We’re hiring a Fab Equipment Manager for a fully remote role based in the United Arab Emirates. We are a globally focused organization committed to advancing semiconductor fabrication, equipment engineering, manufacturing reliability, and technology-driven production across diverse markets, seeking an experienced leader to oversee fab equipment strategy, engineering, maintenance, installation, qualification, optimization, and lifecycle management.
About the Role
Core Function: Leading semiconductor fabrication equipment strategy and lifecycle management
Equipment Scope: Lithography, deposition, etch, clean, diffusion, ion implantation, CMP, metrology, wafer handling
Cross-Team Collaboration: Fab operations, process engineering, yield, facilities, automation, quality, supply chain
Work Model: Fully remote
Career Opportunity in Remote Semiconductor Equipment Leadership
Location Flexibility: Fully remote, open to candidates based in the United Arab Emirates
Global Scale: Supporting semiconductor manufacturing environments across diverse global markets
Technology-Driven Role: Applying predictive analytics, machine learning, and AI-enabled diagnostics
Career Growth: A senior technical leadership role spanning fab expansions and technology transitions
Position Overview
This Fab Equipment Manager role involves overseeing equipment performance across critical fab process areas, ensuring high availability, stable process capability, and efficient capacity utilization. You will develop and implement equipment strategies, lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for equipment failures, manage equipment installation and qualification, evaluate new equipment technologies, and manage equipment suppliers, OEMs, and lifecycle plans.
Why This Role Matters: As Fab Equipment Manager, you take senior technical leadership over critical semiconductor fabrication equipment spanning lithography, etch, deposition, and metrology systems, drive equipment reliability, availability, and lifecycle strategy that directly impacts manufacturing output and yield, apply advanced predictive analytics and AI-enabled diagnostics to anticipate equipment degradation, lead cross-functional teams and supplier relationships across a complex global semiconductor manufacturing environment, and support high-impact fab expansions, technology transitions, and production ramp programs — all within a fully remote role.
Key Responsibilities
Equipment Strategy & Maintenance
- Develop and implement fab equipment strategies aligned with manufacturing and business objectives
- Lead equipment engineering and maintenance operations across fabrication areas
- Develop preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs
- Manage equipment engineers, technicians, specialists, and technical support teams
Troubleshooting, Installation & Qualification
- Lead troubleshooting and recovery of complex semiconductor fab equipment failures
- Conduct root-cause analysis for equipment failures and yield-impacting events
- Manage equipment installation, relocation, commissioning, qualification, and production release
- Support fab expansions, capacity increases, and manufacturing ramp programs
Supplier Management & Continuous Improvement
- Evaluate new equipment technologies, architectures, suppliers, and technical solutions
- Manage equipment suppliers, OEMs, contractors, and establish vendor SLAs
- Manage equipment lifecycle plans, including upgrades, refurbishment, and retirement
- Promote TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous-improvement methodologies
Qualifications & Requirements
Experience Requirements
- Strong experience in semiconductor fab equipment engineering, wafer fabrication, or manufacturing engineering
- Proven experience managing semiconductor fab equipment engineering or maintenance teams
- Experience managing equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, and production release
- Experience working with semiconductor equipment OEMs, suppliers, contractors, and service organizations
Essential Skills
- Strong understanding of semiconductor fabrication processes and associated equipment
- Knowledge of lithography, deposition, etch, clean, diffusion, implantation, CMP, or metrology equipment
- Strong understanding of vacuum systems, robotics, motion control, RF systems, and precision equipment
- Strong troubleshooting, failure analysis, and root-cause investigation capabilities
- Experience with MES, factory automation, equipment-control systems, or predictive maintenance platforms
- Excellent project-management and cross-functional leadership capabilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with reliability engineering, TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous-improvement methods
- Experience working with international and distributed teams
About This Opportunity
Our teams collaborate across fab operations, equipment engineering, process engineering, yield, facilities, automation, quality, supply chain, EHS, procurement, and technology partners to maintain highly reliable and productive semiconductor manufacturing environments. This Fab Equipment Manager role offers a fully remote opportunity to lead equipment strategy across critical fab process areas, supporting technology transitions, production ramps, and fab expansion programs on a global scale.
Career Excellence: Lead semiconductor equipment strategy and lifecycle management in a fully remote, global role.
Who Should Apply?
- Senior Semiconductor Equipment Leaders: With proven fab equipment engineering or maintenance management experience
- Process Equipment Specialists: Skilled across lithography, etch, deposition, or metrology systems
- Reliability & Maintenance Strategists: Experienced with preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance
- Supplier & Vendor Management Professionals: Comfortable managing OEMs, SLAs, and technical evaluations
- Data-Driven Engineering Leaders: Familiar with predictive analytics, AI-enabled diagnostics, and FDC platforms
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