Factory Automation and Smart Manufacturing Manager

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Work Mode: Onsite

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 12- 18 Years

Industry: Semiconductor / ATMP / OSAT / Advanced Manufacturing

Role Overview

We are looking for a Factory Automation and Smart Manufacturing Manager to lead automation strategy, deployment and operational support within a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility.

The role will own plant automation, automated material handling, ASRS, AGV/AMR, robotics, equipment connectivity and Industry 4.0 initiatives. The position requires strong engineering leadership and hands-on experience implementing integrated automation solutions in semiconductor, electronics or advanced manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the site-wide factory automation and smart-manufacturing strategy.
• Lead automation projects from requirement definition and design through commissioning and production acceptance.
• Manage automatic material-handling systems, ASRS, AGVs, AMRs, robots and cobots.
• Implement automated solutions for material movement, storage, handling, inspection and traceability.
• Establish automation requirements, technical specifications, budgets, schedules and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate equipment, controls, software, facilities, manufacturing and IT integration.
• Lead installation, commissioning, validation and production release of automation systems.
• Integrate automation systems with MES, ERP, warehouse-management and factory-data platforms.
• Improve factory productivity, equipment utilization, labour efficiency, quality and cycle time.
• Monitor automation availability, alarms, bottlenecks, downtime and system performance.
• Develop preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies for automation assets.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for chronic automation and material-flow issues.
• Establish safety controls, risk assessments and compliance for robotics and automated equipment.
• Manage automation suppliers, system integrators, equipment vendors and service partners.
• Drive machine vision, industrial IoT, edge-data and AI-enabled manufacturing initiatives.
• Develop common automation standards, architecture, interfaces and Best Known Methods.
• Build and lead a multidisciplinary team of automation, controls, robotics and systems engineers.
• Present project performance, operational risks, investment requirements and improvement roadmaps to leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s or Master s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 12 18 years of experience in factory automation, smart manufacturing, industrial controls or automated material handling.
• At least 5 years of experience leading automation teams or large-scale automation programs.
• Experience in semiconductor, electronics, automotive, battery, pharmaceutical or other high-volume automated manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience deploying AGV/AMR, ASRS, robotics or integrated material-handling solutions.
• Strong knowledge of PLC, SCADA, HMI, servo, motion-control and industrial communication systems.
• Experience integrating automation equipment with MES, ERP or warehouse-management systems.
• Proven ability to improve automation uptime, productivity, throughput and manufacturing efficiency.
• Experience managing system integrators, equipment suppliers, project budgets and implementation schedules.
• Ability to support automation escalations in a 24 7 manufacturing environment.

Technical Skills Factory Automation

• Plant automation strategy
• Automated manufacturing systems
• Production-line automation
• Material-flow automation
• Equipment integration
• Automated inspection
• Robotics and cobots
• Machine vision
• Pick-and-place systems
• Industrial safety systems

Automated Material Handling

• Automated Material Handling Systems
• Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems
• Automated Guided Vehicles
• Autonomous Mobile Robots
• Conveyor and transfer systems
• Robotic material handling
• Smart warehousing
• Warehouse Control Systems
• Fleet-management systems
• Material tracking and traceability

Controls and Industrial Systems

• PLC programming and diagnostics
• SCADA and HMI
• Servo and motion control
• Sensors and actuators
• Industrial robotics
• Pneumatics and electromechanical systems
• Safety PLCs and interlocks
• OPC UA
• Industrial Ethernet
• Modbus, EtherNet/IP or Profinet

Smart Manufacturing

• Industry 4.0
• Industrial Internet of Things
• Digital manufacturing
• Manufacturing data acquisition
• Edge computing
• Digital twins
• Artificial intelligence in manufacturing
• Predictive maintenance
• Condition monitoring
• Advanced manufacturing analytics

Semiconductor Factory Integration

• Manufacturing Execution Systems
• SECS/GEM
• Equipment connectivity
• Recipe and parameter management
• Product genealogy
• Shop-floor traceability
• Equipment state monitoring
• Automated dispatching
• Factory scheduling integration
• Cleanroom automation

Engineering and Improvement Tools

• Overall Equipment Effectiveness
• Mean Time Between Failures
• Mean Time to Repair
• Root-cause analysis
• 8D problem-solving
• FMEA
• Fault Tree Analysis
• Lean Manufacturing
• Six Sigma
• Total Productive Maintenance

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