Remote Manufacturing Process Engineer Jobs
Remote manufacturing process engineer jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first manufacturers, distributed industrial teams, and engineering consultancies in sectors including medical devices, aerospace, consumer electronics, and industrial automation. Companies hiring remotely right now include FormFactor, GE Vernova, and Ryerson. 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 de-bug, 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:
The regular hours for this position are day shift.Job Description:
FormFactor is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer to support and improve photolithography and etch processes within a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment. Working under general supervision, the Process Engineer will assist in sustaining manufacturing operations, executing process improvement initiatives, analyzing process performance, and driving continuous improvements in yield, quality, throughput, and cost.
This role partners closely with Manufacturing, Equipment Engineering, Quality, Facilities, Supply Chain, and R&D teams to characterize processes, investigate manufacturing issues, support new product introductions, and implement process enhancements that meet operational and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Process Engineering
- Support characterization, optimization, and control of photolithography and etch manufacturing processes.
- Monitor process performance and analyze data to identify trends, opportunities, and process variation.
- Utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods and process capability metrics (Cp/Cpk) to maintain stable processes.
- Assist with the design, execution, and analysis of Design of Experiments (DOE) activities.
- Investigate process excursions, defects, and yield losses using structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Support process validation, qualification, and change management activities.
- Conduct risk assessments utilizing PFMEA, control plans, and related methodologies.
- Develop and maintain process documentation, operating procedures, specifications, and work instructions.
- Create and maintain process dashboards, KPIs, and manufacturing performance reports.
Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement
- Participate in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives focused on efficiency and waste reduction.
- Support Kaizen events and continuous improvement projects.
- Identify opportunities to improve process capability, cycle time, throughput, and equipment utilization.
- Contribute to cost reduction and productivity improvement efforts.
- Assist with capacity planning and manufacturing optimization activities.
- Implement error-proofing (Poka-Yoke) solutions to enhance quality and reduce defects.
- Develop and sustain standard work practices that improve operational consistency.
Quality & Compliance
- Support compliance with quality management systems and applicable industry standards.
- Participate in change control activities, process audits, and documentation reviews.
- Assist in managing nonconformance investigations and corrective action implementation.
- Support calibration programs and Measurement System Analysis (MSA/GR&R) activities.
- Ensure manufacturing processes comply with internal procedures and regulatory requirements.
Project & Cross-Functional Support
- Lead or support small-to-medium scope engineering projects.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Equipment Engineering, Quality, Facilities, Supply Chain, and R&D teams to resolve technical challenges.
- Work with equipment vendors, suppliers, and contractors on process-related improvements.
- Support capital equipment installations, qualifications, process transfers, and technology transfers.
- Prepare technical reports, presentations, and engineering recommendations for stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications & Experience:
- Experience supporting semiconductor wafer fabrication, photolithography, etch, thin film, plating, metrology, MEMS, advanced packaging, assembly, test, or other precision manufacturing processes.
- Experience sustaining and improving manufacturing processes to achieve safety, quality, yield, throughput, and cost objectives.
- Experience supporting process transfers, technology transfers, new product introductions (NPI), or manufacturing scale-up activities.
- Experience implementing CAPA and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience working within documented quality systems and regulated manufacturing environments.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, AS9100, ISO 13485, or similar quality management systems.
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification or equivalent continuous improvement training.
Skills:
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Education & Experience:
Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work | Required.
FormFactor Benefits:
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.
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, 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 de-bug, 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:
The regular hours for this position are day shift.Job Description:
FormFactor is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer to support and improve photolithography and etch processes within a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment. Working under general supervision, the Process Engineer will assist in sustaining manufacturing operations, executing process improvement initiatives, analyzing process performance, and driving continuous improvements in yield, quality, throughput, and cost.
This role partners closely with Manufacturing, Equipment Engineering, Quality, Facilities, Supply Chain, and R&D teams to characterize processes, investigate manufacturing issues, support new product introductions, and implement process enhancements that meet operational and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Process Engineering
- Support characterization, optimization, and control of photolithography and etch manufacturing processes.
- Monitor process performance and analyze data to identify trends, opportunities, and process variation.
- Utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods and process capability metrics (Cp/Cpk) to maintain stable processes.
- Assist with the design, execution, and analysis of Design of Experiments (DOE) activities.
- Investigate process excursions, defects, and yield losses using structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Support process validation, qualification, and change management activities.
- Conduct risk assessments utilizing PFMEA, control plans, and related methodologies.
- Develop and maintain process documentation, operating procedures, specifications, and work instructions.
- Create and maintain process dashboards, KPIs, and manufacturing performance reports.
Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement
- Participate in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives focused on efficiency and waste reduction.
