Fabrication Manager

Barrington James; Paris; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Barrington James is seeking a Fabrication Manager in Paris to oversee operations at a semiconductor company. This role involves aligning production activities with R&D objectives, developing operational strategies, and making key decisions to enhance productivity. The ideal candidate should have proven experience in semiconductor or high-tech manufacturing environments and must be fluent in French. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future operations of a cutting-edge facility.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing semiconductor or high-tech fabrication environments.
• Strong operational leadership and ability to balance production and R&D priorities.
• Fluency in French is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day fab operations ensuring safe and efficient production.
• Align resources and logistics with R&D priorities.
• Develop and implement operational processes and best practices.
• Make strategic decisions to improve productivity and workflow efficiency.
• Collaborate with R&D and engineering teams to support technology development.

Skills

Operational leadership

Management in semiconductor environments

Fluent in French

Job description

We are collaborating with an innovative semiconductor company specializing in the design and production of ultra-high-speed integrated photonic chips based on InP technology. These will be essential for next generation telecom and datacom infrastructures.

As a Fabrication Manager you will play a critical role in ensuring resources, logistics and production activities are fully aligned with R&D objectives. This is a newly created role and will allow scope to shape operational strategy, build processes and influence the future direction of the facility, including moving to the new site with a cleanroom 2x as large as the existing cleanroom.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day fab operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable production activities.
• Align fab resources, logistics, equipment usage, and production planning with evolving R&D priorities.
• Develop and implement operational processes, procedures, and best practices to optimise performance and scalability.
• Make operational and strategic decisions to improve productivity, workflow efficiency, and facility utilisation.
• Work closely with R&D, engineering, and leadership teams to support technology development and delivery objectives.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing semiconductor, quantum, photonics, advanced manufacturing, cleanroom, or high-tech fabrication environments.
• Strong operational leadership experience with the ability to balance production priorities alongside R&D requirements.
• Background in R&D, engineering, or technical development environments highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of health & safety, quality systems, and operational best practices within a technical facility.
• Must be fluent in French.