Team Leader, Equipment Engineering And Maintenance

Siltronic is one of the world's leading manufacturers of highly specialized hyper pure silicon wafers. Being an international market player, we serve the semiconductor industry worldwide and partner with many leading chip manufacturers. Our global production network in Asia, Europe, and the USA includes today's most advanced plants for 200mm and 300mm wafers. We provide a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k matching, educational assistance, and a quarterly success sharing bonus program.

Seeking an Equipment Engineering and Maintenance Team Leader

This role is responsible for making timely, data-driven decisions that directly impact equipment performance, material quality, team effectiveness, project execution, and overall fab results. The Team Leader exercises judgment across a wide range of areas, including personnel selection, onboarding, development planning, and performance management in alignment with company policies. The position oversees cost center budgeting, spending prioritization, and maintenance resource allocation, while making risk-based decisions related to material quality, equipment performance, and containment actions. The role also leads response and recovery efforts for excursions affecting yield, quality, cycle time, and tool availability, and partners closely with Technology and Operations to define and execute Fab Performance Strategy and priorities. Additional responsibilities include setting team and performance goals, supporting audit readiness and compliance actions, balancing maintenance priorities across preventive, corrective, and project work, and managing trade-offs between short-term recovery and long-term reliability. The Team Leader also drives decisions related to escalation, vendor engagement, resource deployment, spare parts strategy, and lifecycle planning, including upgrades and retrofits. Finally, the role governs adoption of data, analytics, and predictive maintenance approaches, and approves equipment or process changes that may impact capability, stability, product quality, timelines, or capital effectiveness.

Job Duties

• Provide leadership and direction to Equipment Engineers and Maintenance Technicians, setting clear expectations, priorities, and accountability for performance, safety, and development.
• Own equipment uptime, availability, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for assigned areas, ensuring tool performance supports fab output and quality requirements.
• Lead rapid troubleshooting, escalation, and structured recovery of critical tool issues to minimize downtime and restore stable operation.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to reduce unplanned downtime and improve reliability.
• Drive data-based reliability engineering through use of equipment history, SPC, fault trends, and predictive indicators to identify and prevent failures before they impact production.
• Lead structured problem solving for recurring or systemic equipment issues using methodologies such as RCA, 8D, DOE, and FMEA.
• Lead engineering projects from concept through execution, including scope definition, resource planning, milestone tracking, risk management, and communication of project status and outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution of capital projects, equipment upgrades, process transfers, and technical improvement initiatives to ensure timely completion and sustainable results.
• Ensure engineering projects are executed with strong change control, technical documentation, qualification rigor, and alignment to safety, quality, cost, and operational objectives.
• Prioritize and manage multiple engineering and maintenance initiatives simultaneously, balancing project execution with day-to-day fab support requirements.
• Partner closely with Technology and Operations to define and execute Fab Performance Strategy, aligning maintenance priorities and engineering projects with business, quality, and capacity objectives.
• Support capital planning, equipment upgrades, obsolescence management, and lifecycle strategy to sustain a competitive and reliable manufacturing capability.
• Build team capability through coaching, training, competency development, and performance feedback to ensure a highly skilled and engaged organization.
• Ensure disciplined execution of safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements, including audit readiness, procedural compliance, and cleanroom standards.
• Manage maintenance-related cost performance through effective budgeting, resource allocation, contractor support, and spare parts strategy.
• Maintain compliance of 5S standards of engineering and maintenance workspaces in offices, shops, and production areas.

Position Requirements:

Requires Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience, with 7+ years of semiconductor fab or closely related manufacturing/engineering experience required; advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) or registration as a Professional Engineer preferred. Strong technical expertise in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, maintenance systems, reliability improvement, and engineering project execution required. Experience leading capital projects, tool installations, upgrades, qualifications, or cross-functional engineering initiatives preferred. Experience with data analysis, SPC, fault trending, and reliability engineering required; predictive maintenance experience preferred. Demonstrated ability to organize and lead teams, plan and execute programs or projects, and deliver measurable results. Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, and development of technical talent. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization and influence decisions through data, credibility, and collaboration. Strong judgment, problem-solving skills, and the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or similar software required. Intermediate SAP knowledge with experience in Sales and Distribution modules required. Working knowledge of silicon products required, along with strong customer service skills and the ability to train and mentor others.

To ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job, you must be able to perform the following tasks:

• Ability to sit, stand, walk
• Ability to use office equipment, phones, laptop effectively for various amounts of time throughout the day

Benefits and Compensation:

• 120 hours vacation
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 60 hours of sick time
• Medical / Dental / Vision
• Health Savings Account Option
• Long Term Disability
• Parental Leave
• Paid Leave Oregon
• Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Financial Wellness Assistance
• Legal Insurance
• Quarterly Success Share Bonus
• Referral Program
• Retirement Plan Options, up to 5% Match
• Sponsored Wellness Programs & Challenges
• Subsidize Public Transportation Pass

Relocation assistance is not offered