Job Details:

Job Description: 

The Install Qualification Operation Specialist is responsible for driving key milestones enabling tool installation, readiness, and qualification within Intel Foundry Construction and Sourcing (FCS). The role is responsible for equipment install execution from pre-design through design finish and set to SL2 signoff, ensuring safe delivery, accurate scope definition, efficient construction, and prompt vendor qualification.

 

This position requires five days per week of onsite presence and close coordination with manufacturing, design, construction, OEMs, trade contractors, and supplier partners.

 

Please consider that this is an Intel contract position (3 years).

 

 

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

 

Safety and Compliance:

 

• Champion Intel's Culture of Caring and ensure safe behaviors across design and construction activities.
• Enforce cleanroom, IP protection, and site protocols to maintain compliance with all applicable regulations and agency audits.

 

Install and Qualification Execution:

 

• Own key tool installs milestones including set, rigging, placement, hook up, energization, and qual.
• Support troubleshooting for Supplier Qual and Intel Qual to quickly resolve issues.
• Drive micro schedule and pull plan development to support tool install milestones.
• Manage decoupled construction paths SET/SL2 to accelerate readiness.
• Coordinate testing and facility readiness (LSS, eFIT, TAB, networking, ESOPN).

 

Design and Scope Alignment:

 

• Load complete tool install scope in DAC prior to design engagement.
• Participate in cross functional design reviews with CIT, TICE, Layout, OEMs, and module teams.
• Validate OEM data and ensure alignment with Intel standards (SEED/EDS/UDS).
• Support LSP creation, routing validation, POC assignments, and space management.
• Reduce changes by minimizing DCNs, DCRs, and late-stage modifications.

Execution Planning and Stakeholder Coordination:

 

• Lead multi supplier coordination meetings and execution planning sessions.
• Translate technical/business requirements into actionable plans and schedules.
• Forecast equipment and resource needs.
• Ensure readiness and prompt delivery of tools, prefac kits, globals, and parts.
• Coordinate equipment decon and demo activities.

 

Supplier and Vendor Management:

 

• Manage OEMs and third-party vendors to achieve best-in-class qual durations.
• Drive early vendor enablement and facility readiness using ESOPN. (Equipment sign- off
• per need).
• Ensure clean handoff from construction completion to vendor qual finish.
• Manage contracts, KPIs, and supplier scorecards in partnership with Procurement.

 

Operations and Continuous Improvement:

 

• Oversee contractor and supplier activities in accordance with SLAs.
• Monitor site operational budget and maximize efficiency.
• Apply Lean principles to eliminate waste, reduce install durations, and improve quality.
• Document and share lessons learned across modules and sites.
• Influence tools install methods through innovation and best-known methods (BKMs).

 

In addition to the qualifications a successful candidate will demonstrate:

 

• Project management skills (planning, scheduling, risk mitigation).
• Adaptability in fast-paced, changing environments.
• Organizational discipline and time management.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications, you must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position.

 

 

The candidate must have at least one of the following:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business, or related field with 3+ years of experience in Project Management, as Equipment/Engineering Tool Owner, or equivalent installation/qualification/demo/maintenance technician experience.
  

OR

 

• Associate’s degree related to semiconductor manufacturing and 5+ years of experience in Project Management, as Equipment/Engineering Tool Owner, or equivalent installation/qualification/demo/maintenance technician experience.

 OR

 

• 7+ years of experience in Project Management, as Equipment/Engineering Tool Owner, or equivalent installation/qualification/demo/maintenance technician experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

 

• Willing to working onsite in a cleanroom/construction environment.

 

 This position is not eligible for Intel immigration sponsorship.

Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

 

• Experience in navigating construction areas when needed.
• PMP certification.
• Experience with medium or large-scale construction or tool install programs.
• Knowledge of Intel systems: EMS, SIRFIS, Fuzion, QUEST, IMCS, Capacity Planning, SLS, 6D.
• Demo experience (6D trained and certified).
• Experience with station controller setup / automation.
• Panel shutdowns, FPOCs, eFITs.
• Tool crating/de crating, AIO.
• Tool install/qual specifications and maintenance.
• Managing daily third-party supplier operation.

          

Job Type:

Intel Contract Employee

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location: 

US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Additional Locations:

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

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

 

 

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $52,000.00-$200,000.00

 

 

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

 

 

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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