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About the Role

Lead production operations within a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment, focusing on shift execution, personnel leadership, safety compliance, tool performance, and achieving production targets while maintaining quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise operators and process technicians during assigned shift
• Drive daily production targets including throughput, WIP management, and cycle time
• Ensure smooth shift handoff communication
• Respond to process excursions and coordinate with engineering and maintenance teams
• Escalate issues appropriately to minimize downtime and yield impact
• Monitor critical metrics (CD control, defect density, thickness)
• Support troubleshooting of Etch and Thin Films processes
• Ensure SPC compliance and process control adherence
• Coordinate tool qualifications and maintenance schedules
• Partner with engineering on continuous improvement initiatives
• Enforce cleanroom protocols and EHS standards
• Ensure documentation accuracy and shift reporting discipline
• Drive root cause analysis (5-Why, Fishbone) for excursions
• Maintain compliance with manufacturing and quality systems
• Coach and mentor team members
• Conduct performance discussions and provide feedback
• Manage shift staffing, attendance, and scheduling
• Promote a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement

Requirements

• 5+ years of semiconductor manufacturing experience
• 2+ years of Etch or Thin Films-specific experience preferred
• 2+ years in a leadership or supervisory role preferred
• Strong understanding of Etch and Thin Films processes
• Strong understanding of CD and Thickness control
• Strong understanding of SPC and statistical analysis
• Experience in high-volume 200mm or 300mm fab environments
• Ability to work in a cleanroom
• Ability to support the assigned shift schedule
• U.S. Person Required (U.S. citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, Political Asylee, or Refugee)

Skills

• Etch process knowledge
• Thin Films process knowledge
• Leadership capability
• Cleanroom manufacturing
• AMAT and Novellus Deposition tools
• AMAT, LAM, and TEL Etchers
• KLA Corporation inspection/metrology tools
• MES systems
• Excel

Location

• Minnesota
• Florida
• Texas

Work Type

• B Shift: Saturday through Tuesday in week one, and Sunday through Tuesday in week two, from 6:55pm - 7:10am

Experience Level

• 5+ years of semiconductor manufacturing experience
• 2+ years of Etch or Thin Films-specific experience
• 2+ years in a leadership or supervisory role

Education Level

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field

Salary/Compensations

• 15% differential for B Shift

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Incentive plans
• 401k match
• Life insurance
• Opportunities to purchase SkyWater stock at a discounted rate
• Medical
• Dental
• Mental health benefits
• Vision
• Legal planning
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• On-site cafeteria
• Fitness facility
• Self-serve market

About the Company

• SkyWater's ingenuity helps improve lives around the world by manufacturing U.S. made semiconductors essential for modern life.
• We are turning “science fiction” into everyday reality through technologies such as superconducting, 3D integrated circuits or computer chips, carbon nanotubes, photonic logic devices, micro electro-mechanical systems and other emerging device topologies.
• We manufacture products for aerospace and defense, medical, automotive, consumer and industrial markets.
• Our customers include emerging leaders who rely on our intellectual property security and quality manufacturing services.
• SkyWater’s values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration, Empowerment and Growth Mindset guide us to cultivate an empowered, learning environment.
• We invest in developing highly skilled, dedicated employees and employees entering the workforce for the first time, from the military, and a variety of educational backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity

• EOE, including disability/vets
• SkyWater complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause an undue hardship.
• Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability.
• We will never ask applicants to pay fees, purchase equipment or gift cards, or provide financial information before a formal offer of employment has been accepted.