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Become part of a team focused on delivering the most exciting semiconductor technology in the world! If you enjoy working with others in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to grow your career in this exciting industry, then Tower Semiconductor is the place to be!\nTower Semiconductor, the leading foundry of high-value analog semiconductor solutions, provides technology, development, and process platforms for analog integrated circuits to more than 300 customers worldwide across growing markets such as communications, mobile, infrastructure, consumer, industrial, automotive, medical, and aerospace and defense, among others.\nJoin Tower and become part of a dynamic organization with exceptionally talented and dedicated team members who work collaboratively to provide best-in-class technological solutions to our clients.\nJob Description\nLead, manage, and mentor a team of process engineers and technicians within the dry etch area, fostering their professional growth and development. Take ownership of sustaining engineering, process control, and continuous process improvement initiatives, while driving capacity expansion, process development, and technology transfer efforts. Champion quality improvement and cost reduction activities to ensure operational excellence within the area. Collaborate closely with Operations, Equipment Engineering Support, Integration, and R&D teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality products that meet customer specifications on schedule. Engage with global counterparts to benchmark dry etch processes and drive continuous improvement across the company.\nThis Job Is For You If\nYou are passionate about mentoring and developing process engineers and technicians. Able to set clear goals and expectations and provide regular feedback.\nYou are able to lead the following activities in the diffusion and CMP areas:\nMonitor and control diffusion and/or CMP processes.\nSolve technical problems in the area to ensure predictable high quality, and participate in troubleshooting taskforces, as needed, to develop solutions that prevent recurrence.\nProactively identify continuous improvement and cost savings activities and drive them to completion.\nImprove the flexibility of the area by qualifying additional processes on different toolsets.\nQualify new toolsets efficiently and effectively.\nYou can partner with operations and equipment engineering support to resolve manufacturing challenges in order to meet output requirements.\nYou are able to act as a key technical resource, providing technical guidance and support to the team.\nYou can establish process specifications for new technologies, characterize new processes and transition documented processes to production operations.\nYou can justify, procure and implement into production new process tools to satisfy technology and capacity requirements.\nYou can partner with global counterparts to identify and implement best practices.\nYou have a high sense of ownership and are self-motivated.\nYou are data-driven, results oriented, and a team player able to foster a collaborative and high-performance environment.\nYou communicate effectively with team members at all levels of the organization.\nYou can coach and mentor team members supporting their career development.\nYou can lead teams and solving complex technical problems.\nYou can assess and mitigate risks to enable sound, informed decision-making on critical issues.\nYou have strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and able to react to shifting priorities to meet business needs.\nYou have excellent interpersonal skills, energetic and self-starter.\nYou can meet deadlines and commitments.\nYou have outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.\nYou have the ability to work well within a global team or environment.\nYou are passionate about mentoring and developing process engineers and technicians. Able to set clear goals and expectations and provide regular feedback.\nYou are able to lead the following activities in the dry etch area:\nMonitor and control dry etch processes.\nSolve technical problems in the area to ensure predictable high quality, and participate in troubleshooting taskforces, as needed, to develop solutions that prevent recurrence.\nProactively identify continuous improvement and cost savings activities and drive them to completion.\nImprove the flexibility of the area by qualifying additional processes on different toolsets.\nQualify new toolsets efficiently and effectively.\nYou can partner with operations and equipment engineering support to resolve manufacturing challenges in order to meet output requirements.\nYou are able to act as a key technical resource, providing technical guidance and support to the team.\nYou can establish process specifications for new technologies, characterize new processes and transition documented processes to production operations.\nYou can justify, procure and implement into production new process tools to satisfy technology and capacity requirements.\nYou can partner with global counterparts to identify and implement best practices.\nYou have a high sense of ownership and are self-motivated.\nYou are data-driven, results oriented, and a team player able to foster a collaborative and high-performance environment.\nYou communicate effectively with team members at all levels of the organization\nYou can coach and mentor team members supporting their career development.\nYou can lead teams and solving complex technical problems.\nYou can assess and mitigate risks to enable sound, informed decision-making on critical issues.\nYou have strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and able to react to shifting priorities to meet business needs.\nYou have excellent interpersonal skills, energetic and self-starter.\nYou can meet deadlines and commitments.\nYou have outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.\nYou have the ability to work well within a global team or environment.\nJob Requirements\nMust Have:\nTechnical knowledge of dry etch principles, theories, concepts, materials, applications, and techniques.\n3+ years of leadership experience in a semiconductor fab, with a track record of managing and developing engineering teams.\nExpertise with AMAT, LAM, and/or TEL dry etch tools and processes.\nKnowledge of advanced CMOS and RF wafer processing technologies and processes and product level interactions that affect device yields.\nProven success in leading teams and solving complex technical problems.\nExpertise in data analysis, problem-solving, and technical troubleshooting.\nExperience with design of experiment techniques and data analysis.\nNice to Have:\nKnowledge of PROMIS WIP management and JMP statistical analysis software are a plus.\nCompensation:\n$185,000 - 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