Senior Test Process Engineering Manager

Overview

Lead the Component Test Process Engineering team and drive manufacturing excellence through semiconductor test process development, optimization, standardization, AI-enabled ways of working where applicable, and deployment across global test operations.

What you'll do

• Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing team of Test Process Engineers.
• Establish team goals, development plans, and performance objectives aligned with business priorities.
• Drive accountability, innovation, safety, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Build technical capability through coaching, training, and succession planning.
• Lead cross-functional and global initiatives involving multiple manufacturing sites.
• Drive test process development, optimization, validation, and deployment for Component Test manufacturing operations.
• Define and maintain process standards, best practices, and operational controls.
• Lead process qualification activities using DOE, risk assessment, and statistical analysis.
• Establish and sustain robust process controls across manufacturing operations.
• Improve process capability to support quality, output, cost, and cycle-time objectives.
• Champion yield improvement through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Lead containment, disposition, and resolution activities for quality excursions and customer-impacting issues.
• Use statistical tools and data analytics to identify process variation and drive corrective actions.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Quality teams to improve outgoing quality and reliability performance.
• Implement preventive measures to eliminate recurring manufacturing issues.
• Lead manufacturing process readiness activities for new product introductions.
• Ensure transfer from product development into high-volume manufacturing.
• Establish manufacturing specifications and process controls with Product Engineering and Operations teams.
• Coordinate qualification activities and manufacturing risk assessments during NPI execution.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, operational excellence, productivity, efficiency, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Establish KPIs and performance dashboards to monitor manufacturing health.
• Drive factory automation and digital transformation initiatives where applicable.
• Ensure compliance with business processes, quality standards, safety requirements, and operational procedures.
• Partner with Equipment Engineering on qualification, upgrades, and process capability improvements.
• Support recipe management, process standardization, and technology proliferation across sites.
• Evaluate and implement manufacturing solutions to improve productivity and quality.
• Lead technical evaluations and mitigation plans for equipment-related process issues.
• Improve test yield and process capability, reduce quality excursions and customer-impacting events, accelerate NPI ramp-to-production readiness, improve operational efficiency and productivity, develop a technically capable process engineering organization, and drive standardization across global test manufacturing operations.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 15+ years of semiconductor manufacturing, product engineering, test engineering, or process engineering experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of people management experience leading engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor assembly and test manufacturing processes.
• Proven experience driving yield, quality, productivity, and cost improvements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills utilizing data-driven decision-making.
• Experience with statistical analysis tools and methodologies.
• Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a global, cross-functional environment.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in Component Test, Memory Test, Burn-In, System Level Test, or semiconductor backend manufacturing.
• Knowledge of test equipment platforms, process qualifications, and manufacturing automation.
• Experience with reliability methodologies, failure analysis, and quality systems.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent certification.
• Experience leading global manufacturing projects across multiple sites.

Details

• Location: Ahmedabad, India.
• Organization: Component Test Engineering.
• Department: CAT.