CareerPlan

Principal/Staff Engineer, Frontend Operations Central Team Materials Cost

Hiroshima, JapanFull-time2026-08-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Drive material cost reduction for Front End manufacturing through Value Engineering, alternate sourcing, and consumption optimization to deliver year-on-year Cost per Gigabit improvement.

Role type

Principal/Staff Engineer, Frontend Operations (Materials Cost)

Builds

Cost reduction programs and methodologies for semiconductor manufacturing

Domain

Semiconductor manufacturing (Front End)

Required skills

Value Engineering, alternate sourcing, consumption optimization, materials strategy, program management, cross-functional leadership, governance, analytics, automation

Preferred skills

Experience in governance, analytics, or automation

Technologies

None explicitly listed

Responsibilities

Define and guide short- and long-term materials cost strategies; Lead initiatives to identify and deliver cost reduction opportunities; Provide technical leadership in handling expenditures related to materials; Structure and lead programs across multiple initiatives; Act as a subject matter resource providing mentorship to collaborators and senior leaders

Seniority

Principal/Staff, strategic leadership with hands-on program management