Industrial Senior Staff Engineer

Position Overview

The SkyWater Industrial Senior Staff Engineer will use various modeling techniques, data analytics tools, statistical methods, and planning concepts to ensure timely decision making, fab efficiency and customer satisfaction. The I.E. will support capacity planning, on-time delivery, data automation, decision science, manufacturing execution, and strategic planning for the factory.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize data analytics and statistical methods to communicate information that supports factory decision making.
• Work with cross functional teams to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Cycle Time, and bottleneck tool efficiency.
• Functional area ownership for capacity modeling and fab improvement projects.
• Support customer commits and on time performance.
• Support Operations by setting factory metrics and prioritizing improvements across all shifts.
• On-floor presence to remove operational and tactical constraints in the factory.
• Justify capital expenditures to meet capacity, development, and factory growth needs.
• Develop and improve business processes that support I.E. and planning.

Required Qualifications

• BS with 8 years or MS with 5 years experience in the semiconductor industry as an Industrial Engineer or a similar job function.
• Understands Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma techniques to brainstorm, manage, and implement continuous improvement projects.
• Experience with Capacity Modeling and functional area ownership to support OEE and Cycle Time improvements.
• Experience working alongside manufacturing to improve operating efficiency.
• Self-motivated and willing to go above and beyond to achieve customer success.
• Experience with Microsoft Office.
• Experience with statistical software – JMP, Minitab, etc.
• U.S. Person Required: SkyWater Technology Foundry, Inc. subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All accepted applications must be U.S. Persons as defined by ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and Master's degree in Engineering or MBA.
• 10+ years semiconductor experience as an Industrial Engineer or in a similar job function.
• Data Mining & Analytics using ETL software (Extract, Transform, Load) – SQL, APF, Talend, Google Big Query, Oracle, etc.
• Advanced Simulation Modeling.
• Real Time Dispatching.