Senior Director Foundry Operations and Front-End Yield Engineer
Core
Lead global manufacturing partnerships, tape-out execution, and yield optimization strategies for semiconductor foundries.
Role type
Senior Director, Foundry Operations and Yield Engineering
Builds
High-yield production scale for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT semiconductor products
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing (Foundry), Yield Engineering, Process Technology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Executive-level business and technical relationship management, Vendor performance metrics management, Systematic yield analysis and failure analysis, Statistical process control (SPC) implementation, Cross-functional strategy for capacity expansion, Process matching validation, Supply chain disruption mitigation, Tape-out pipeline execution, Schedule alignment with foundry shuttles
Preferred skills
Team management, Change champion capabilities, Negotiation and formal review representation
Technologies
SPC data monitoring pipelines, PDK development, Process Technology
Responsibilities
Own executive-level business and technical relationships with external foundry partners, Manage vendor performance metrics covering cycle time and delivery reliability, Drive systematic yield analysis and failure analysis, Collaborate with foundry engineers to resolve baseline yield excursions, Direct cross-functional strategies for foundry capacity expansion and fab transfers, Validate process matching across various foundries and fabs, Oversee end-to-end execution of test-chip and NPI tape-out pipeline, Align design engineering timelines with foundry shuttle schedules
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic leadership and global operations