Supervisor, Manufacturing

The MOCVD Manufacturing Supervisor provides immediate hands-on supervision and operational support for night-shift operators and maintenance technicians supporting the GaN MOCVD R&D facility in Goleta California.  The supervisor assigns work monitors execution at frequent intervals maintains shift schedules and workflow and ensures adherence to established safety quality production and equipment procedures. Working within defined operating plans and management guidance this role responds to routine shift issues escalates higher-risk or technically complex problems and delivers team targets against daily and weekly production plans.  The supervisor routinely works alongside operators and technicians to remove barriers address production issues and maintain continuous execution throughout the shift. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Hands-on Manufacturing Support: Actively participate in production activities to maintain WIP flow.  Perform or assist with reactor loading unloading wafer movement material handling process verification and production documentation as required. 

• Shift leadership: Direct daily activities of night-shift operators and maintenance technicians; assign tasks set priorities balance staffing and monitor work at frequent intervals to maintain safe and efficient workflow. 

• Safety and compliance: Enforce EHS requirements chemical and gas safety controls lockout/tagout PPE cleanroom protocols permit requirements and emergency response procedures. Stop work when an unsafe condition exists and ensure timely notification and escalation. 

• Manufacturing Execution: Coordinate reactor loading recipe execution material movement in-process checks documentation and shift handoff activities to meet daily and weekly output cycle-time and delivery targets. 

• Equipment availability: Coordinate planned and corrective maintenance troubleshooting and return-to-service activities. Confirm technicians follow approved maintenance procedures and document work accurately. 

• Quality: Ensure compliance with work instructions process specifications control plans SPC requirements and material traceability standards. Contain nonconforming material initiate required documentation and escalate deviations promptly. 

• Problem response: Address routine production staffing quality and equipment issues using established procedures. Engage engineering equipment facilities EHS or management when issues exceed defined authority or technical capability. 

• Communication: Lead shift start-up meetings and provide clear written and verbal handoffs covering safety concerns reactor status production progress material disposition maintenance work and open actions. 

• People supervision: Provide day-to-day direction coaching training reinforcement and factual performance feedback. Monitor attendance qualification status work quality and adherence to company policies; elevate formal employee-relations matters to management and HR. 

• Training and qualification: Maintain adequate shift coverage by tracking operator and technician qualifications assigning trainers and verifying completion of required training before independent work. 

• Continuous improvement: Support 5S standard-work waste-reduction uptime yield and cycle-time improvements. Provide practical shift-level input while following approved change-control processes. 

• Cost awareness: Help control overtime consumables spare-parts usage scrap and rework; provide input to unit-level cost management. 

• Inventory Management: Ensure new parts are properly received inspected stored and cataloged.  Ensure material removed from stock are properly recorded.  

• Shipping: Lead night shift finished goods shipping activity including wafer preparation documentation and packaging.

Measures of Success 

• Safe shift execution and timely escalation of hazards incidents and near misses. 

• Achievement of daily and weekly output schedule cycle-time and staffing objectives. 

• Reactor availability preventive-maintenance completion and effective response to unplanned downtime. 

• Adherence to process specifications documentation requirements and material traceability controls. 

• Shift-team attendance qualification coverage training completion and work quality. 

• Complete accurate and timely shift handoffs records and action closure. 

• Control of overtime scrap rework consumables and spare-parts usage within assigned scope. 

Qualifications :

Required

• Associate degree in engineering technology manufacturing technology electronics mechanical systems or a related field or an equivalent combination of education military technical training and relevant experience. 

• 5 or more years of experience in semiconductor high-technology chemical or similarly controlled manufacturing including at least 1 year in a lead trainer team coordinator or supervisory assignment. 

• Working knowledge of manufacturing safety quality systems standard work equipment maintenance coordination and production control. 

• Demonstrated ability to assign work monitor execution maintain schedules coach employees and communicate factual operating information across shifts and functions. 

• Ability to interpret work instructions equipment procedures process specifications control charts alarm histories and production priorities. 

• Ability to make sound routine decisions within established guidelines and recognize when immediate escalation is required. 

• Proficiency with standard business and manufacturing systems used for email reporting training records maintenance production tracking and document control. 

• Ability and willingness to work the designated night-shift schedule including required overtime weekends holidays and emergency coverage as needed. 

Preferred 

• Bachelors degree in engineering manufacturing operations or a related discipline. 

• Experience in MOCVD epitaxy wafer fabrication vacuum systems gas delivery abatement facilities interfaces or semiconductor equipment maintenance. 

• Experience supervising both production operators and maintenance technicians on an off-shift. 

• Knowledge of SPC MES CMMS deviation control root-cause analysis 5S and structured continuous-improvement methods. 

• Current or prior qualification in hazardous-material handling emergency response lockout/tagout or other site-specific safety programs. 

• Experience with MOCVD CVD or metrology equipment diagnostics and repair. 

Leadership Competencies 

• Safety ownership: Consistently applies controls recognizes risk and acts promptly when conditions are unsafe. 

• Execution discipline: Organizes the shift follows through on commitments and maintains accurate records. 

• Front-line leadership: Sets clear expectations treats employees fairly and provides timely coaching within established policies. 

• Problem solving: Uses facts and defined procedures to resolve routine issues and escalates appropriately. 

• Communication: Conveys concise straightforward information to employees peer groups and management. 

• Collaboration: Works effectively with process engineering equipment engineering facilities quality EHS planning and day-shift leadership. 

• Continuous improvement: Identifies practical improvements while respecting qualification documentation and change-control requirements. 

Additional Information :

The expected annual pay range for this position is $76000-$95000K. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location applicable experience and skillset of the candidate. we put in the additional information

Work Environment and Physical Requirements 

Work is performed in semiconductor manufacturing cleanroom equipment and support areas where hazardous production materials compressed gases chemicals high voltage vacuum systems hot surfaces automated equipment and other industrial hazards may be present under engineered and administrative controls. The employee must be able to wear required PPE enter controlled areas respond promptly to alarms and production.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries we offer the opportunity to work on worldleading technology for Automotive Industrial Infrastructure and IoT shaping a safer healthier greener and smarter future.

At Renesas TAGIE is our culture grounded in being Transparent Agile Global Innovative and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time