Senior Manager - Lithography Process Engineering

Coherent Corp.•Sherman, TX

22d•Hybrid

About The Position

Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Coherent provides a comprehensive career development platform within an environment that challenges employees to perform at their best, while rewarding excellence and hard-work through a competitive compensation program. It's an exciting opportunity to work for a company that offers stability, longevity and growth. Come Join Us!

Requirements

Master’s degree in electrical & Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline.
10+ years in semiconductor process engineering, with minimum 3+ years as a process owner in photolithography process.
Demonstrated experience leading teams and cross-functional engineering in a complex manufacturing environment.
Strong ability to diagnose and resolve complex process issues.
Deep knowledge of semiconductor fabrication processes, photolithography principles and equipment operation.
Experience leading engineering teams and managing projects with cross functional stakeholders.
Proven success in leading and developing people and building high-performing teams.
Strong understanding of interactions of prior and post photolithography processes, and execution alignment.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.
Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and lead through ambiguity and changing priorities.
Understanding of lithography tools, materials and process flows.
Ability to communicate effectively with operational teams, functional leaders, customers, and executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

Ph.D. degree with photolithography experience in III-V semiconductor would be a preference.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and analytics/reporting tools such as Excel, JMP, SQL, or comparable technologies preferred.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required by the business.

Responsibilities

Maintain and optimize lithography processes in high volume manufacturing environments.
Build a high-performing organization with disciplined, strong execution, data-driven decision making, and continuous improvement via process SPC control.
Allocate team resources to critical business priorities and ensure appropriate coverage of process related holds and execution activities across required or extended operating hours.
Establish consistent processes, governance, and accountability across the functions while recognizing legitimate site-specific operational requirements.
Lead the development, validation, and transfer of new or modified photolithography processes.
Translate demand and business priorities into feasible process development plans, short-loop wafer requirements, troubleshooting plans, and scheduling priorities, as applicable.
Identify capacity, material, and process constraints and coordinate mitigation plans with Operations, Integration engineering, Program Management, Demand Management, and other stakeholders.
Ensure plans are regularly reconciled to actual factory conditions and revised as business priorities change.
Support the integration of new photolithography equipment and techniques, including EUV and advanced scanner technologies.
Drive yield improvements, defect reduction, eliminate photolithography misalignment issues, and cost savings through root cause analysis and process control.
Partner with Manufacturing and Operations to minimize hold issues via solid development phase.
Drive timely recovery actions when execution deviates from plan and escalate issues requiring cross-functional or leadership decisions.
Balance near-term execution requirements with longer-term customer-service objectives.
Partner effectively with different process module teams, manufacturing and site operations, integration engineering, equipment engineering, Quality, IT, to resolve manufacturing and development issues.
Manage and mentor process engineers and technicians, ensuring technical excellence and operational stability.
Communicate significant execution risks clearly to leadership and drive timely decisions and corrective actions.