Process Engineering Manager (all genders)

We are looking for an experienced Manager for our SAL MicroFab team, to lead and further develop our Process Engineering team within a highly innovative R&D environment.

This role comprises responsible leadership tasks with significant decision-making responsibility, direct impact on company success, as well as responsibility for setting objectives, managing resources and ensuring smooth daily operations. The successful candidate will combine strong leadership potential, strategic thinking and effective communication, to create sustainable value for Silicon Austria Labs.

Your future tasks include:

• Lead and develop a team of 15+ R&D Process Engineers.
• Define and drive the roadmap of the Process Engineering group in alignment with the
• Division’s mission and strategic direction.
• Create a structured, professional engineering environment that enables high-quality research and innovation.
• Establish clear ownership, working methods, and documentation standards aligned with industrial fabrication principles in a research-focused setting.
• Drive towards stable, reproducible, and scalable process capabilities supporting the transition from lab concepts to higher technology readiness levels.
• Allocate resources and structure priorities
• Address operational challenges to ensure a trusted, high-quality fabrication environment.
• Strengthen collaboration both with teams within the division, and across the company.
• Represent the Process Engineering team in broader company initiatives and cross-divisional topics.
• Take ownership of fundamental infrastructure projects related to the cleanrooms.
• Act as one of the key links to external customers and research partners, ensuring alignment of expectations and technical clarity.

Your profile:

• Advanced degree in relevant engineering or scientific discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience in a research environment is an advantage.
• Background in process integration and cross-functional technical coordination.
• Leadership potential with the motivation to grow into broader people management responsibilities. Leadership experience is an advantage.
• Experience leading projects and driving structured execution in complex technical environments.
• Demonstrated ability to introduce structure, improve ways of working, and guide teams through change.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence across teams and stakeholders.

Important Facts about SAL:

• Diverse research activities with many technical challenges.
• State-of-the-art laboratory facilities and equipment.
• Location in the heart of Europe in Austria – relocation support for non-European nationalities.
• Internal and external training opportunities for career development.
• Family & children friendly - actively shaping the compatibility of family and career.
• “Vital4SAL” to promote a healthy workplace (e.g. SAL coaching pool, trainings on mental health, physical activities, healthy snacks, 24/7 accident insurance)
• € 4 per day meal allowance in restaurants or € 2 per working day in supermarkets.
• Public transport initiative (subsidy for the “Klimaticket”)
• Our values: Open door policy, flexibility in working hours, casual dress code, diverse teams, working with people of different nationalities, informal communication, lifelong learning, compatibility of family and career, sustainability, personal growth, and collective advancement.

This position is subject to the Collective Agreement for employees in non-university research (Research CA) starting in occupational group F (F1 salary = EUR 4.757, paid 14 times a year) based on 38,5 hours per week). For this position we offer competitive salaries and additional benefits based on your experience and qualifications, starting with a minimum gross salary of EUR 70.000 (annual, based on an All-in contract including bonus).