Equipment Engineering Manager - Wet Chemical Process

Merck•Austin, TX

About The Position

EMD Electronics is seeking an Equipment Engineering Manager to lead engineering for semiconductor delivery equipment. The role can be based in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania; Chandler, Arizona; or Austin, Texas. The manager will help deliver globally distributed equipment offerings, 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 offerings and develop solutions for challenges in the electronics industry. Travel may be required up to 10%. The role 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.
At least 2 years of leadership or supervisory experience.
Ability to understand technical product details to 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.
Experience collaborating with diverse, global teams to meet business and customer needs.
Demonstrated business acumen, including the ability to develop compelling technical readiness and influence stakeholders across organizational levels and cultural environments.
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.
Five years of experience with semiconductor aqueous chemical and slurry delivery.
Semiconductor, microelectronics, or related experience.
Proven success applying problem-solving and analytical skills.
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.
Enthusiasm for learning and solving complex problems in a growing organization.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop 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, 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.