Process Engineering Manager

JSR Micro and Inpria•Corvallis, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Inpria, a subsidiary of JSR Corporation, is seeking a Process Engineering Manager to lead the process engineering team supporting development, scale-up, and manufacturing of advanced EUV photoresist materials. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and cross-functional execution to ensure manufacturing processes are robust, scalable, and capable of meeting demanding customer requirements. Reporting to the Director of Engineering & Manufacturing Operations, the Engineering Manager will translate organizational priorities into executable engineering plans; develop the technical capability of the engineering team; and provide leadership for process troubleshooting, improvement, and manufacturing readiness.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, manufacturing, operations management, or a related technical field with 8+ years experience; advanced degree preferred. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
Experience in process engineering and/or manufacturing within high-purity chemicals or semiconductor materials.
Demonstrated experience leading and developing engineering teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Strong technical background in process development, scale-up, process control, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional technical programs from problem definition through implementation and sustained results.
Experience developing processes and control strategies that meet demanding customer, quality, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
Experience with statistical process control, data analysis, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving methods.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions across R&D, quality, engineering, operations, and management.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without the need for employer sponsorship.
Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment drug test.

Nice To Haves

10+ years experience process engineering and/or manufacturing within high-purity chemicals or semiconductor materials.
Experience with EUV photoresists, advanced lithography materials, semiconductor process integration, or related semiconductor-materials manufacturing.
Familiarity with the demanding qualification and standards associated with EUV photolithography customers in the semiconductor industry.
Experience supporting pilot, scale-up, and high-volume manufacturing environments.
Experience with MES, ERP, controlled documentation, change control, and qualification practices.
Familiarity with high-purity chemical equipment, P&IDs, process automation, PLCs, HMIs, and recipe-controlled production systems.
Experience using JMP or similar statistical data-analysis tools.

Responsibilities

Lead process engineering efforts supporting EUV photoresist development, scale-up, and manufacturing operations.
Directly manage process engineers, including hiring, onboarding, goal setting, performance management, technical development, and retention.
Drive process optimization across yield, defectivity, cost, cycle time, and process robustness using rigorous, data-driven methods.
Establish and maintain engineering performance metrics, technical-review mechanisms, and action plans for process capability, yield, defectivity, cycle time, reliability, and project execution.
Lead complex process investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous-improvement activities.
Lead process-engineering execution for new process introduction, process transfer, and operational handoff, partnering with R&D, Manufacturing Operations, Quality, and Equipment Engineering to ensure processes are qualified, documented, trained, and ready for sustained execution.
Establish and refine process-control strategies, specifications, operating procedures, and controlled documentation to meet semiconductor-grade purity and defectivity requirements.
Partner with Equipment Engineering during equipment design and implementation, providing process requirements and leading process-engineering deliverables including theory of operation, process qualification, controlled documentation, and initial operations training.
Ensure ongoing process-engineering readiness for process changes, maintenance activities, production campaigns, and resolution of technical risks affecting manufacturing performance.
Partner cross-functionally to support ERP and MES implementation, ensuring manufacturing requirements, workflows, and user-adoption needs are represented.
Translate technical, operational, and organizational priorities into actionable engineering plans, milestones, and staffing requirements.
Provide input to support capacity planning, facility growth, equipment installs, and long-range manufacturing capability planning.
Escalate significant technical, cross-functional, customer, or resource issues that require senior management alignment or decision-making.
Support engineering readiness for customer production priorities by coordinating process-engineering activities around plant capacity, maintenance windows, equipment installs, and workforce availability.
Provide input to organizational planning, headcount needs, and development of scalable engineering systems.
Lead, coach, and develop process engineers through technical mentorship, regular feedback, performance management, and professional-development planning.
Build technical depth within the team in process engineering, high-purity chemical handling, contamination control, statistical analysis, and structured problem solving.
Establish clear expectations for technical rigor, data integrity, documentation quality, communication, safety, and accountability.
Foster effective collaboration among engineers, technicians, manufacturing supervisors, and cross-functional partners.
Identify capability gaps and develop training plans to strengthen engineering support for current operations and future growth.
Perform other duties as assigned.