Assembly Equipment Group Department Manager

Job Details:

Job Description:

The Equipment Technical Engineering Group-Assembly Finish Department Manager leads the Assembly & Finish Equipment organization at Vietnam Assembly Test (VNAT), driving the transformation of Technical Engineering Group-Assembly Finish to be a best‑in‑class in Quality, Predictability, Velocity, and Affordability with winning culture of discipline execution.

This role is pivotal as VNAT transforms to become the Foundry of Choice, with relentless focus on discipline execution for operational excellence, engineering rigor, and innovation through AI/ML and advanced engineering solutions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead Technical Engineering Group-Assembly Finish transformation to deliver improvements and operation excellence in:

• Equipment quality and stability

• Predictable 24x7 factory execution

• Speed of response, recovery, and ramp

• Cost competitiveness and affordability

2. Own end-to-end equipment performance for Assembly and Finish, including readiness for High Volume Manufacturing (HVM), New Product Introduction (NPI), and ramp, ensuring no equipment-driven surprises.

3. Drive operation excellence through disciplined equipment sustaining execution, strong equipment expertise, CIP culture and data-driven decision making.

4. Leverage AI/ML, automation, and engineering innovation to improve tool availability, reduce repeat issues, accelerate learning, and scale best-known methods.

5. Build a strong One-Assembly culture through tight partnership with Assembly Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality:

• Shared ownership of results

• Clear operating models and escalation paths

• Seamless execution from design intent to factory output

6. Develop a high-performing, accountable equipment organization, with strong safety mindset, equipment technical depth, leadership bench, and inclusion across shifts.

7. Serve as the POC equipment leader interface to factory and site leadership, clearly communicating risks, tradeoffs, and recovery plans.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Industrial, or related Engineering discipline.

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience, with a minimum of 5 years demonstrated leadership experience in semiconductor, electronics, or high-tech manufacturing environment.

• Strong background in equipment engineering, sustaining, or manufacturing operations.

• Proven people leadership experience managing groups and large technical teams.

• Experience in Assembly / Finish / Advanced Packaging preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to lead transformation in fast-paced, high-accountability environments.

• Fluent English communication skills.

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (Vietnam)

Primary Location:

Vietnam, Ho_Chi_Minh_City

Additional Locations:

Business group:

Intel Foundry strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art while delighting our customers -- from delivering cutting-edge silicon process and packaging technology leadership for the AI era, enabling our customers to design leadership products, global manufacturing scale and supply chain, through the continuous yield improvements to advanced packaging all the way to final test and assembly. We ensure our foundry customers' products receive our utmost focus in terms of service, technology enablement and capacity commitments. Employees in the Foundry Technology Manufacturing are part of a worldwide factory network that designs, develops, manufactures, and assembly/test packages the compute devices to improve the lives of every person on Earth.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will require an on-site presence. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.
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