Sr Manager, Engineering

UCT; Fremont, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

UCT in Fremont, CA is seeking a Sr Manager, Engineering to lead scalable manufacturing technology in semiconductor capital equipment. This role oversees design, integration, and optimization of high-volume processes, with emphasis on safety and quality.

You will manage engineering teams across Design, Equipment, Process, and R&D, drive NPI and CIP projects, and work with cross-functional partners to ensure on-time delivery and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership and people-management experience in manufacturing.
• Advanced knowledge of process workstations and semiconductor processes.
• Expertise in clean room protocols and micro-contamination control.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineering teams, balancing priorities across regions.
• Manage design, equipment, process, and R&D projects to meet timelines.
• Oversee NPI/CIP activities and ensure SOPs, checklists, and training are up-to-date.
• Coordinate capital expenditures and facilities modifications to improve safety and efficiency.
• Drive safety standards and environmental, health, and safety compliance.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Process knowledge

Clean room protocols

Micro contamination knowledge

Semiconductor processes

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Job description

Join UCT and be part of the fastest-growing sector in the world! We indirectly touch every semiconductor chip that goes into every smartphone, smart car and device that uses artificial intelligence.This is a critical time for the semiconductor industry and for UCT - as technology evolves, we evolve with it. UCT is a diverse workplace where every talented employee is committed to continuous innovation, challenging the status quo and exceeding customer expectations. If you are a person with a relentless drive to succeed, a strong focus on quality with a passion for success – join us today!

UCT is looking for a talented Sr Manager, Engineering to join our team in Fremont, CA!

The Sr Engineering Manager may work in small, medium, and large businesses. The work is concerned with chemical and mechanical processes in which customer materials undergo change and involves scaling up processes from the laboratory into the processing plant. Responsibilities involve designing and developing, installing, and maintaining high volume manufacturing equipment, understanding the reactions taking place, installing control systems, and starting, running, and upgrading the processes. Environmental protection, health and safety aspects are also significant concerns. The ideal candidate must have good people and organizational management skills with demonstrated leadership ability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages and maintains a balanced department possessing the necessary flexibility, technical skills, and experience to support short- and long-range requirements effectively.
• Manages Engineering personnel, establishing priorities, schedules projects and duties of Design and Equipment Engineering. Ensures Engineering personnel perform required tasks, as required, on time as well as balances workloads across regions as required.
• Manages and maintains key customer projects for NPI, CIP, and addresses with the necessary flexibility, technical skills, and experience to support short and long-range requirements effectively. Maintains and improves new product introduction standard operating procedures, checklists and NPI training.
• Manages customer expectations, establishing priorities, maintains projects involving a variety of technical resources, including, Design, Equipment, Process, and R&D Engineering.
• Develops new processes and procedures (including process controls as necessary) in conjunction with UCT R&D and submits reports/ to management for approval prior to implementation.
• Recommends new facilities and equipment (or modifications to existing facilities and equipment) as necessary to improve safety, operating capacity, operating effectiveness, or operating costs. Responsible for design elements involved in modifications/new builds and effective implementation/ installation of design.
• Manages the engineering activities to ensure timely introduction of new products, capital projects and new facility construction. Maintains gantt charts and milestone plans for project accordingly.
• Schedules and tracks engineering projects/quotes to ensure timely completion.
• Liaise with personnel in the purchasing, commercial, operations, engineering, and customer service function to ensure effective customer engineering support is provided.
• Directs personnel in product improvement to reduce material costs and manufacturing labor content.
• Directs personnel to insure Copy Exact procedures and practices are maintained and implemented across UCT engineering teams/sites
• Directs personnel in the provisions of test procedures and fixtures for manufacturing product.
• Coordinates with Director of Engineering for necessary capital expenditures.
• Directs personnel to ensure all equipment and manufacturing operations meet required safety standards.
• Appraises employees’ performance in accordance with established company policies.

Other Duties

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• The ideal candidate must have good people and organizational management skills with demonstrated leadership ability.
• Advanced knowledge of all process workstations
• Knowledgeable in Clean room protocols, and Micro contamination knowledge
• Advanced understanding of semiconductor Processes (PVD, Etch, ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition), Diffusion, etc.)
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and/or Solidworks

Work Experience:

• >10 years related experience in high-technology manufacturing, preferably in semiconductor capital equipment or related industry

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

This section is required for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA)

Criteria:

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Work is performed primarily in a manufacturing and office environment.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push, pull and grasp.
• Ability to lift to 25 lbs.
• Ability to move arms, hands, and fingers.
• Required to have visual acuity to perform assigned tasks.
• Ability to sit for sustained periods of time.
• The ability to talk on the phone and use a computer for extended periods of time may be required.
• Required to wear personal protective equipment where applicable.
• Subject to noise levels.
• May involve exposure to moderate noise levels from printers, faxes, computer etc.

Overnight Travel:

• Work may require out of town travel depending upon assignment (training and meeting).

At Ultra Clean Technology,we don’t just welcome diversity - we celebrate it!Ultra Clean Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under laws and regulations.

UCToffers an excellent benefits package to all full-time employees, which includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and paid time off.

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