Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

The Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations will lead a diverse team of senior leaders focused on launching various products into production as well as managing R&D and sustaining activities for a large volume of existing products from initial ramp through end of life. They will directly manage the Product, Test, and Back-end Manufacturing departments, including a 24/7 on-site manufacturing facility.  The product mix will span RF products (SW, LNA, PA, DSA, Phase shifter), Automotive, Power, Sensor, and IOT.  The Senior Director leads teams responsible for supporting very high-volume prototype sample requirements, BOM validation, test development, product characterization and qualification, wafer bumping, probing, assembly, and DPS processes, while driving product performance and specification negotiations to ensure low cost and high quality in HVM.  This position will directly interface with Marketing, Design, Reliability, Quality, and Characterization engineering and will report to the Vice President of Operations. 

 

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Effective leadership to establish and promote a vision for the team that’s aligned with the company’s strategy and best interests while delivering product on time with best-in-class quality and cost.
• Provide direct and indirect management of Back-end Manufacturing, Product and Test Engineers and Managers responsible for NPI and HVM at both local facilities and APAC-based OSAT manufacturing locations.
• Work with Supply Chain, Technology and Design Engineering, and OSATs to optimize test coverage, cost, capacity, and back-end manufacturing strategies and define long-term roadmaps aligned with technology roadmaps as well as supplier and OSAT roadmaps and capabilities.
• Manage teams responsible for developing new technologies with the latest equipment and manufacturing methods while ensuring all development requirements are met, determining risk levels associated with any technical or commercial trade-offs.
• Manage local R&D and NPI activities focused on delivering high-quality, low-cost products with fast cycle times to provide the company with competitive advantages.
• Set an effective and scalable organizational structure and define clear roles and responsibilities for the group, manage workloads and career development, and set clear direction for assigned projects.
• Establish and maintain culture of accountability, quality, and attention to detail to help reduce quality escalations and risk of non-conforming, excess, or obsolete inventory.
• Participate in the product life cycle planning through interactions with marketing, design, product development, manufacturing, and quality organizations.
• Manage teams responsible for cost reduction and sustaining products in HVM. Sustaining activities may include yield enhancement, test time reduction, CARs and related 8D investigations, low yield disposition, change control, and new supplier and other post-ramp qualifications.
• Ensure team follows necessary change control protocols when product changes occur after production release. For example: qualifying new fabs, new package vendor, new test platform, new manufacturing facility, or design changes to improve yield or performance.
• Participate with cross functional teams and take ownership for product development and lifecycle processes and methodologies and drive continuous, systematic improvements.
• Build a network based on trust and mutual respect with key Murata counterparts, as well as both inside and outside the company, which can be used for problem solving, alignment, continuous improvement projects, and generally support the mission of the team.

 

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Mindset for Innovation & Change (15%) Positively influence company, industry and society for change. Build a climate of willingness to accept challenge