Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Semiconductor Automation)

Location: Livermore, United States of America. Work arrangements may include a mix of in-office and remote work depending on the role and business needs. Brooks participates in E-Verify to confirm eligibility for employment in the United States.

Base salary: $123,896.85–$167,625.15 USD annually, plus an annual discretionary bonus.

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor automation solutions, including precision robotics, integrated automation systems, vacuum systems, atmospheric robots, and contamination-control products. The role is within the Precise Collaborative Robot Group, which develops collaborative robots, controls, and machine-vision systems.

What you will do

• Develop, qualify, industrialize, and continuously improve precision mechanical manufacturing processes for Direct Drive Motor products and other precision components.
• Own process requirements, critical parameters, process windows, tolerances, acceptance criteria, control plans, PFMEAs, standard work, work instructions, and reaction plans.
• Plan and execute process characterization, capability studies, measurement system analysis, designed experiments, validation, pilot builds, production qualification, transfer, and scale-up.
• Use production data, SPC, KPIs, and structured problem solving to reduce variation, defects, scrap, rework, cycle time, and manufacturing cost while improving yield and reliability.
• Specify and qualify equipment, fixtures, tooling, automation, inspection methods, and test systems; partner with Design Engineering on DFM/DFA and manufacturability.
• Lead corrective actions, process changes, training, and cross-functional improvements with Production, Quality, Design Engineering, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 7 years of manufacturing process engineering or process-development experience in a precision electromechanical, motor, automation, semiconductor-equipment, medical-device, or similarly controlled manufacturing environment.
• Experience owning complex manufacturing processes through development, validation, launch, and sustained production.
• Experience creating and maintaining process flows, PFMEAs, control plans, standard work, work instructions, and reaction plans.
• Experience with root-cause and corrective-action methods including 5 Why, fishbone analysis, fault-tree analysis, and 8D.
• Experience specifying or qualifying production equipment, tooling, fixtures, inspection methods, or automated processes.
• Applied experience with statistical methods, process capability analysis, SPC, MSA, DOE, process validation, and structured problem-solving methods.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks and SolidWorks PDM.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting, analytical, project-management, and cross-functional communication skills.

Nice to have

• Six Sigma Green Belt certification; Black Belt certification is a plus.
• Experience with Agile.
• Preferred: at least 10 years of relevant manufacturing process engineering experience.
• Experience with direct-drive motor or precision electromechanical manufacturing processes.
• Experience with precision assembly, automated or semi-automated equipment, traceability systems, and production data acquisition.
• Experience developing operator-dependent processes into documented, capable, and scalable production systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and engaging work environment with flexibility where possible, including potential in-office and remote arrangements based on business needs.
• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Company-paid holidays and flexible vacation for exempt employees.
• Equal-opportunity workplace with accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.