Equipment Engineering Manager

Merck•Austin, TX

About The Position

EMD Electronics is seeking an Equipment Engineering Manager to lead engineering for semiconductor delivery equipment. The role may be based in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania; Chandler, Arizona; or Austin, Texas, and involves travel of up to 10%. The manager will help deliver globally distributed equipment offerings, prioritizing safety, quality, reliability, and efficiency. The role works across quality, operations, engineering, sales, site services, and sourcing to translate customer needs into equipment solutions and advance the electronics industry. The position leads and develops the equipment engineering team, owns equipment product lifecycle and change governance, and directs new product development and industrialization. It also supports technical proposals and customer-specific solutions, leads troubleshooting and corrective action, and partners with internal teams to improve equipment quality, delivery, cost, and field performance. Equipment must comply with applicable SEMI, CE, UL, NFPA, IEC, and regional regulatory requirements. The position does not offer work authorization sponsorship; external applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or another engineering field.
At least 7 years of experience in an engineering role.
Ability to understand technical product details to troubleshoot and drive improvements.
Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
Critical attention to detail and investigation skills.
The position requires travel of up to 10%.
External applicants must be eligible to work in the United States; work authorization sponsorship is not offered.

Nice To Haves

At least 10 years of experience in an engineering role.
5 years of experience with semiconductor aqueous chemical and slurry delivery.
Semiconductor, microelectronics, or related experience.
Proven success applying problem-solving and analytical skills.
Leadership skills to influence focus on product development.
Familiarity with SolidWorks, ASPEN, HAZOP, FMEA, MOC, and flow-modeling applications.
Experience with advanced process-control techniques and applications.
Experience with SEMI standards.
Knowledge of metrology applications, including densitometers, chemical concentration monitors, conductivity meters, liquid particle counters, liquid detectors, pressure and flow transmitters, mass/liquid flow control, and spectroscopy.
Experience collaborating with diverse, global teams to meet business and customer needs.
Enthusiasm for learning and solving complex problems in a thriving organization.
Demonstrated business acumen, including the ability to develop compelling technical readiness and influence stakeholders across organizational levels and diverse cultural environments.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop equipment engineering team members.
Establish competency models, technical standards, development plans, succession coverage, and disciplined engineering practices.
Own performance management, hiring, workforce planning, resource allocation, and organizational capability building.
Promote a culture of safety, customer focus, innovation, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
Drive technology refresh, value engineering, obsolescence management, component standardization, and margin-improvement initiatives.
Govern Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Management of Change (MOC), configuration control, design reviews, and release documentation.
Balance customer requirements with manufacturability, serviceability, supply continuity, quality, and platform scalability.
Lead development of new equipment platforms, options, derivatives, and customer-specific configurations using stage-gate governance.
Partner with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure production readiness, test readiness, complete documentation, and controlled product release.
Support Sales, Product Management, Applications Engineering, and Site Services with technical proposals, design reviews, and solution positioning.
Lead complex troubleshooting, customer escalations, structured root-cause analysis, CAPA, yield improvement, and recurring-defect elimination.
Partner with Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Service, and Operations to improve equipment quality, delivery, cost, and field performance.
Ensure equipment complies with applicable SEMI, CE, UL, NFPA, IEC, and regional regulatory requirements.