Team Lead First Line Support Production Engineer (Manufacturing)

Location: Wilton, Connecticut, United States; onsite work in the Wilton factory. Compressed work week schedule: 12-hour shifts from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

Salary: $0–$0 annual base salary range stated in the posting.

Company

hirify.global develops, manufactures, integrates, markets, and services lithography systems used by semiconductor manufacturers to produce advanced microchips.

What you will do

• Lead First Line Support personnel during assigned shifts and align resources with production priorities and technical needs.
• Guide troubleshooting, review engineering disturbance notices, and drive timely resolution of production issues.
• Coordinate shift activities, task assignments, escalation paths, and communication between Production Engineering, Manufacturing, employees, and leadership.
• Monitor workflow, output, quality, cycle time, risks, and recovery actions while maintaining safety and production standards.
• Coach, train, and mentor employees; identify capability gaps and implement containment and structural improvements.
• Support root-cause analysis, manufacturing procedures, technical work instructions, cycle-time improvement, and daily shift reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or in physics, materials science, mathematics, or chemical science.
• At least 2 years of experience in production or manufacturing engineering; 5–7 years of high-tech production or manufacturing experience is preferred.
• Experience leading daily work coordination, prioritizing tasks, troubleshooting, developing containment actions, and following issues through closure.
• Experience coaching, training, mentoring, or providing technical guidance to engineers, technicians, or production employees.
• Legally authorized to access United States-controlled technology before beginning work.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with occasional cleanroom duties, physical activity, and potential exposure to magnetic fields, high voltage, currents, lasers, chemicals, and industrial equipment.

Nice to have

• Experience with optical fabrication or assembly processes, including etching, optical polishing, lithography, optical contacting, coating, bonding, or interferometry.
• Cleanroom manufacturing experience and knowledge of statistical process control, PFMEA, Teamcenter, SAP, or production software.
• Ability to interpret optical tolerancing, specifications, and scratch-dig requirements.
• Direct people management or complex project management experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance for employees and their families.
• Participation in the company 401(k) plan.
• Eight hours of vacation leave per month and 13 paid holidays annually.
• Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace commitment.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants and employees with disabilities.

Hiring process

• All new hirify.global jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.
• Salary decisions consider role level, location, market data, skills, education, experience, certifications, and interview assessment.