Fab Automation & Manufacturing Systems Manager

Salary

Core Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

• •Define and maintain the fab automation roadmap.
• •Develop the overall architecture for equipment connectivity and manufacturing data collection.
• •Ensure manufacturing systems support traceability, production control, process monitoring, and operational reporting.
• •Work closely with Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities, IT, and Equipment Engineering teams to ensure successful implementation of automation solutions.
• •Lead integration of process, metrology, and test equipment into the manufacturing environment.
• •Define equipment automation requirements during tool selection and procurement.
• •Establish and maintain equipment communication standards using SECS/GEM, and vendor-specific interfaces/APIs.
• •Ensure collection of equipment status, process data, alarms, events, and metrology/test results.
• •Support the selection, implementation, and operation of the MES platform.
• •Define MES workflows and business requirements.
• •Ensure integration between MES and manufacturing equipment.
• •Support implementation of lot tracking, genealogy, recipe management, dispatching, and production reporting.
• •Act as the primary business owner for MES within the fab.
• •Define requirements for manufacturing data collection and storage (equipment, process, sensor, metrology, probe/test).
• •Support implementation of manufacturing databases, historians, and cloud-based data solutions with appropriate security and governance.
• •Work with internal teams and external partners to establish reporting and analytics capabilities.
• •Enable visibility into key manufacturing metrics (yield, throughput, cycle time, equipment utilization, production performance).
• •Support implementation of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Fault Detection & Classification (FDC) capabilities.
• •Collaborate with process engineering teams to improve process monitoring and excursion management.
• •Ensure manufacturing data availability to support yield improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
• •Build and lead the fab automation and manufacturing systems team.
• •Recruit and manage key resources (Automation Engineers, MES Application Specialists, Manufacturing Systems Engineers).
• •Manage relationships with software suppliers, equipment vendors, and system integration partners.
• •Coordinate automation-related projects from specification through deployment and commissioning.