Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Burnet, TX)

About the role

Entegris is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join the Manufacturing Engineering team at the Burnet, TX facility. In this role you will be a key player on a dynamic, skilled team focused on sustaining and continuously improving highly complex containers for specialty chemical products used in semiconductor manufacturing. You will support the engineering component of the container hardware work cell, drive data‑driven operational planning, provide cross‑functional leadership, optimize processes, lead organizational improvement initiatives, and inform strategic decisions through quantitative analysis of manufacturing performance, capacity utilization, quality metrics, and process effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement projects individually and with cross‑functional team members using robust change‑control processes and statistical data analysis to support qualification.
• Leverage statistical process control (SPC) tools and methodology to identify proactive and reactive improvement opportunities; maintain effective internal control limits and work with customer teams on negotiating limits for key customers to assure quality while preserving manufacturability.
• Support strategic business and operational improvements through data‑driven analysis of manufacturing performance, capacity utilization, quality metrics, and process effectiveness.
• Complete failure analysis to identify root cause, develop and implement corrective/preventative actions, and manage material disposition for internal and external non‑conformances; collaborate with customer teams on reporting findings and action closures using the 8D template when applicable.
• Utilize structured problem‑solving tools such as 8D, 5 Why, RCA, Fishbone, etc., to drive root‑cause analysis and resolution for product and process defects or upsets.
• Collaborate with the Customer Quality Engineer (CQE) organization to support customer requests and audits.
• Maintain and improve key process documentation (work instructions, FMEAs, control plans) and incorporate updates as new failure modes are identified or process changes are implemented; maintain critical master data in ERP systems (BOMs, routings, material master information).
• Leverage capacity data to identify bottlenecks and candidates for capacity expansion projects; develop business cases and financial justifications for capital investments when required and execute capacity expansion projects to completion.
• Support production by troubles