Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Location:

Derry/Londonderry, GB

Posting Date:
Feb 26, 2026

Job

The Manufacturing Department in the Springtown facility is responsible for the manufacturing of the product, in Wafer format, to meet customer schedule. The product moves between multiple tools and processes, with a total build cycle time in excess of 6 months. The team consists of a Manufacturing Specialist (Production Operator) headcount in excess of 800, allocated to one of 4 shift teams.

The department allocates personnel to run the tools, move the product, with attention to teamwork, throughput and quality of product.

• Your primary focus will be to formulate and deploy optimal solutions for improved operational efficiency within the Wafer Fab. This includes projects on increased capital utilization, improved direct labour efficiency, reduced cycle time and improved yields.
• You will work alongside Engineers, Manufacturing Management and Subject Matter Experts within a highly complex multiple re-entrant environment to formulate and deploy optimal solutions for improved operational efficiency within the Wafer Fab.
• You will develop and deploy innovative solutions within Manufacturing to improve factory efficiencies (including the use of queuing theory and mathematical modelling and optimization).
• Understand factory systems and their interactions to determine strategies for optimised performance and their associated trade-offs.
• Utilize factory data systems to identify, analyse and resolve operational problems and drive sustained business improvement.
• Use quantitative and analytic abilities to integrate and analyse information.
• You will participate in cross-functional / cross site teams and projects within Operations to identify and implement best practice and collaborate and communicate with Seagate sites in the USA and Asia.

• Demonstrate strong Communication skills with capability to interact with all levels within the organization.
• Excellent presentation and written skills.
• Ability to set own course in projects with little supervision and a full comprehension of the task.
• Make timely decisions with a clear business understanding.
• Motivated and excited to be working in a highly data driven engineering environment.
• Able to introduce own ideas, knowledge, and skills, to develop solutions to challenges.

• Project management experience in an Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge, application and demonstrated experience of Lean methodology and Six Sigma in developing solutions.

• Degree in an Engineering/Science related discipline
• Qualifications on Six Sigma / Lean methodology.
• Project management qualification.
• Manufacturing Engineering qualifications.

Completed applications should be submitted no later than midnight on Thursday 12th March 2026.

This is a Full-Time position working 39 hours per week.

This role does not meet the criteria set by the Home Office for sponsorship on a Skilled Worker Visa as such sponsorship of this visa cannot be offered.

Springtown, Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Our Springtown site is Derry/Londonderry’s largest manufacturer, we’re proud that Seagate is a flexible and inclusive place to work. We have more than 1,400 employees spanning research and development, manufacturing, and many other functions.

Here at work, you can grab breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks at our subsidized on-site cafe.

Looking for an active break from your workday? We’ve got you covered. Take a group or individual exercise class during lunch or after work at our on-site gym.

Network with your colleagues through the Young Professionals Network, Women’s Leadership Group, the Carers Café (for caregivers of individuals with disabilities), Volunteer in the community with our support! Join our creative network, which includes a choir, foreign language classes and even a cookery class!

Join our Employee Resource Groups (ERG), a voluntary, employee-led community built on a shared diversity identity and/or an appreciation of that identity, open to ALL current employees at Seagate!

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