Manager / Director of Operations

Skorpios Technologies•Temecula, CA

13h

About The Position

Skorpios Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Fab Operations Manager or Director, depending on experience, to oversee day-to-day manufacturing execution across integrated production and technology-development wafer fabs. The role partners with two Fab Operations Managers and balances tool utilization and wafer throughput for mature, high-volume manufacturing with agility, engineering cycle time, and tool allocation for advanced technology development lots. Semiconductor industry experience is required. The position leads cross-functional shift teams and establishes real-time dispatching and work-in-process (WIP) management protocols. It supports production and development operations, capacity scheduling, tool utilization, yield and scrap reduction, workforce development, safety, and operational discipline across a 24/7/365 fab operation. Work is primarily performed in a temperature-controlled, open-cubicle setting with frequent interruptions and conversational noise. Occasional work in a manufacturing or cleanroom environment may be required. The facility operates under ITAR; applicants must meet the stated U.S.-person requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Physics, or equivalent operational experience.
At least 7 years of semiconductor wafer-fab manufacturing experience.
At least 3 years in a supervisory or management role in a 200mm or 300mm front-end cleanroom.
Semiconductor industry experience is required.
Proficiency with semiconductor MES platforms such as Applied Materials PROMIS/Fab300 or SiView, automated dispatching and scheduling tools such as RTD or APF, and SPC software.
Practical mastery of Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and 8D root-cause problem solving.
Ability to make rapid, analytical operational trade-offs between high-priority R&D experiments and production delivery deadlines.
Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills to work with Process Integration, Yield, Equipment Maintenance, and Process Engineering.
Ability to use fab metrics—including moves per day, turn rate, tool MTBF/MTTR, scrap cost, and bottleneck capacity utilization—to guide operational decisions.
Meet ITAR U.S.-person requirements for access to covered technology.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or MBA.
Direct operational experience in an environment handling both pilot-line/R&D work and high-volume commercial production.

Responsibilities

Optimize line flow to balance standard-volume production commitments with rapid turn-time requirements for R&D, pilot runs, and engineering lots.
Implement dynamic WIP profiling and dispatching practices using MES and real-time dispatching systems to prevent line starvation and queue buildup at bottlenecks.
Enforce queue-time and shelf-life controls for sensitive process loops to prevent wafer scrap and rework.
Partner with Equipment Engineering to improve OEE, optimize recipe changeovers and furnace batch sizes, and reduce tool idling through track and stepper matching.
Collaborate with Supply Chain and Industrial Engineering to align weekly wafer starts with bottleneck capacity and planned preventative maintenance schedules.
Establish rule-based tool reservation windows and lot-release cadences for development modules to prevent contention between engineering and production teams.
Co-lead root-cause investigations into misprocessing, yield excursions, and tool aborts, and ensure timely recovery and disposition of non-conforming WIP.
Work with Fab Operations Managers across shifts to direct, coach, and support fab teams operating 24/7/365.
Implement and maintain technician certification and cross-training matrices across functional modules.
Champion cleanroom safety, hazardous-material handling compliance, and cleanroom behavioral protocols.
Set and monitor KPIs for shift output, moves per tool, line linearity, and compliance; conduct performance evaluations and technical career-development planning.