Job description
Samsung Austin Semiconductor is one of the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the world and an integral part of Central Texas for more than 26 years, driving job generation, economic impact and engagement with the surrounding community.
Samsung Austin Semiconductor serves a global customer base with broad semiconductor process technology offerings that impact everyday life including mobile, graphic, consumer, networking/high performance computing, Internet of Things, RF and automotive. Through successful collaborations with foundry customers and a continuous drive to develop the most cutting-edge technologies, Samsung Austin Semiconductor has become a major player in the foundry market. Samsung Austin Semiconductor's technology portfolio ranges from 65nm to 28nm using planar transistor technology to the more advanced 14nm 3D FinFet technology.
With more than 3,300 employees, 2.45 million square feet of floor space, and more than 600+ acres in land holdings, Samsung Austin Semiconductor's economic impact in 2021 generated $6.3 billion into Austin's economy through salaries and other expenditures. Plus, that same year, its parent company, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd announced a $17 billion investment to boost semiconductor production capacity at a new site in Taylor, Texas. This is in addition to the $18 billion invested in Samsung Austin Semiconductor's Austin, Texas campus, since 1996 - making it one of the largest direct foreign investments in United States history.
Samsung Austin Semiconductor is a premier and growing employer who provides a great place to work, is committed to environmental stewardship and being a good corporate citizen. Our employees are the key to our success and we invest in our people with competitive compensation & benefit packages, career development opportunities and programs that enhance physical, emotional and intellectual well-being. Our employees work at various locations throughout Central Texas including the main plant on East Parmer Lane in northeast Austin, a satellite office near Pflugerville and the construction site in Taylor, Texas. Learn more at www.samsung.com/us/sas.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Job Summary/Overview:
Samsung Austin Semiconductor is seeking a talented and motivated individual for the Manufacturing Product Operations team. We are looking for an engineer to tackle complex problems that span across multiple systems and organizations. As a Product Ops Engineer, you will own on time delivery of products during NPI and Mass Production. Engineers must demonstrate the ability to make appropriate tradeoffs between business and technical constraints to ensure on time delivery to the customer. The Product Operations engineer will serve as the primary resource to monitor, analyze, and improve manufacturing metrics for their assigned products.
As a Product Operations Engineer, you will use knowledge of proprietary Samsung scheduling and reporting systems as well as Manufacturing industry knowledge to improve factory bottlenecks through detailed analysis and use project management skills to drive on time projects. As a Product Operations Engineer, you will work closely with manufacturing operations, systems technology and engineering personnel from Unit Parts to find inefficiencies, create and drive improvement projects, provide tactical and strategic support of daily operations.
Professionalism, good judgement, negotiation skills, team leadership, ability to influence, analytical talent, teamwork and communication are essential to success.
This position is right for you if you are passionate about solving complex manufacturing problems, and possess the curiosity for consistent learning.
Specific Job Duties:
- Product Ownership (NPI & Mass Production)
- Perform line analysis and supply chain forecasting to be able to pinpoint bottleneck areas and take actions to help improve line movement and line balance
- Perform bottleneck investigations utilizing existing productions plans, tool performance metrics, and existing capacity projects and create summaries of problem areas
- Coordinate daily factory needs with Business Operations (Korea HQ) and take actions to meet daily customer shipment requirements
- Negotiate product shipment requirements with Business Operations (Korea HQ)
- Coordinate with systems technology and engineering groups to make output improvements using available scheduling systems as well as analyze data to show the benefit of any action taken
- Work with engineering teams to improve daily operations and optimize tool performance
- Collaborate with manufacturing shift operations and follow-up on issues to resolution
- Identify areas of improvement within manufacturing and systems
- Participate in resolution of urgent production issues as they occur
- Support process change control board (engineering changes) through analysis and approval
- Effectively communicate up, down and across the organization to align manufacturing, production planning, and engineering regarding product performance and supply forecasts
- Analyzes factory capacity limiters to identify capital investment issues or equipment qualification needs
Shift: 1st shift, Mon- Fri, 8am- 5pm.
Skills and Qualifications:
- B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or other related Engineering or Applied Mathematics Major will be considered.
- 2-year minimum experience with demonstrated success in inventory analysis, production control, capacity planning, lean manufacturing, six sigma, or project management highly preferred.
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Knowledge of Line Metrics – OEE, Rundown, Equipment Efficiency, UPEH, APT, TAT, Queueing Theory
- Experience with Fab automation and reporting systems
- Able to identify valuable data sources and automate collection process for quicker reporting and decision making
- Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
- Demonstrated experience with applied lean manufacturing principles
- Experience in manufacturing sciences (Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing, Capacity Planning, and Flow Optimization)
- Quick leaner with the ability to handle multiple task simultaneously, maintain focus, and adapt to a variety of challenges
- Good communication skills with internal and external customers
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to assess situations and set priorities
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Strong critical thinking skills; recognize third and fourth order effects of a catalyst event
- Experience with Python, R, Spotfire, SQL, or other analytics tools a plus
- Experience with collaborative & project tracking software (JIRA, Confluence) a plus
- Skilled in MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Able to work independently and within a team
- Project management experience a plus
- Strong sense of time organization and urgency
- 1-5 years' experience with Automated Manufacturing or Semiconductor FAB a plus
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