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Wafer Fab Manager

InPhenix
Livermore, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/8/2026

Today, Inphenix designs and manufactures lasers and light sources that are critical in state of the art applications in the medical, telecom, sensing and measurement industries.

These lasers and light sources allow doctors to see images with much higher resolution and greater depth, telecom systems to transmit data and information faster and farther and engineers to measure distances, stress and strain with greater precision and accuracy.

Inphenix does all this at its 100,000 square foot facility in beautiful Livermore, California (just 30 miles east of San Francisco) and includes a 15,000 square foot Class 10 Fab and a 20,000 square foot packaging area.
Inphenix’s Quality Management System is ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Having complete vertical control over the entire design and manufacturing process allows Inphenix to drive innovation, maintain high quality and minimize costs.

Inphenix offers medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their family with a company-paid contribution toward monthly premium costs. Saving for the future is important, so we also offer a traditional pre-tax 401k Plan for retirement saving.

While we work hard, we also take time out periodically to have some fun and share information with our employees. We celebrate employee birthdays monthly, hold quarterly all-hands meetings to share updates on company goals & objectives, and we hold an annual celebration for employees with activities and company gifts.

We look forward to you joining our growing team of employees who enjoy working in a smaller company where contributions matter and are recognized. We welcome you to apply


Wafer Fab Manager

Requirement :

    • Following ISO9001-2015 QMS, control wafer manufacturing process in plan-do-check-action routine flow.
    • Provide leadership and collaboratively define the direction of all processes for new and existing applications.
    • Drive execution through active management of engineers, technicians and operators to meet company deliverables.
    • Understand, analyze, and resolve issues that impact development success including development processes, staffing, technical strategies, and solutions.
    • Solid understanding of technology trends to interact with management and operations to supply qualified wafer or chips to backend.
    • Meet quality and deadlines for productions and interact with R&D team & applications team to increase process efficiency and product yield.
    • Additional duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications :

    • MS/PhD in Materials, or Applied physics or the related field equivalent in education and experience in a related discipline.
    • Minimum 5 years of management experience in wafer manufacture for optoelectronic device and development, specifically based on III-V compounds.
    • Excellent understanding of fundamentals of microfabrication processing steps.
    • Independent thinking and ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects.
    • Expertise in MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and databases.
    • Effective verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent interpersonal skills.

Apply Now :

    • Please submit your resume to

careers@inphenix.com

    .
  • Inphenix is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability.

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