Senior Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering - San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
$103,000 - $110,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is responsible for leading complex manufacturing engineering initiatives, partnering with manufacturing leaders and cross-functional teams to develop and implement practices for producing products and processes more efficiently and effectively. This position acts as a senior technical liaison between operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, and new product development teams to ensure consistent performance, successful product transfer, and sustainable manufacturing capability.
What you'll do
- Evaluate existing processes and implement new process techniques to improve product flow, part quality, and first pass yields to reduce product cost and lead time.
- Lead large-scale process improvement initiatives that require advanced technical judgment and measurable improvements in safety, quality, cost, delivery, capacity, and productivity.
- Partner with production teams to analyze manufacturing performance, quality data, customer feedback, and audit results; resolve systemic process, design, quality, and capacity constraints.
- Lead cross-functional process improvement and Lean Six Sigma initiatives that improve safety, quality, flow, yield, cost, delivery, capacity, and productivity while reducing waste and lead time.
- Lead manufacturing readiness for new product introductions by partnering with development teams, qualifying products, processes, and equipment, and completing release-to-manufacturing deliverables.
- Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including routings, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and test specifications, and train production personnel on process setup, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a highly related field.
- 5–8 years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience in capital equipment or semiconductor manufacturing, including expertise in machining, high-purity welding and fabrication, electromechanical assembly, or ultra-high-purity cleaning processes.
- Lean Manufacturing Certification or experience.
- Proficiency with SAP or a comparable ERP/MRP system, including manufacturing master data, BOMs, routings, and production planning.
- Experience developing and maintaining manufacturing process-control documentation, including process flow diagrams, PFMEAs, control plans, inspection criteria, and standardized work instructions.
- Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or Creo for tooling, fixtures, layouts, and design reviews.
- Experience with PLM, MES, or electronic document-control systems and project-management tools.
- Proficiency with data-analysis and visualization using tools such as advanced Excel, Power BI, Minitab, or JMP.
Nice to have
- Technical diploma.
Skills: manufacturing engineering, process improvement, lean six sigma, new product introductions, semiconductor manufacturing
This role has been open 0 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
2412
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$99k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Entegris | All employers we track in this specialty (2412 roles · 77 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 244 | 2412 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 410 | 9796 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 30 d | 52 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $99k |
Skills observed across this category: manufacturing engineering, process improvement, lean six sigma, new product introductions, semiconductor manufacturing
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 382 open roles · median 80 d
- Entegris (this employer) · 250 open roles · median 29 d
- Applied Materials · 235 open roles · median 39 d
- Lam Research · 106 open roles · median 51 d
- Infineon Technologies · 88 open roles · median 52 d
- ASML · 75 open roles · median 69 d
How we counted: 2412 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 77 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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.