Equipment Engineering Manager

The businesses of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany•Austin, TX

22h•$133,000 - $145,500

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. The manager will help deliver the business’s equipment offerings globally, prioritizing safety, quality, reliability, and efficiency. The position works with internal quality, operations, engineering, sales, site services, and sourcing teams to translate customer needs into equipment solutions and support advancement of the electronics industry. Travel of up to 10% is expected. The role does not offer work-authorization sponsorship; external applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. The manager leads and develops the equipment engineering team and builds engineering capability, standards, and practices. The role owns equipment product lifecycle activities, including technology refresh, value engineering, obsolescence management, engineering changes, configuration control, and release documentation. It also leads new equipment development and industrialization, partnering with manufacturing and commercial teams to ensure readiness and support customer solutions. The position leads complex troubleshooting and continuous improvement, collaborates across quality, supply chain, manufacturing, service, and operations, and ensures equipment complies with applicable industry and regional requirements, including SEMI, CE, UL, NFPA, and IEC.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or another engineering field.
At least 7 years of experience in an engineering role.

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.
Ability to understand technical product details, troubleshoot, and drive improvements.
Leadership skills to influence focus on product development.
Critical attention to detail and investigation skills.
Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
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.
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 members of the equipment engineering team.
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, documentation completeness, 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.