Job Opportunities

Lead the Industrial Engineering team and oversee the development and implementation of efficient and optimized manufacturing processes and systems for a growing organization. This role focuses on driving continuous improvement, enhancing productivity, reducing costs, and ensuring quality and safety within manufacturing operations. This position will collaborate with various departments, utilize engineering principles and methodologies, and manage resources to achieve organizational goals and manage projects to completion.

• Departmental Leadership: Lead the Industrial Engineering department, including setting goals, prioritizing projects, resolving issues, and communicating performance expectations and results. Select, develop and manage industrial engineering staff.
• Data & Bottleneck Management: Manage all Manufacturing Execution System (MES) data for production routes, including runcards, operations, tooling, recipes, data collection, and operating instructions. Identify and optimize critical constraints in the "Fab" to enhance Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and throughput.
• Capacity Modeling: Develop and maintain a model that forecasts manufacturing resource levels (e.g., equipment and labor) based on demand, generating short-term and long-term scenarios. Utilize this model to pinpoint capacity improvement needs, prioritize actions, and track progress. Establish and maintain manufacturing process time standards used in product costing, production measurement, and capacity planning models.
• Manufacturing Layout: Support the overall design and development of cleanroom layouts to ensure optimal use of space, efficient logistics, and smooth workflow.
• Reporting: Establish key operational metrics and reporting mechanisms to communicate performance and identify critical constraints. Highlight and optimize critical bottlenecks and constraints within the production process.
• Production Scheduling: Monitor, enhance and optimize dispatching algorithms to ensure efficient resource allocation, line balancing, and on-time lot delivery. Knowledge of FPS scheduler is beneficial.
• Professional Development: Stay updated on current industrial engineering processes and methodologies through professional publications and assess their applicability to the organization.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead Lean and Six Sigma initiatives to reduce waste and implement "Smart Manufacturing" transformation strategies. Identify opportunities to reduce speed or throughput losses and work with process or tool owner to optimize.
• Other Duties: Perform additional tasks and responsibilities as required to support departmental and organizational goals.

• Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering or a related field
• 5-10+ years of experience in an industrial engineering role
• 2+ years in a leadership or managerial role
• Expertise in lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles is desired
• Knowledge of SQL or other computer languages to aid data mining
• Demonstrated experience in implementing process improvements and achieving efficiency gains
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on data-driven decision making
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Requires wearing clean room suit when working in the manufacturing facility.

Please note that this position may require U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency status in the future depending on federal requirements.

What We Offer

Salary: The estimated base salary range for the position is $128,000-$170,000. The pay offered is based on many factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, job-related experience, skills and level of the position.

Benefits & Other Eligible Compensation: Includes health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off, annual bonus, and tuition reimbursement.

Polar Semiconductor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

About Minneapolis/St. Paul Area

Our offices and manufacturing facility are located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Living in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area offers a strong sense of community, a vibrant arts and music scene, and abundant outdoor activities year-round. The city boasts a lower cost of living than many major metros, excellent parks and lakes, and a well-educated workforce with diverse job opportunities. Its distinct seasons bring variety, from colorful autumns to lively summers filled with festivals and waterfront activities.