Engineering Supervisor Jobs in Texas
Engineering Supervisor jobs in Texas are among the most active in the country, concentrated in oil and gas, petrochemical refining, advanced manufacturing, and infrastructure construction, with openings at every level from newly promoted team leads through senior plant and project supervisors. Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas-Fort Worth drive the bulk of hiring, where established employers like ExxonMobil, Fluor Corporation, and Lockheed Martin maintain large engineering operations. Process engineering supervision and capital project oversight are the most in-demand specialties across Texas right now. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Forming Our Future together
FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle — from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design debug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor’s products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Rooted in our core values — Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People — we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter.
Shift:
Shift FB B: The regular hours for this position are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and every other Saturday from 7:00pm to 7:15am. You will receive a 15% shift differential for working on the night shift.
Job Description:
The Equipment Engineering Supervisor is a frontline technical leader responsible for supervising Equipment Technicians and Process Technicians while ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of manufacturing equipment in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment. This role combines direct people leadership with hands-on equipment support, overseeing daily shift execution, maintenance activities, equipment troubleshooting, escalation management, and technician development. The supervisor partners closely with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Quality, Facilities, EHS, and external suppliers to maximize equipment uptime, improve operational performance, and support production objectives.
The successful candidate will drive a culture of safety, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement while coaching and developing technicians, reinforcing standard work practices, and ensuring adherence to quality and compliance requirements. This position plays a critical role in maintaining manufacturing readiness, supporting equipment reliability initiatives, and achieving production goals through effective team leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead daily night-shift execution, including technician assignments, work prioritization, shift coverage, pass-downs, and escalation response.
- Provide direct equipment troubleshooting, recovery support, technical guidance, and return-to-service coordination for assigned manufacturing tools.
- Support preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, tool qualifications, documentation accuracy, and equipment performance improvement.
- Coach and develop Equipment Technicians and Process Technicians through feedback, training support, certification progress, and performance expectations.
- Reinforce safety, quality, cleanroom, lockout/tagout, chemical handling, and operating procedure compliance.
- Identify recurring equipment issues and partner with cross-functional teams to support root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
Preferred Qualifications & Experiences:
- Associate degree, technical certificate, military technical training, or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Technology, Semiconductor Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
- Experience leading or coordinating technicians in semiconductor, cleanroom, electronics, high-volume manufacturing, or advanced manufacturing environments.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment, automated tools, metrology systems, vacuum systems, robotics, motion control, pneumatics, controls, sensors, or electromechanical systems.
- Experience supporting compressed shifts, night shifts, 24/7 operations, or high-urgency production environments.
- Working knowledge of preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, tool recovery, equipment qualification, structured troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
- Familiarity with semiconductor fabrication, wafer processing, assembly, test, cleanroom operations, or other precision manufacturing processes.
- Experience with maintenance management systems, work-order systems, MES, shift pass-down tools, dashboards, SPC, or production reporting systems.
- Knowledge of safety practices including lockout/tagout, electrical safety, chemical safety, cleanroom protocols, incident reporting, and EHS compliance.
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, standard work, kaizen, visual management, or continuous improvement methods.
- Strong communication, coaching, prioritization, and decision-making skills with the ability to balance safety, quality, equipment uptime, and production needs.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools; data analysis or equipment performance reporting experience is a plus.
- Preferred credentials may include Lean Six Sigma certification, maintenance reliability training, electrical/electronics certification, PLC or controls training, OSHA safety training, or equivalent technical certifications.
Location:
Farmers Branch, TX
Benefits offered for this role include medical, dental, vision, EAP, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending and savings accounts, 401(k), ESPP and paid time off.
Skills:
Cleanroom Operations, Communication, Continuous Improvement Plans, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Leadership Management, Lean Manufacturing Principles, Operations Problem Solving, People Leadership, Semiconductor Manufacturing
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience; or equivalent work experience | Required
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
FormFactor is an equal opportunity employer. FormFactor complies with all national, state, and local laws that seek to promote equal opportunities for any applicant or employee without regard to age, race, color, gender, gender identity/expression, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, disability, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, military service, or any other legally protected characteristics. These protections apply to all aspects of employment, including but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotions, and compensation.
For roles that are designated as remote-eligible, employees cannot be located in: AL, AK, AR, DE, GA, HI, IL, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MS, MO, NE, NV, NJ, NM, ND, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, WV, WI, WY. This list is continuously evolving and being updated, please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. A role is remote-eligible only when it is listed as "Remote" in the job location.
Forming Our Future together
FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle — from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design debug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor’s products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Rooted in our core values — Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People — we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter.
Shift:
Shift FB B: The regular hours for this position are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and every other Saturday from 7:00pm to 7:15am. You will receive a 15% shift differential for working on the night shift.
Job Description:
The Equipment Engineering Supervisor is a frontline technical leader responsible for supervising Equipment Technicians and Process Technicians while ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of manufacturing equipment in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment. This role combines direct people leadership with hands-on equipment support, overseeing daily shift execution, maintenance activities, equipment troubleshooting, escalation management, and technician development. The supervisor partners closely with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Quality, Facilities, EHS, and external suppliers to maximize equipment uptime, improve operational performance, and support production objectives.
The successful candidate will drive a culture of safety, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement while coaching and developing technicians, reinforcing standard work practices, and ensuring adherence to quality and compliance requirements. This position plays a critical role in maintaining manufacturing readiness, supporting equipment reliability initiatives, and achieving production goals through effective team leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead daily night-shift execution, including technician assignments, work prioritization, shift coverage, pass-downs, and escalation response.
- Provide direct equipment troubleshooting, recovery support, technical guidance, and return-to-service coordination for assigned manufacturing tools.
- Support preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, tool qualifications, documentation accuracy, and equipment performance improvement.
- Coach and develop Equipment Technicians and Process Technicians through feedback, training support, certification progress, and performance expectations.
- Reinforce safety, quality, cleanroom, lockout/tagout, chemical handling, and operating procedure compliance.
- Identify recurring equipment issues and partner with cross-functional teams to support root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
Preferred Qualifications & Experiences:
- Associate degree, technical certificate, military technical training, or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Technology, Semiconductor Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
- Experience leading or coordinating technicians in semiconductor, cleanroom, electronics, high-volume manufacturing, or advanced manufacturing environments.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment, automated tools, metrology systems, vacuum systems, robotics, motion control, pneumatics, controls, sensors, or electromechanical systems.
- Experience supporting compressed shifts, night shifts, 24/7 operations, or high-urgency production environments.
- Working knowledge of preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, tool recovery, equipment qualification, structured troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
- Familiarity with semiconductor fabrication, wafer processing, assembly, test, cleanroom operations, or other precision manufacturing processes.
- Experience with maintenance management systems, work-order systems, MES, shift pass-down tools, dashboards, SPC, or production reporting systems.
- Knowledge of safety practices including lockout/tagout, electrical safety, chemical safety, cleanroom protocols, incident reporting, and EHS compliance.
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, standard work, kaizen, visual management, or continuous improvement methods.
- Strong communication, coaching, prioritization, and decision-making skills with the ability to balance safety, quality, equipment uptime, and production needs.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools; data analysis or equipment performance reporting experience is a plus.
- Preferred credentials may include Lean Six Sigma certification, maintenance reliability training, electrical/electronics certification, PLC or controls training, OSHA safety training, or equivalent technical certifications.
Location:
Farmers Branch, TX
Benefits offered for this role include medical, dental, vision, EAP, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending and savings accounts, 401(k), ESPP and paid time off.
Skills:
Cleanroom Operations, Communication, Continuous Improvement Plans, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Leadership Management, Lean Manufacturing Principles, Operations Problem Solving, People Leadership, Semiconductor Manufacturing
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience; or equivalent work experience | Required
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
FormFactor is an equal opportunity employer. FormFactor complies with all national, state, and local laws that seek to promote equal opportunities for any applicant or employee without regard to age, race, color, gender, gender identity/expression, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, disability, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, military service, or any other legally protected characteristics. These protections apply to all aspects of employment, including but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotions, and compensation.
For roles that are designated as remote-eligible, employees cannot be located in: AL, AK, AR, DE, GA, HI, IL, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MS, MO, NE, NV, NJ, NM, ND, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, WV, WI, WY. This list is continuously evolving and being updated, please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. A role is remote-eligible only when it is listed as "Remote" in the job location.
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Engineering Supervisor Job Market in Texas
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Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
- Energy
- Cybersecurity
- Aerospace & Defense
- Technology & Software
What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering supervisor jobs across Texas.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering with Texas Professional Engineer license preferred or required
- Five or more years of engineering experience with at least two in a supervisory or lead role
- Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams on large industrial or infrastructure projects
- Proficiency with project management tools and engineering design software relevant to the specialty
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA standards, safety compliance, and Texas regulatory requirements
- Excellent communication skills for coordinating with contractors, clients, and executive stakeholders
Engineering Supervisor Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a engineering supervisor in Texas?
Most engineering supervisor roles in Texas require a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and several years of field or project experience before moving into supervision. Many employers prefer candidates who hold or are pursuing a Professional Engineer license issued by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, particularly in sectors like oil and gas, civil infrastructure, and manufacturing. Building hands-on project leadership experience and earning the PE credential are the clearest paths to qualifying for supervisory roles in the state.
Which companies hire engineering supervisors in Texas?
Employers hiring engineering supervisors in Texas right now include Tesla, Fairmont, and FormFactor, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Texas's concentration of energy, defense, and heavy manufacturing operations means large industrial employers account for a significant share of ongoing supervisory openings across the state.
Which Texas cities have the most engineering supervisor jobs?
Houston, Austin, and Waco post the most engineering supervisor openings in Texas. Houston dominates because of its dense concentration of energy, petrochemical, and EPC firms, while Dallas-Fort Worth draws demand from defense contractors, semiconductor manufacturers, and large infrastructure developers, and San Antonio benefits from its military installation ecosystem and growing advanced manufacturing sector.
Are there remote engineering supervisor jobs in Texas?
Yes, but they're rare. Engineering supervisors typically oversee physical teams, equipment, and job sites, making fully remote work uncommon in this role. About 10% of engineering supervisor openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, and those tend to be project management or program oversight positions where the supervisory work is primarily administrative rather than on-site.
How can I get hired as a engineering supervisor in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving from a staff or senior engineer role into a team lead or project lead position at a large Texas employer. Companies like ExxonMobil, Fluor, and Zachry Group regularly hire engineers into structured development programs that include early leadership rotations. Earning your Engineer-in-Training designation through the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors signals readiness for advancement, and taking on informal lead responsibilities on current projects strengthens a candidate's case before applying to formal supervisory openings.
Where can I find and apply to engineering supervisor jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to engineering supervisor jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the available roles, identify the ones that fit your experience and target location, and apply directly to each position.
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