- Support Kaizen events and continuous improvement projects.
- Identify opportunities to improve process capability, cycle time, throughput, and equipment utilization.
- Contribute to cost reduction and productivity improvement efforts.
- Assist with capacity planning and manufacturing optimization activities.
- Implement error-proofing (Poka-Yoke) solutions to enhance quality and reduce defects.
- Develop and sustain standard work practices that improve operational consistency.
Quality & Compliance
- Support compliance with quality management systems and applicable industry standards.
- Participate in change control activities, process audits, and documentation reviews.
- Assist in managing nonconformance investigations and corrective action implementation.
- Support calibration programs and Measurement System Analysis (MSA/GR&R) activities.
- Ensure manufacturing processes comply with internal procedures and regulatory requirements.
Project & Cross-Functional Support
- Lead or support small-to-medium scope engineering projects.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Equipment Engineering, Quality, Facilities, Supply Chain, and R&D teams to resolve technical challenges.
- Work with equipment vendors, suppliers, and contractors on process-related improvements.
- Support capital equipment installations, qualifications, process transfers, and technology transfers.
- Prepare technical reports, presentations, and engineering recommendations for stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications & Experience:
- Experience supporting semiconductor wafer fabrication, photolithography, etch, thin film, plating, metrology, MEMS, advanced packaging, assembly, test, or other precision manufacturing processes.
- Experience sustaining and improving manufacturing processes to achieve safety, quality, yield, throughput, and cost objectives.
- Experience supporting process transfers, technology transfers, new product introductions (NPI), or manufacturing scale-up activities.
- Experience implementing CAPA and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience working within documented quality systems and regulated manufacturing environments.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, AS9100, ISO 13485, or similar quality management systems.
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification or equivalent continuous improvement training.
Skills:
.
Education & Experience:
Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work | Required.
FormFactor Benefits:
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.
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, 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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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
- Electronics & Hardware
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote manufacturing process engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering
- Proficiency in Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
- Experience with CAD software such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD
- Hands-on knowledge of PFMEA, control plans, and process documentation
- Familiarity with GD&T and tolerance analysis
- Manufacturing process engineer certification such as Certified Manufacturing Engineer preferred
Tips for Your Remote Manufacturing Process Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote manufacturing process engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place. Search by role, find positions that match your experience and sector, and apply directly before postings close.
Showcase async process documentation skills
Remote manufacturing teams live on written work instructions, revision-controlled process flows, and digital PFMEA records. Include specific examples in your resume of process documents you authored, maintained, or improved without in-person handoffs.
Highlight remote-relevant PLM and CAD proficiency
Call out the specific tools you use to collaborate across distance: PLM platforms, cloud-based CAD environments, and digital manufacturing systems. Remote employers need engineers who can review and mark up designs and process specs without being in the same building.
Prepare for remote technical interviews with live demos
Many remote hiring teams ask candidates to walk through a process improvement case or a PFMEA live on video. Have a documented example ready to share on screen so interviewers can see how you think through a process problem and communicate findings remotely.
Remote Manufacturing Process Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote manufacturing process engineer job?
Target remote-first manufacturers, engineering services firms, and companies with distributed operations that rely on digital process documentation and virtual collaboration. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, strong written communication, and proficiency with PLM software, CAD tools, and digital work instruction platforms. Candidates who demonstrate experience owning process improvement projects end-to-end, without daily in-person oversight, stand out most.
Which companies hire remote manufacturing process engineers?
Remote manufacturing process engineer roles are posted by FormFactor, GE Vernova, and Ryerson and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. The companies most likely to hire this role remotely include remote-first contract manufacturers, medtech and aerospace firms with distributed engineering teams, and industrial automation companies that coordinate process work across multiple facilities.
Can you get a remote manufacturing process engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level manufacturing process engineer roles are competitive because employers expect you to diagnose and resolve process issues independently from day one. Companies most likely to hire entry-level remote candidates include smaller engineering consultancies and startups building out digital manufacturing capabilities. Internship projects, capstone engineering work, or documented process improvement results from academic settings can all substitute for formal work history.
Do you need a degree for remote manufacturing process engineer jobs?
Usually, but not always. Most remote employers expect a bachelor's degree in mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering, though some will weigh a strong portfolio of documented process improvements, lean or Six Sigma certifications, and hands-on results in place of a four-year credential. Demonstrating that you can manage technical work asynchronously matters as much as your educational background.
Which industries hire the most remote manufacturing process engineers?
The sectors hiring the most remote manufacturing process engineers are Manufacturing and Electronics & Hardware, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These industries rely on distributed engineering teams that coordinate process documentation, quality standards, and continuous improvement work across facilities without requiring engineers to be on-site full time.
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