Manufacturing Operations Manager

The Manufacturing Operations Manager will lead end-to-end manufacturing operations of a semiconductor
advanced packaging fabrication facility, with full accountability for wafer lot starts, cleanroom readiness,
material flow, tool availability, and workforce execution. This role drives safe, disciplined, and high-yield
manufacturing through rigorous operational controls, structured material and spares management, and tight
coordination between production, engineering, facilities, and supply chain teams.
- FAB Throughput & Wafer Starts: Manage master wafer start plan and daily execution cadence, balance demand, capacity, engineering work, and maintenance windows, achieve committed output, cycle time, and on-time delivery metrics.
- People, Shift & Gowning Readiness: Ensure shift staffing alignment with wafer start and production loads, guarantee gown room readiness for all shifts and contingency scenarios, and train and enforce cleanroom discipline and standard work.
- Material Flow & Logistics Excellence: Ensure seamless lot movement with zero wafer loss or misprocessing, drive AMHS reliability and manual transport discipline, and minimize wafer handling defects and contamination risks.
- Spares, Inventory & Cost Control: Ensure spares availability to meet tool uptime and production targets, drive cost discipline through optimized inventory management
- Continuous Improvement & Stability: Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and SPC initiatives focused on cycle time reduction, lot start predictability, and inventory optimization; apply structured root cause analysis (8D, FMEA) to recurring FAB issues.

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Required Skills & Experience
- 10 years semiconductor FAB or advanced packaging manufacturing with 5 years leading 24/7 manufacturing or operations teams
- Direct experience managing wafer lot starts and WIP control, cleanroom and gown room
operations, and FAB material flow and logistics.
- Strong background in advanced packaging or back-end semiconductor operations.
- Deep understanding of FAB manufacturing flows and constraints, wafer lot control, dispatch
rules, and MES logic, and advanced packaging integration steps.
- Working knowledge of AMHS and wafer handling systems, spares, BOMs, and preventive maintenance strategies, inventory control systems, and ERP integration.
- Expertise in SPC and yield management, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and cycle time analysis, ESD, contamination control, and cleanroom standards.


Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.