Manufacturing Operations Engineer Team Lead

Samsung • Taylor, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Samsung Austin Semiconductor is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Engineer Team Lead to lead a team of four employees across four CWW shifts, responsible for documenting, trending, and sustaining the health of the In/Out Room equipment fleet. The fleet includes automated packaging equipment and associated equipment such as heaters and N2 pump systems. The role identifies data sets that indicate equipment condition, organizes trends into real-time health dashboards, and establishes work processes for responding to fleet trends. The team lead is also a point of contact when equipment goes down, supports recovery from basic errors and part replacement, and works with vendors on escalations.

The position combines equipment expertise, maintenance planning, fleet-health monitoring, reliability engineering, documentation, reporting, and team leadership. It includes developing a team through coaching, performance evaluations, and development planning, while fostering an inclusive and accountable environment aligned with FAB goals and operational excellence standards. All positions at Samsung Austin Semiconductor are full-time and on-site.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical, Industrial, or Process Engineering.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with sub-fab systems in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience in other manufacturing environments with large quantities of equipment.
• Proficiency in data and statistical analytics.
• Experience with mechanical equipment repair.
• Knowledge of common industrial sensors, including pressure, temperature, and flow sensors.
• Proficiency with Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) concepts and their implementation in industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of four engineers across four CWW shifts, including performance evaluations, coaching, and development planning aligned with FAB goals and operational excellence standards.
• Foster an inclusive, accountable team environment by identifying development opportunities, recognizing performance, and empowering personnel to grow.
• Understand equipment functions, design concepts, common failure modes, and measurable parameters across equipment types.
• Understand maintenance procedures and scheduling, and establish expectations and constraints for maintenance and failure conditions.
• Compile and rank equipment parameter data sets by health; evaluate parameters using SPC methodologies and define specification limits.
• Build and modify dashboards to visualize equipment performance and health, and automate escalations based on specification limits.
• Create and enforce procedures for addressing fleet-health issues.
• Analyze equipment performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Author preventive maintenance schedules using equipment usage hours, manufacturer recommendations, and failure-mode analyses.
• Conduct root-cause investigations of abnormal equipment failures.
• Organize and lead projects with clearly defined benefits and ROI.
• Produce and maintain operating manuals, SOPs, and fleet records.
• Submit monthly KPI dashboards, including pump uptime and mean time between failures.
• Record incident reports for audit purposes.
• Respond to equipment downtime by supporting recovery from basic errors and replacing parts; work with vendors on escalations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
• Onsite cafés and workout facilities.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• Paid time off, two personal holidays, and ten regular holidays.
• Wellness incentives.
• Eligible full-time salaried or hourly employees may receive MBO bonuses based on company, division, and individual performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager