Supply Chain Engineer

Job Overview

The Supply Chain Engineer (SCE) plays a critical role in enhancing factory manufacturing availability and addresses supplier labor challenges such as local FSE labor concerns, supplier performance, and prolonged equipment downtime at Factory 25 (F25).

Core Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to resolve and improve quality issues linked to supplier safety, quality standards, and site MQI closure performance by managing 8D problem-solving processes collaboratively with suppliers and modules.
• Drive manufacturing availability by partnering with factory modules to tackle limiting toolset issues, define problems, create roadmaps, and engage or escalate concerns with suppliers.
• Collaborate with factory leadership and modules to optimize cost structures, promote performance aligned with outcome-based contracts, and pinpoint cost-saving opportunities.
• Mentor junior SCEs and lead initiatives to standardize improvements across the Virtual Factory (VF).

Additional Duties

• Assist senior leadership in embedding process and quality advancements within Intel’s supply chain and logistics strategies by defining inspection methods and conducting studies to control costs and improve yield.
• Contribute to long-term product planning by establishing next-generation methodologies supporting Intel's supply chain roadmap and researching emerging technologies.
• Identify discrepancies between roadmap strategies, manufacturing capacities, and market demands, proposing solutions to bridge those gaps.
• Analyze supply and demand trends, perform root cause analyses, and work with supply chain teams to implement improvements.
• Lead supplier selections for new business alongside commodity managers, developing product and purchase specifications to ensure compliance.
• Mitigate risks through alternative sourcing for single-sourced commodities.
• Set control standards, track KPIs, monitor supply chain performance, and lead root cause investigations for issues to devise resolutions.
• Oversee supplier validation activities for critical processes throughout development stages.
• Enhance supplier quality, reliability, yield, and cost effectiveness while maintaining consistent quality standards and specifications.
• Manage quality excursions and conduct failure mode analyses with suppliers.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

• A Level 8 or Honors Bachelor’s degree from the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) in Engineering, Business, or Supply Chain disciplines.
• At least 2 years of experience in supplier management, contract management, or supply chain management.
• 2 or more years of experience in engineering and team leadership roles.

Preferred qualifications:

• Excellent stakeholder and interpersonal skills at all organizational levels.
• A Level 9/MBA qualification and semiconductor fabrication experience are advantageous.
• Strong data analysis expertise, including forecasting and budget management abilities.
• Proven planning, organizational, scientific problem-solving, and project management skills.
• High proficiency in systems including Microsoft Office applications.

Work Conditions and Other Information

This full-time position is located onsite in Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland, and works primarily Shift 1 (Ireland). The role is classified as an Experienced Hire opportunity. Intel Foundry Manufacturing is dedicated to cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing for AI-era technology customers worldwide.

Equal Opportunity: Intel is an equal opportunity employer ensuring nondiscriminatory consideration in hiring regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, or other protected characteristics under local law.

Compensation: The salary range offered in Ireland is €71,300 to €133,900 annually, based on skills, experience, and education. The compensation package may also include additional benefits and pay components.

Work Model: This position supports a hybrid work schedule, allowing time split between onsite and offsite work, subject to future adjustments.