Principal Engineer, Equipment Engineering (Diffusion)

Key Responsibilities

• Able to coach Engineers in performing hardware trouble shooting.
• Establish Preventive Maintenance (PM) plans for all equipment and optimize PM for quality, cost, and productivity.
• Liaise with vendors to resolve equipment issues and improve equipment performance
• Initiate meeting with both process and manufacturing Engineers to ensure work is carried out efficiently to meet module objectives
• Establish stock levels of essential spare parts and consumables to support equipment maintenance based on forecasted manufacturing volume. Liaise with vendors to minimize / eliminate over-stock or under-stock
• Manage new equipment start-up to support production, from facilities hookup, vendor startup, to acceptance of equipment for production
• Implement equipment improvement projects to improve equipment efficiency, cost reduction and reliability of equipment
• Forecast financial budgets for equipment expenditures. Setup tracking system to monitor expenditures
• Set targets, goals, and projects for the section to minimize wafer scrap, equipment cost per wafer, optimize equipment capability and utilization to meet operational needs
• Provide feedback / training to AEs and TAs on their troubleshooting skills, equipment knowledge, decision making, risks assessment
• Follow up on SPSR, MRB, 8D, TECN, and ECN documentation for closure of issues / events. Provide guidance to Junior Engineers
• Self audit and update specifications to meet TS16949 Quality Standard requirements