What You'll Do
Team Leadership & Organization Management
Lead, develop, and grow a team of process engineers focused on ramping and sustaining manufacturing operations
Drive workforce planning, performance management, succession planning, and talent development within the section
Foster a culture of operational excellence, urgency, innovation, and continuous improvement
Mentor and develop engineers at all career stages, building long-term organizational depth and capability
Tool Install & Process Release Execution
Own and drive aggressive tool installation and process release schedules across your process modules and technology platforms
Coordinate cross-functional execution across process engineering, equipment, integration, operations, and facilities teams to meet install milestones
Establish scalable workflows and operational frameworks that accelerate process release cycles and improve schedule predictability
Proactively identify and resolve technical and operational risks that could impact install and release timelines
Capacity Enablement & Cost Leadership
Lead innovative engineering solutions to extract maximum capacity from TI's current installed equipment base
Identify and drive cost leadership projects that improve process efficiency, reduce consumable and materials costs, and optimize tool utilization
Partner with operations to align capacity enablement strategies with factory production goals
Develop and track key performance metrics that measure progress against capacity, cost, and productivity objectives
High-Volume Sustaining Operations
Provide best-in-class sustaining engineering support for TI's high-volume production processes across multiple technology nodes
Own process excursion response, containment, and root cause resolution to minimize manufacturing disruptions and protect yield
Drive continuous improvement in process stability, repeatability, and control across all supported process modules
Maintain and strengthen process control systems, SPC governance, and manufacturing quality standards
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Executive Engagement
Partner with technology development, integration, yield, equipment, and operations teams to ensure seamless process ownership and operational readiness
Provide regular updates on install schedules, process release status, capacity projects, and sustaining performance to senior and executive site leadership
Represent the section in cross-site and corporate-level forums, benchmarking activities, and best-practice sharing initiatives
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
Champion data-driven and AI-enabled engineering approaches to improve process release velocity, sustaining effectiveness, and engineering productivity
Drive adoption of standardized process engineering methodologies and best practices across all supported technology platforms
Lead and contribute to continuous improvement programs that enhance factory capacity, process capability, and operational efficiency
Minimum requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field
5 years of direct engineering team leadership or management experience within a Semiconductor Manufacturing Environment.
Preferred qualifications
Hands-on technical expertise in one or more semiconductor process modules (Photolithography, Metrology, Implant, Epitaxy, Diffusion, RTP, or equivalent)
Experience managing tool installation programs and process release cycles in a 300mm high-volume manufacturing environment
Demonstrated track record of delivering cost leadership and capacity improvement results at scale
Familiarity with process control systems, SPC governance, and manufacturing quality frameworks
Experience with AI-enabled engineering tools, advanced analytics, or digital transformation initiatives in a semiconductor manufacturing setting
Background in sustaining engineering for analog, mixed-signal, or specialty semiconductor technologies
Experience supporting multi-site or corporate-level manufacturing benchmarking and best-practice deployment
Strong cross-functional collaboration, communication, and project management skills
Proven ability to engage and present operational and program updates to site and executive leadership
