Jobs · Manufacturing · New York

Engineering Technician Supervisor (Back End Nights)

Wolfspeed · Marcy, NY · 4 days ago
Manufacturing$81k–$111k/yrFull-time

About the role

The role requires a strong and consistent fab floor presence and provides leadership coverage across all semiconductor processes. The position integrates people leadership, equipment maintenance, and process operations under a single supervisory role.

Responsibilities

  • Actively enforce safety standards, departmental KPIs, and 5S compliance through routine floor walks and real-time engagement
  • Ensure production equipment is maintained to company standards by actively overseeing maintenance execution and minimizing unplanned downtime
  • Own and drive hands-on training for equipment operation, preventive maintenance, and process qualifications
  • Establish, document, and sustain PM procedures and OCAPs, ensuring consistent execution on shift
  • Drive cross-training between process and equipment technicians and directly manage spare parts availability on the floor
  • Own shift-level hold lot management — triage active holds with process technicians and on-shift engineering, drive timely disposition decisions, and ensure CM entries accurately capture lot status and initial process assessment to minimize cycle time impact
  • Partner closely with process and equipment engineering to address SPC trends, reduce scrap and rework, and drive cost reductions
  • Build strong working relationships across departments to enable rapid issue resolution and continuous improvement on the fab floor

Requirements

  • Demonstrated passion for leading technical teams in a high-tech, fast-paced manufacturing environment
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM-related field with 2+ years of supervisory or people-management experience, or Associate's degree in a STEM-related field with 5+ years of supervisory or people-management experience
  • Equivalent military or semiconductor manufacturing experience with proven technical expertise and leadership responsibility
  • Preferred qualifications include experience supervising process and/or equipment technician teams in a semiconductor fab environment, familiarity with module tool sets and factory controls, cleanroom experience, experience building and sustaining technician training/qualification programs, and experience managing on-shift hold lot triage and disposition processes

Qualifications

  • Experience supervising process and/or equipment technician teams in a semiconductor fab environment
  • Familiarity with module tool sets and factory controls (e.g., metrology tools as applicable), including SPC, OCAPs, and preventive maintenance programs
  • Cleanroom experience (gowning, contamination control, and working effectively in controlled environments)
  • Experience building and sustaining technician training/qualification programs (equipment operation, PM execution, process qualifications) and driving cross-training in a 24/7 operation
  • Experience managing on-shift hold lot triage and disposition processes, including CM documentation practices, engineering escalation protocols, and cycle time tracking in a 24/7 semiconductor manufacturing environment

Skills

  • Strong leadership and people management skills
  • Technical expertise in semiconductor processes and equipment
  • Ability to enforce safety standards and maintain equipment
  • Effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Hands-on experience with equipment operation, preventive maintenance, and process qualifications

Benefits

  • Flexible 12-hour rotating shift with a "3on-4off-4on-3off" alternating schedule
  • Back End Nights: Wednesday – Friday and every other Saturday, 6pm - 6:15am
  • Competitive salary range of $81,000.00 - $111,000.00
  • Equal opportunity employer

Pay

  • Competitive salary range of $81,000.00 - $111,000.00

Schedule

  • Flexible 12-hour rotating shift with a "3on-4off-4on-3off" alternating schedule
  • Back End Nights: Wednesday – Friday and every other Saturday, 6pm - 6:15am

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