Senior Furnace Engineer | MRL Consulting
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Posted: 17/03/2026
- Competitive
- United States
- Semiconductor
- Permanent
Senior Furnace Engineer
The role
A high-technology manufacturing organisation is looking for an experienced engineer to take ownership of thermal process performance within a wafer fabrication environment. This position combines day-to-day production support with longer-term development work, covering process control, tool behaviour, structured experimentation, and operational improvement. You will work closely with manufacturing, integration, yield, and equipment teams to maintain a stable line while improving consistency, output, and cost performance.
What you’ll do
This opportunity offers the chance to make a visible impact in a technically demanding manufacturing environment, helping improve process reliability, operational performance, and product outcomes.
The role
A high-technology manufacturing organisation is looking for an experienced engineer to take ownership of thermal process performance within a wafer fabrication environment. This position combines day-to-day production support with longer-term development work, covering process control, tool behaviour, structured experimentation, and operational improvement. You will work closely with manufacturing, integration, yield, and equipment teams to maintain a stable line while improving consistency, output, and cost performance.
What you’ll do
- Take technical responsibility for assigned thermal processing steps across the production flow.
- Monitor process health, identify drift quickly, and implement corrective actions that protect quality and maintain control.
- Plan and execute structured experiments, interpret results, and translate findings into sustainable factory improvements.
- Investigate process excursions and equipment-related issues, driving root-cause resolution with minimal disruption to manufacturing.
- Use statistical methods and production data to identify trends, quantify variation, and support sound engineering decisions.
- Provide day-to-day module support, including guidance on affected material and rapid response to priority issues.
- Work closely with equipment and maintenance teams to improve repeatability, reduce downtime, and strengthen long-term reliability.
- Lead improvement projects aimed at lowering waste, improving capability, and increasing overall factory efficiency.
- Document changes clearly, embed successful solutions into standard practice, and communicate outcomes to key stakeholders.
- Degree in engineering, materials, physics, or a similar technical discipline; postgraduate study would be an advantage.
- Strong experience in wafer fabrication or another tightly controlled manufacturing environment, typically seven years or more.
- Practical understanding of thermal processing operations and the production equipment used to support them.
- Ability to analyse complex manufacturing data and use statistical techniques to guide actions and priorities.
- Good working knowledge of spreadsheet-based analysis and presentation tools used in engineering environments.
- Experience collaborating with multiple technical teams to solve manufacturing challenges.
- Familiarity with structured risk assessment approaches would be beneficial.
- Clear communication style, with the ability to explain technical issues in a practical and accessible way.
- Proactive mindset, strong ownership, and confidence working in a fast-paced production setting.
- Professional fluency in English.
This opportunity offers the chance to make a visible impact in a technically demanding manufacturing environment, helping improve process reliability, operational performance, and product outcomes.
Harley Lorence
Managing Director, Northern Europe