Director, Engineering

As the Velocity Lab Director, you will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations and hardware engineering projects in the lab supporting company-wide early phase process feasibility tests. Core responsibilities include:

• Promote a culture of safety in the lab
• Manage and lead the cross functional hardware engineering lab team
• Execute facility planning and organizational development to meet lab vision
• Review project proposals to determine hardware suitability, scope engineering effort, estimate cost and timeline
• Communicate with stakeholders across ATD, etch, dep and CSBG to align project schedules and resources

• Serve as the single point of accountability for lab performance
• Use technical skills and creativity to drive efficient hardware solutions
• Foster collaboration amongst the community of lab users and support teams
• Tailor corporate lab ops policies to meet needs of small, independent R&D lab
• Champion a C&F mindset for the lab:
• Don’t build products; build the minimum hardware set to meet experimental objective
• Move fast and iterate as needed
• Take pride in the experimental result above the equipment used
• Borrow liberally…doesn’t matter if the hardware was “not invented here”
• Use diagnostics to understand and quantify experimental conditions
• Routinely required to make ad-hoc decisions with limited information
• Set budget and track spending for the group

• Education: BS in engineering discipline (mechanical, electrical, chemical); MS/PhD desirable
• Excellent leadership and communication skills; bias to action
• Adaptable, flexible and versatile leader with hardware development experience
• Able to lead & influence hardware team with diverse technical skillset
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
• At least 3 years’ experience in engineering management roles

• Semiconductor capital equipment development experience with etch and deposition product and process knowledge

• Demonstrable experience in successfully leading complex engineering projects
• Technical knowledge across multiple engineering disciplines
• Organization and team development experience

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.