Semiconductor Fab Industrial Systems Engineer

Overview

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Industrial Systems Engineer–Semiconductor Operations

Location:

Santa Rosa, CA
Work Mode:
Onsite
Role Type:
Expert Individual Contributor (nonpeoplemanager)

We are seeking an Industrial Systems Engineering to lead the end-to-end factory performance across HFTC semiconductor operations, with explicit accountability for Capacity, OEE, and Flow optimization across the full HFTC ecosystem.

This role is a hands‑on technical leader who partners closely with Operations, Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Planning/Supply Chain, and Business IT/OT to translate business demand into measurable improvements in throughput, cycle time, delivery predictability, and cost.

This is a non‑people‑manager role with strong expectations for technical leadership, mentorship, and cross‑functional program execution.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve HFTC end‑to‑end capacity models and scenario analyses (short, mid, and long range).
• Identify and quantify bottlenecks and constraints; recommend actions across loading, rebalancing, staffing, operating changes, or capital with clear tradeoffs.
• Partner with planning and operations to align demand, starts, and delivery commitments to realistic capacity and execution plans.
• Provide data‑driven justification for capital investment decisions, including timing, risk, and expected impact.

• Define and standardize OEE and tool productivity metrics; lead loss tree and root cause analysis.
• Drive tool productivity improvement programs with measurable and sustained outcomes.
• Apply Theory of Constraints and variability reduction to stabilize flow, reduce WIP, and improve cycle time.
• Validate that improvements translate into real, sustained factory performance.

• Own IE systems including capacity modeling, scheduling logic, forecasting, and standardized reporting.
• Partner with OT/IT to define requirements, document use cases and validate system enhancements.
• Ensure analytics and dashboards support predictable execution and decision making.

• Lead the IE roadmap across capacity, OEE, and optimization with clear scopes, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment and execution cadence to convert analysis into sustained results.
• Mentor industrial engineers; develop standard operating procedures, templates, and best known methods.

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Research, or related field.
• 8+ years experience in industrial engineering, factory systems, or manufacturing analytics in semiconductor manufacturing or similarly complex manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated expertise owning capacity modeling, constraint management, OEE/tool productivity improvement, and end‑to‑end flow/cycletime optimization.
• Proven ability to influence across organizations, resolve tradeoffs, and communicate technical results clearly to drive execution.

• Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Experience designing or improving factory scheduling/dispatch systems and translating system changes into measurable operational outcomes.
• Lean / Six Sigma certification or equivalent structured…