Sort/Test Module Engineering Manager
Intel · New Mexico
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $121k–$232k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A management manufacturing role at Intel (industrial) in New Mexico. In this role, you will manage a high-caliber group of Process and Equipment Engineers, holding direct responsibility for daily tactical execution, strategic development, and team performance.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Casting
- Base pay
- $121k–$232k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in New Mexico: typical posted base $121k–$232k. This one lists $121k–$232k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 7 manufacturing engineer openings in New Mexico, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New Mexico plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 1877 other live manufacturing postings in the US.
- Base pay
- About 53% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $96k–$135k, from 552 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 47%
- Root cause 40%
- Lean 39%
- New product launch 37%
- Automation 32%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Casting, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Full description from IntelAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Engineering Team Management: Lead, coach, and manage a technical module engineering team to deliver continuous improvements in safety, quality, output, cost, yield, and productivity.
- ◆Tactical & Technical Direction: Provide clear engineering priorities and technical direction to drive methodical tool sustaining, systematic troubleshooting, and continuous process improvements.
- ◆Technology Transfer & Ramp: Lead the execution of new product technical transfers into the factory, ensuring hardware systems are robust and optimized for high-volume manufacturing (HVM).
- ◆Integrated Problem Solving: Collaborate closely with other Module Engineering, Quality, and Shift teams to solve integrated process, equipment, and material issues.
- ◆Global Site Collaboration: Partner with global Intel sites to share technical learnings, align equipment changes, and maintain Copy Exactly compliance.
- ◆Factory Operations Alignment: Partner with Shift Group Leaders and Industrial Engineering to run the factory, develop the technician workforce, and meet tool availability and utilization targets.
- ◆Strategic Roadmap Development: Develop and execute long-term module capabilities and capital equipment roadmaps to support future technology requirements.
- ◆Accountability & Goal Setting: Establish clear, measurable performance metrics, facilitate workflows, maintain team accountability, and deploy structured performance management.
qualifications
to be initially considered for this position.
requirements
and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Relevant experience can be obtained through schoolwork, classes and project work, internships, military training, and/or work experience. This Position is not eligible for Intel immigration sponsorship.
Qualifications
- ✓Candidate must possess a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field of study
- ✓4+ years’ experience directly managing engineers in high-volume semiconductor equipment and/or processes and demonstrated leadership experience in solving complex technical challenges, coaching teams, and driving impactful decisions in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓5+ years’ experience directly managing engineers in semiconductor equipment and/or processes in a high-volume manufacturing facility
- ✓2+ years’ experience:
- ✓As a Sort/Test module engineer or engineering manager
- ✓Experience in managing engineering teams with a focus on operational excellence and innovation
- ✓Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to achieve results
- ✓Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with a track record of inspiring and empowering diverse teams
- ✓Success in developing and implementing long-term strategic plans for engineering capabilities and future manufacturing efficiency
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Job Description
At Intel, we create world-changing technology that improves the life of every person on the planet. Our facility in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, is Intel's flagship co-located high-volume Advanced Packaging site. Die Sort is an innovative, first-in-industry test process, offering a critical opportunity to directly contribute to Intel's global Foundry and Advanced Packaging success while fostering innovation and operational excellence in manufacturing.
We are seeking a Sort/Test Module Engineering Manager to join our leadership team in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. In this role, you will manage a high-caliber group of Process and Equipment Engineers, holding direct responsibility for daily tactical execution, strategic development, and team performance. You will lead your engineering module in transferring new technologies to the factory, troubleshooting complex integrated tool issues, maintaining Copy Exactly standards, and ensuring a safe, inclusive, and high-performing manufacturing environment.
As a Successful Candidate, You Will Bring
- •Visionary Technical Leadership: Ability to establish a clear technical vision, motivate engineering teams to achieve complex goals, and build high team capabilities.
- •Strategic Urgency & Prioritization: Driven to act with an appropriate level of urgency and prioritize task forces according to factory and organizational needs.
- •Concise Executive Communication: Strong skill in distilling complex technical, data-heavy issues into clear, concise messages upward and downward in the organization.
- •Results-Oriented & Resourced: Highly organized, assertive, and resourceful problem solver with a passion for growing and developing technical personnel.
Apply today to join Intel's Die Sort/Advanced Packaging team in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Take command of critical module engineering operations, drive first-in-industry testing breakthroughs, and build a rewarding leadership career.
Shift
Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location
US, New Mexico, Albuquerque
Posting Statement
Position of Trust
N/A
Benefits