Section Manager - Ramp & Sustaining Process Engineering (SM1) - United States
Originally posted 2 October 2026 by the employer.
Lead a team supporting 300mm manufacturing operations, owning aggressive tool install and process release schedules.
About the role
This Section Manager, Ramp & Sustaining Process Engineering will lead a team of experienced process engineers supporting high-volume 300mm semiconductor manufacturing operations. This role involves driving aggressive tool install and process release schedules, cost leadership initiatives, and maximizing capacity from the existing install base.
What you'll do
- Lead, develop, and grow a team of process engineers focused on ramping and sustaining manufacturing operations.
- Own and drive aggressive tool installation and process release schedules across process modules and technology platforms.
- Lead innovative engineering solutions to extract maximum capacity from the current installed equipment base.
- Provide best-in-class sustaining engineering support for high-volume production processes across multiple technology nodes.
- Partner with technology development, integration, yield, equipment, and operations teams to ensure seamless process ownership.
- Champion data-driven and AI-enabled engineering approaches to improve process release velocity, sustaining effectiveness, and engineering productivity.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 5 years of direct engineering team leadership or management experience within a Semiconductor Manufacturing Environment.
Nice to have
- Hands-on technical expertise in one or more semiconductor process modules (Photolithography, Metrology, Implant, Epitaxy, Diffusion, RTP, or equivalent).
- Experience managing tool installation programs and process release cycles in a 300mm high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated track record of delivering cost leadership and capacity improvement results at scale.
- Familiarity with process control systems, SPC governance, and manufacturing quality frameworks.
- Experience with AI-enabled engineering tools, advanced analytics, or digital transformation initiatives in a semiconductor manufacturing setting.
- Background in sustaining engineering for analog, mixed-signal, or specialty semiconductor technologies.
- Experience supporting multi-site or corporate-level manufacturing benchmarking and best-practice deployment.
Skills: Ramp & Sustaining Process Engineering, tool install, process release schedules, cost leadership, capacity enablement, high-volume production
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 82-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · Semiconductor Process
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Open roles in category
1047
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Median days open
82 d
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Median salary
$148k
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| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (1047 roles · 58 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 52 | 1047 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 242 | 9577 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 42 d | 82 d (−40 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: Ramp & Sustaining Process Engineering, tool install, process release schedules, cost leadership, capacity enablement, high-volume production
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 348 open roles · median 149 d
- Applied Materials · 85 open roles · median 142 d
- GlobalFoundries · 62 open roles · median 102 d
- Texas Instruments (this employer) · 50 open roles · median 43 d
- STMicroelectronics · 48 open roles · median 51 d
- Entegris · 47 open roles · median 23 d
How we counted: 1047 open Process Engineering (Semiconductor Process) roles from 58 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 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.