Senior/Principal MESA Post-Fab Production Engineer, Hybrid

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Telecommuting options

Relocation assistance

Vacation and benefits

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM seeks an ASICs Production Engineer to lead cross-functional efforts across design, fabrication, and manufacturing to deliver high-quality ASICs on schedule.

Responsibilities include coordinating production activities, reporting status, and driving improvements in WIP and throughput in a high-rigor semiconductor environment. A DOE security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in semiconductor/microelectronics fabrication or packaging and assembly.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design, wafer fabrication, packaging, testing, and qualification milestones.
• Develop production status reports and communicate risks to leadership.
• Improve WIP, cycle time, and throughput in high-mix semiconductor environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve bottlenecks and optimize workflows.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Production planning

Manufacturing execution

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

FactoryWORKS

CoPilot

MESAWeb

MESA electronic systems

Job description

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Work Schedule: Full-Time

Contract Type: Regular

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

Are you ready to make a difference in high-visibility, high-impact national defense programs? As an ASICs Production Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering cutting-edge Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) that are critical to Sandia's mission and our nation's security.

In this fast-paced and dynamic environment, you'll collaborate with Product Realization Teams across legacy and new weapons programs to improve operational workflow planning, monitor progress, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality products on time and on budget. You'll coordinate activities across design, wafer fabrication, packaging, testing, and qualification, driving major milestones and solving complex challenges along the way.

On any given day you may perform the following;

• Coordinate activities across design, manufacturing, procurement, and supply chain teams.
• Collaborate to develop and report production status and risks, and facilitate communication between leadership, engineering, and manufacturing execution.
• Partner with leadership, resource planning, operations, product engineering and manufacturing, supply chain team, and quality teams to resolve bottlenecks and support technology ramp-ups.
• Oversee manufacturing processes, ensuring that production operations run smoothly, efficiently, and safely.
• Work with PRT leadership to deploy resources to quickly resolve technical manufacturing issues, and identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Define, develop, and implement strategies to improve Work-in-Process (WIP), cycle time, and overall throughput in a complex, low-volume, high-mix, high-rigor semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Engage and team with Numerous groups at SNL (e.g. component engineers, surveillance, systems engineering, technical subject matter experts, SNL Production Agency, etc)

This role requires multi-disciplinary thinking, close teamwork, flexibility, and versatility as you tackle diverse and complex assignments. Through effective communication, proactive monitoring, and timely issue resolution, you'll align cross-functional resources to achieve mission success. A desire to learn and grow will be key as you join a motivated and fun team that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous learning. If you thrive on getting things done, enjoy facilitating and coordinating activities, and take pride in achieving meaningful milestones, this is the opportunity for you!

The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Salary Range

$87,400 - $199,700

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

• A Bachelor's degree in a STEM field plus 5 or more years of directly relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the job function.
• Experience working in a semiconductor/microelectronics fabrication production environment or experience in microelectronics packaging and assembly.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire

• Ability to collaborate to develop comprehensive production schedules, capacity plans, and material requirements.
• Ability to monitor workflow milestones to ensure production deadlines and targets are met.
• Ability to work to establish and ensure factory standards, business processes, and operational strategies to maintain consistent production.
• Have proficiency in production control systems and ERP production planning systems.
• Ability to work under tight production deadlines
• Excel at cross-functional coordination, problem-solving, and communication
• Familiarity with MESA electronic systems such a FactoryWORKS, CoPilot, and MESAWeb

About Our Team

The Post-Fab Product Realization department (05236) is responsible for the development, manufacturing, and delivery of robust systems that deliver microelectronics for national security applications. The technology portfolio includes process development and high-rigorproduction for ceramic packaging and plastic ball grid array packaging for Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICS) as well as Read-Out Integrated Circuits (RIOC). The organization is part of the Post Fab Technologies Group within Sandia's Microsystems Engineering, Science, and Applications Center (MESA) and partners closely with the Integrated Circuit design, fabrication, and Advanced Packaging/Integration department to establish capabilities that meet the unique requirements of our national security customers.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.