clearly within staff, across functions, and with upper management
• Combining sound judgment with intelligent risk-taking
• Highlighting gaps, opportunities and risks with appropriate justification and urgency
• Demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills
• Leading people and solving problems with emotional intelligence

• Leadership experience required in:
  • Process and NPI development in both R&D and manufacturing
  • Priority and risk management
  • Managing employee objectives and performance
  • Hiring and building a team
  • Delivering results under tight schedules

• Technical experience required in:
  • Design for manufacturing
  • Semiconductor fabrication processes: lithography, deposition, etch, CMP, plating, surface treatment, metrology, automatic inspection, etc.
  • Deep and broad experience across multiple processes and understanding of interaction of those processes
  • Clean room protocols
  • Material, equipment, process, and supplier qualifications
  • New equipment specification, selection, qualification, and release
  • Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and shopfloor automation
  • Heterogenous integration process requirements
  • Electrical performance and reliability specifications

• BS, MS or PhD in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or related fields
• 3+ years of relevant Engineering Management experience in Semiconductor fabrication or Advanced Packaging, delivering results through leading and developing high performing teams
• 10+ years of overall combined experience in semiconductor/process engineering/management

Candidates must be local or willing to relocate to Santa Rosa, CA

This position requires access to certain goods, software, technology, or technical data subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these laws and regulations, U.S. persons (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees) working for Keysight can access export-controlled items without authorization from the U.S. government. For any individual who is not a U.S. person, Keysight may need authorization from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Commerce, or other appropriate federal agency before the individual can access export-controlled items.

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual, having authorization from the U.S. government for export-controlled items under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Keysightis on the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn moreabout what we do.

Our powerful,award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions.

Diversity, equity & inclusion are integral parts of our culture and drivers of innovation  believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

This position is at our Headquarters in Santa Rosa, CA. At the center of beautiful

Sonoma County, just an hour north of San Francisco, you will live close to vineyards, redwood forests,regional and state parks, and a vibrant culinary scene, while developing state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing technologies at our worldclass IC and Heterogeneous Integration fabs.

HFTC is part of Keysight Labs, the core…