Ramp Execution Engineer (SM1) - Sherman, TX, United States
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
Help the factory grow by turning complex install plans into coordinated, visible, and executable reality.
About the role
This role involves turning complex install plans into coordinated, visible, and executable reality to support factory growth. You will help drive tool install execution, improve ramp visibility, and strengthen systems for future factory expansion.
What you'll do
- Drive day-to-day execution of semiconductor tool installs to maintain schedule and enable factory capacity.
- Coordinate install progress and resolve roadblocks with engineering teams, facilities, vendors, procurement, and Finance.
- Lead install execution reviews to track status, identify issues, communicate schedule changes, and drive recovery actions.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for day-to-day execution issues impacting install progress.
- Support clear communication of install progress, risks, and execution status to engineering teams and leadership.
- Improve tracking systems and execution visibility to highlight install status, schedule risk, cost concerns, and areas for intervention.
- Build practical tools, reports, systems, or web-based utilities to improve speed, accuracy, and visibility of install execution and cost tracking.
- Drive continuous improvement across ramp execution processes.
- Lead capital purchase execution working with Procurement and the Capital Finance team.
- Partner with Procurement and Finance to update purchase orders when schedule changes require shifts in timing or delivery dates.
- Work with procurement to help ensure capital purchases arrive on time and stay aligned to factory ramp needs.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Physics or related engineering degree.
- 2+ years of direct experience leading semiconductor tool installations.
Nice to have
- Experience working across semiconductor engineering, facilities, vendor install teams, procurement, and finance in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with equipment configuration decisions and/or capital equipment purchasing.
- Experience managing quotes, purchase requests, purchase order updates, and delivery coordination.
- Demonstrated ability to build practical tools, reports, and systems that improve the speed, accuracy, and visibility of install execution, cost tracking, and schedule management.
- Demonstrated ability to identify manual or inefficient workflows and turn them into simpler, faster, and more accurate execution tools.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions and build strong, influential relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to drive execution while also improving the systems and processes that support long-term factory performance.
Skills: semiconductor tool installs, factory capacity, capital purchase execution, ramp execution processes, supply chain
This role has been open 10 days — well below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2432
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$100k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (2432 roles · 77 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 48 | 2432 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 243 | 9796 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 31 d | 52 d (−21 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $100k |
Skills observed across this category: semiconductor tool installs, factory capacity, capital purchase execution, ramp execution processes, supply chain
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 385 open roles · median 81 d
- Entegris · 244 open roles · median 30 d
- Applied Materials · 231 open roles · median 38 d
- Lam Research · 105 open roles · median 53 d
- Infineon Technologies · 90 open roles · median 51 d
- ASML · 75 open roles · median 70 d
How we counted: 2432 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 77 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.