Sr Manufacturing Process Engineer - Farmers Branch, TX, United States
Originally posted 19 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Sr Manufacturing Process Engineer owns and optimizes assembly and electrical test equipment used in the manufacturing of probe cards to ensure safety, quality, and delivery targets.
What you'll do
- Serve as process owner for assembly and test tools, including precision alignment stations, adhesive/epoxy dispense, curing ovens, bonders, electrical test stands/handlers, and laser cutting. - Author and update standard work for setup, qualification, operation, and maintenance work instructions. - Apply 5 Whys, Ishikawa, pareto analysis, and fault isolation to resolve equipment, fixture, sensor, and software PLC/HMI issues. - Execute containment and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA), verifying effectiveness using run charts, Cpk, and GR&R for measurement systems. - Partner with Equipment Engineering on process windows, recipe optimizations, low-cost automation, poke-yoke fixtures, and qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) using DOE. - Track uptime, yield loss by cause, first-pass yield (FPY), cycle time, and throughput while maintaining PFMEA updates, change control records, and calibration certificates.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience, or an advanced degree without experience, or equivalent work experience. - Experience operating or sustaining assembly equipment or electrical test equipment. - Experience with root cause analysis methodologies including 5 Whys, Ishikawa, and pareto analysis. - Working knowledge of PFMEA, measurement systems analysis (MSA), and statistical process control (SPC charts). - Familiarity with PLC/HMI troubleshooting, reading schematics, and qualification frameworks (IQ/OQ/PQ).
Skills: assembly equipment, electrical test equipment, process owner, troubleshooting, continuous improvement
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 53-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2523
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$97k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (2523 roles · 80 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 55 | 2523 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 116 | 9979 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 33 d | 53 d (−20 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $97k |
Skills observed across this category: assembly equipment, electrical test equipment, process owner, troubleshooting, continuous improvement
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 402 open roles · median 78 d
- Applied Materials · 251 open roles · median 40 d
- Entegris · 225 open roles · median 39 d
- Lam Research · 108 open roles · median 61 d
- Infineon Technologies · 90 open roles · median 59 d
- STMicroelectronics · 69 open roles · median 55 d
How we counted: 2523 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 80 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.