Integration Manager

JR United Kingdom; North East; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in County Durham as a Yield Engineering Manager. You'll lead a team focused on process integration and continuous yield improvement in a dynamic manufacturing environment. Enjoy a supportive culture with autonomy and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Flexible start and finish times

Relocation assistance up to £8,000

Up to 8% pension contribution

Phone and laptop

Healthcare and life insurance

Professional development and training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as Yield and Integration Manager or similar.
• Background in materials science, physics, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to develop new production technologies.
• Lead engineering efforts in process integration and yield improvement.
• Monitor yield trends and support improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

Materials Science

Physics

Electrical and Electronic Chemistry

Tools

8D

5Ys

Ishikawa

Pareto

PPS

SPC

DoE

FMEA

DFMEA

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• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (rising to 28 days)
• Flexible start and finish times
• Relocation assistance up to £8,000
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Phone and laptop
• Healthcare and life insurance (4x basic salary)
• Professional development and training opportunities

Location: County Durham

Are you ready to take the next step in your career within one of the most dynamic and innovative manufacturing environments in the world? Join the highly experienced team in County Durham that designs and manufactures cutting-edge, high-tech products for critical applications.

They are now looking to expand the team by recruiting a Yield Engineering Manager, an Integration Manager or an Integration Engineer ready to step into their first managerial role to provide leadership and direction to the yield and integration team.

Working for this company offers a supportive environment with a high degree of autonomy and exposure to unique and exciting technologies centred around engineering, physics, and science.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and qualify new production technologies aligned with long-term technical roadmaps
• Lead engineering efforts in process integration, ensuring alignment between design, development, and manufacturing functions
• Manage and coach a team of engineers focussed on driving process integration and continuous yield improvement across technologies
• Monitor and report line and die yield trends, using data insights to support improvement initiatives
• Develop and maintain detailed yield pareto analyses to identify top loss drivers and reduce scrap
• Lead structured problem-solving activities to resolve process integration challenges and enhance production stability
• Coordinate gate stage reviews to ensure new technologies progress through development milestones efficiently
• Work with quality, production, and engineering teams to detect, contain, and resolve process deviations
• Define and track department KPIs to meet internal performance goals and external customer expectations
• Foster a culture of safety by enforcing compliance with EH&S standards and encouraging continuous improvement
• Oversee budget planning and resource allocation to support engineering capabilities while maintaining cost discipline
• Promote lean manufacturing and cost-reduction strategies within engineering operations
• Using tools such as 8D to identify root cause and counter, 5Ys, Ishikawa, Pareto, PPS, SPC, DoE (Design of Experiments), FMEA and DFMEA

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Role Experience: Yield and Integration Manager, an Integration Manager or an Integration Engineer stepping up into a Managerial role
• Education: Need to have a background in materials science, physics, electrical and electronic chemistry
• Need to understand a semiconductor or a related field, such as below;
• Product or Market Experience: RF & Microwave Electronics, Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)/external storage arrays, Semiconductor or Academia
• Ideally, you will have managed, led or supervised teams and demonstrate a dynamic and proactive approach to your work
• Based in or willing to relocate to County Durham

The benefits:

You’ll receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package, along with full autonomy to drive test engineering improvements across the business. There is also long-term career progression into more senior positions.

How to apply:

Please click “apply” or for further information, please contact Ajay Bhella at Umbilical Limited, alternatively, please email me an up-to-date copy of your CV to [emailprotected]

Umbilical Limited is committed to promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. We act as a neutral third party in the recruitment process, basing our candidate searches on skills and experience.

We do not discriminate based on age, gender, sex, relationship status, disability, race, religion/beliefs, or sexual orientation.