Industrial Engineer

Tower Semiconductor Ltd - San Antonio, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

San Antonio, TX

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Industrial Engineer at Tower Semiconductor will play a crucial role in enhancing operational efficiency and capacity planning within the high-tech manufacturing environment. This position involves collaboration with IT and cross-functional teams to manage data systems, optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. The engineer will be responsible for performance reporting, identifying bottlenecks, and ensuring that business objectives are met through effective capacity modeling and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Automation, system, and database management.
• Collaborate with IT teams to extract and manipulate data from various systems.
• Develop, implement and maintain databases and systems for capacity modeling and operational metrics reporting.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for data reporting systems and processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency enhancement.
• Support and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure business objectives are being achieved, or identify the reason why they are not.
• Provide input into capacity metrics, utilization, availability, and cycle time expectations.
• Identify equipment and process flow bottlenecks.
• Communicate and work with others to improve performance through bottleneck analysis and hands-on observations on the manufacturing floor.
• Initiate projects to ensure cycle time and capacity requirements are achieved through completion of identified action plans.
• Conduct time studies, process flow analysis, and collect/analyze data related to capacity planning.
• Work with Production, Engineering, and Equipment teams to ensure capacities are accurately comprehended.
• Perform capacity modeling and take ownership of in-house developed models if necessary.

Requirements

• B.S in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Computer Science required; Master's degree preferred.
• 4 years' experience in manufacturing and operations management techniques.
• Strong quantitative and advanced analytical skills and project management skills.
• Strong understanding of statistics, data analysis, and problem-solving methodologies.
• Strong programming skills with experience in data extraction and manipulation.
• Expert use of Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Proficiency in tools such as Python, R, SQL, or similar programming languages; VBA and SQL required.
• Knowledge of Manufacturing Science (scheduling/dispatching, TOC, Lean, Push/Pull system, inventory management, capacity planning, etc.).
• Experience in optimization, tool modeling, and performance metrics preferred.
• Previous experience in a Semiconductor environment is preferred.
• Knowledge of PROMIS is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in optimization, tool modeling, and performance metrics.
• Previous experience in a Semiconductor environment.
• Knowledge of PROMIS.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• 401k retirement savings plan.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.
• Professional development opportunities.