Director, Manufacturing Operations

Veeco•San Jose, CA

4d•$182,000 - $230,000•Onsite

About The Position

Veeco is hiring a Director, Manufacturing Operations, who is excellent in execution, accountability, and leadership development. In this role, you’ll lead a manufacturing organization responsible for delivering Veeco's laser annealing and lithography products. The Director of Manufacturing Operations reports directly to the VP of Global Operations and serves as a key member of the San Jose Operations leadership team. This onsite position requires an operations executive with extensive experience leading manufacturing operations with expertise in manufacturing, international supply chain, operations and strategic planning. This is a demanding and highly visible role that requires foresight, superb execution in a fast-paced, challenging, high-tech environment, with exceptional organizational development and leadership skills.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or operations management
a minimum of 12 years of experience with increasing responsibility in an operations leadership role managing a large organization (>30 people) is required.
Experience with Quality Management techniques like Lean, Value Stream Mapping, Six Sigma, 8D with proficiency using data analytics and statistical process control is also required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with complex capital equipment manufacturing—particularly within semiconductor or related high‑tech industries—is strongly preferred
Demonstrate situational leadership and understand when to lead or delegate
Strong financial background coupled with solid business acumen
Practical mindset relative to manufacturability operations and business processes
Leverage process discipline and data‑driven insights to ensure high product quality, whether manufacturing is performed internally or through contract manufacturing and supplier partnerships
Act as a dynamic leader who brings a strong sense of ownership, integrity, and collaboration, with the drive and creativity to deliver results in a fast‑paced environment
Capable of inspiring others by creating, articulating and implementing a vision for manufacturing
Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high‑performing teams through thoughtful assessment, recruiting, coaching, mentoring, and ongoing talent development
Design for Manufacturability (DfM) training/experience a plus
Experience with SAP and world-class MES systems is a plus

Responsibilities

Direct the Sub-assembly, Assembly, and Test teams to meet corporate strategies and business objectives in Veeco’s San Jose factory.
Foster a world-class safety culture with strong focus on proactive safety.
Achieve world-class quality metrics for in-box and out-of-box quality.
Take direct accountability for on-time-shipments and meeting customer commitments.
Establish budget and resource plan for site manufacturing operations.
Ensure continuing compliance to all quality and safety standards including ISO certifications.
Develop a world-class organization – training, mentoring, coaching and leading. Critically assess department staff abilities and take action to ensure long-term health, productivity, and a high-performance culture.
Establish a roadmap for productivity improvements and run continuous improvement/ lean programs.
Lead Production related quality investigations/improvement plans via structured problem solving/ 8D analysis, and Shift-Left activities.
Execute product transition plans for both existing and new products including insourcing/outsourcing efforts at both factory and supplier worldwide locations.
Be a progressive thinker and role model: enable efficiency enhancing tools such as Lean Manufacturing and cycle time reduction through automated test methods to easily detect/correct manufacturing issues.
Implement and improve Modular Final Test strategy to enable parallel work and cycle time reduction.