Manager, Mechanical Design Engineering (m/f/d)

Location: Thiendorf, Germany

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Forming Our Future together

FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle — from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor’s products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Rooted in our core values — Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People — we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter.

Job Description:

FormFactor’s Triton is the industry leading silicon photonics test platform for insertion 1 PIC testing in high-volume production test at leading semiconductor fabs. This role with support released products in the field and enable our NPI organization to focus on next-generation development.

Responsibilities

• Leading the multi-disciplinary sustaining engineering team (mechanical, electrical, software, systems)

• The customer change process for Triton released products

• Field issue resolution, root cause analysis, and corrective action.

• Reliability performance of fielded systems — MTBF tracking etc.

• Cost-down and design-for-manufacturability programs on released products

• Component obsolescence management and supplier qualification changes

• Acceptance criteria and gate review participation for NPI-to-sustaining product handoffs

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience in semiconductor capital equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, or comparable high-reliability complex systems

• Demonstrated experience owning released products in production environments, field issue resolution, and continuous improvement programs

• Experience working across geographically distributed teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline; advanced degree preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams, ideally including sustaining, NPI, or product engineering functions.

•  Direct experience with silicon photonics, wafer probe, or related test and measurement technologies

• Exposure to reliability engineering methods (FMEA, accelerated life testing, MTBF modeling) and DFx practices

Core Competencies

• Can recruit strong senior engineers into the function

• Brings calm, structured judgment to customer escalations and production

• Maintains strong partnerships with the NPI. Builds feedback loops from field into design decisions, making sustaining a learning engine for the broader engineering organization

• Documentation, process, and configuration management

Skills:

Education & Experience:

Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience | Required