Description

About GF

GlobalFoundries® Inc. (GF®) is one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF redefines innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions with leading performance in all growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design, development and manufacturing services. With a talented and diverse team and manufacturing locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted technology provider to its global customers. GF employs approximately 13,000 people, including more than 3,000 in Dresden, Germany.

For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Introduction

We are seeking a hands‑on CIM Manager to lead a 12‑person team responsible for the operation, administration, upgrade, monitoring and engineering of core CIM/MES applications that power our high‑volume semiconductor fab. You will be accountable for service reliability and performance across our manufacturing systems stack (e.g., MES, dispatch/APF, recipe/APC/FDC, data store/replication, monitoring, message bus, tool integration), partnering closely with Fab Operations, Equipment Engineering, IT Infrastructure/Database/Network, and Facilities.

This position reports to the Head of IT Operations EMEA.

Your Job

• Lead & Develop the Team: Manage, coach, and grow a 12‑engineer organization covering L2 operations, L3 application engineering, and release/upgrade leads; build on‑call rotations and skills matrices; drive a strong safety, quality, and learning culture.
• Own Service Reliability (SLOs/SLAs): Establish and track availability, MTTR, and change success metrics; run incident postmortems and problem management with corrective/preventive actions following our corporate ITSM/ITIL and Fab Quality processes.
• Operate the CIM Application Platform: Ensure 24×7 stability of fab systems such as MES, RTD, Recipe Management & Fab Setup, APC/FDC/SPC platforms, MQ integrations, Fab Visualization/User Interfaces, Reporting.
• Plan & Execute Upgrades: Own annual/quarterly upgrade roadmaps (MES and satellite applications), cutover planning and rollback readiness; maintain staging/integration/test environments; coordinate vendor releases and internal dependencies using IT Change Management procedures.
• Drive Engineering & Automation: Reduce toil with scripting/automation for health checks, deployments; improve observability and alert fidelity across app, DB, and MQ layers.
• Security, Access & Compliance: Enforce UAM principles for MES (role‑based access, least privilege) and ensure alignment with IT Operational/Security standards.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Serve as point of contact for Fab Operations, AMHS, corporate IT, and vendors; prioritize a transparent backlog; manage OPEX/CAPEX within budget.
• Continuous Improvement: Analyze incident/change telemetry, fab move‑loss correlations, and availability trends to prioritize improvements that increase throughput and resilience.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 8+ years in CIM/MES/Factory Automation for semiconductor or similar high‑volume manufacturing; 3+ years leading engineers in 24×7 production environments.
• Proven ownership of MES and satellite apps (RTD, Setup, Recipe, APC, FDC, SPC, ...) including upgrades, cutovers, and vendor coordination.
• Strong command of ITIL/ITSM practices across Incident, Problem, Change, Service Transition; experienced with ServiceNow or equivalent.
• Databases (Oracle/SQL Server), Windows/Linux, messaging (MQ), and observability tooling.
• Excellent leadership, prioritization, and communication skills; ability to influence cross‑functionally in a high-volume fab environment.
• Language fluency: English (written & verbal); German a plus.
• Travel: up to 10% (as needed for multi‑fab alignment or vendor engagements).

Preferred Qualifications

• Vendor management across MES/APC/FDC providers.

We Offer

The position is open-ended and to be filled as soon as possible.

Attractive compensation components:

13th month salary, bonus payments, assistance with relocation to Dresden.

Flexible working time arrangements:

Family friendly part-time models, trust flextime, salary conversion into free time

Diverse opportunities for further development:

Career stages for every job, internal qualification offers, promotion of external educational qualifications

Focus on your health:

On-site gym and beach volleyball court, bike leasing, subsidized employee restaurant

Corporate culture:

Cooperation at eye level - everyone is on first name terms with us, budget for individual team events, social commitment via GlobalGives

You can find more benefits in detail at https://gf.com/de/careers/benefits/

Diversity is part of our corporate DNA. For this reason, we would like to encourage women in particular to apply for a job with us. As we value equal opportunities and inclusion is particularly important to us, we welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The job advertisement refers to a position up to job level 8 on the Engineering career ladder.

This position is part of our employee referral program and will be rewarded with a referral bonus of €2,000 upon successful recruitment.

Information about our benefits you can find here: https://gf.com/careers/opportunities-in-europe/