Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

ASM•Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

ASM is seeking a mechanical engineering leader to manage a small team responsible for designing, analyzing, and continuously improving advanced semiconductor equipment. The role owns the local mechanical design roadmap and addresses challenges involving heat transfer, motion and vibration, cantilever loading, and fluid and thermal dynamics. It combines technical leadership, people management, and customer collaboration to deliver robust equipment that supports customer performance, reliability, yield, safety, and cost objectives. The Senior Manager leads mechanical design from concept through validation, collaborates with robotics, vacuum, and other subsystem teams, and incorporates customer insights and market trends into platform planning. The position also leads incident investigations, cross-module troubleshooting, RCCA, control-limit and measurement-capability work, and DOE and statistical analysis. It presents technical status and response plans in customer reviews and develops a collaborative, inclusive team culture centered on quality, safety, continuous improvement, learning, and accountability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field and 12 or more years of relevant industry experience; or a master's degree and 8 or more years of experience; or a PhD and 4 or more years of experience.
2–3 years of people-management experience.
Proven experience designing equipment or complex machinery, ideally in semiconductor capital equipment or a closely related high-tech industry.
Experience managing and developing small engineering teams, including setting direction, assigning work, and leading performance and development discussions.
Strong technical foundation in heat transfer, structural mechanics (including motion, vibration, and cantilever loads), and fluid and thermal dynamics.
Experience leading technical incident investigations and driving corrective and preventive actions using structured RCCA methodologies.
Familiarity with defining and applying control limits and auditing or improving measurement systems to ensure data quality and repeatability.
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including process, integration, software, controls, manufacturing, and service, and build strong stakeholder partnerships.
Strong English communication skills, including explaining complex mechanical and system-level topics clearly in writing and in person, including to customers when needed.
Commitment to safety, quality, inclusion, and a team culture based on accountability, learning, and mutual respect.

Nice To Haves

Direct mechanical engineering experience with semiconductor process tools, vacuum systems, robotics, or other advanced capital equipment.
Hands-on experience troubleshooting cross-module yield excursions with integration and process teams in a fab or equipment environment.
Experience defining site control limits and auditing measurement capability at customer and internal manufacturing or test sites.
Strong background in DOE, data analysis, and statistical tools, including multivariate analysis and PCA, for design decisions and problem solving.
Experience presenting technical content in customer QBRs or similar executive-level forums and coordinating rapid cross-functional response actions.
Track record of fostering innovation, continuous improvement, and a growth mindset within an engineering team.
Experience leading teams through organizational or technology changes while maintaining engagement, clarity, and alignment with company strategy.

Responsibilities

Lead a small team of mechanical engineers, setting goals, priorities, and expectations aligned with ASM's vision, strategy, and long-term objectives.
Own the local platform mechanical design roadmap from concept through validation, delivering designs that meet performance, reliability, safety, and cost targets.
Design and analyze mechanical subsystems involving heat transfer, motion and vibration, cantilever loads, and fluid and thermal dynamics using appropriate analytical and simulation tools.
Work with robotics, vacuum, and other subsystem teams to deliver integrated equipment that meets system-level requirements.
Incorporate customer insights and market trends into mechanical design and platform planning.
Lead investigations of mechanical and cross-module incidents, verify corrective actions region-wide, and ensure sustainable technical problem closure.
Troubleshoot cross-module yield excursions with integration and process teams, and mentor junior engineers on integration and mechanical risk.
Define and maintain site control limits for key mechanical parameters and audit measurement capability at customer and internal sites.
Facilitate structured root cause and corrective action (RCCA) processes, implement systemic fixes, track KPI improvements, and drive continuous improvement.
Design and analyze complex design of experiments (DOEs), applying multivariate analysis and PCA to identify key factors, optimize designs, and understand subsystem interactions.
Present technical status, risks, and mitigation plans in customer QBRs and other reviews, and coordinate rapid cross-functional response actions.
Encourage innovation, constructive challenge, and the sharing and implementation of ideas.
Drive cross-functional collaboration and ensure diverse perspectives are included in decisions.
Reinforce best practices, critical thinking, and risk management; identify and lead improvements to team processes.
Develop team members through feedback, coaching, mentoring, skill development, and growth opportunities.
Delegate effectively, foster autonomy, and hold the team accountable for commitments and safety standards.
Foster an inclusive, positive team culture that helps attract, retain, and inspire talent.
Model resilience and a solution-focused mindset during change, communicate how changes align with organizational goals, and drive collaboration across teams and regions.