Dresden

Senior

🇩🇪 B1/B2

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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.

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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 hier

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: hier

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Come Shape What’s Essential

Join one of our teams in Dresden and connect with a global network of colleagues who are shaping the future of technology and impacting the lives of billions of people around the world every day.

The Dresden manufacturing site is recognized throughout as among the most successful leading-edge semiconductor production facilities in the world. Dresden fab represents one of the biggest international investments in Europe with a total investment to date of more than $12 billion, and about 3,200 world-class employees. Select a career path below to learn more about opportunities to become part of the GF team!

Als führender Halbleiterhersteller schätzen wir den Empfehlungsbund als strategischen Partner für die gezielte Ansprache von Fachkräften in der Mikroelektronik. Die Plattform ermöglicht uns, hochqualifizierte Talente aus technologieaffinen Netzwerken zu erreichen und unsere Innovationskraft am Standort Dresden nachhaltig zu stärken.

M. Maik Rohne, Sr Specialist Talent Acquisition