Director, Semiconductor Technology Development

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

Director, Semiconductor Technology Development will lead a team of process and device development engineers to deliver best in class semiconductor technology to support pSemi and Murata product roadmaps.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Lead delivery of competitive RF and mmWave process and device technologies that meet product performance and manufacturability requirements including establishing RF technology design rules, test structures and test methodologies
• Collaborate, plan, conduct analysis and address technical roadmap and challenges to meet design requirements
• Execute manufacturable process and device technology qualification first time right in timely manner
• Drive continuous improvement of technology development flow and collaboration with broader team including KPI, OKR and tracking
• Drive the development of differentiated process and devices architectures, characterization and qualification methodology, and test chip designs
• Managing wafer fabrication foundries for technology development execution, qualification, and initial productions activities
• Collaborate with broader team for yield enhancement efforts to production ramps and high volume maintenance when needed
• Lead a team of device and process integration engineers and mentor engineering and technical staff to improve their processing, device knowledge and efficiency improvement
• Mentor engineering and technical staff to improve their processing, device knowledge and efficiency improvement
• Collaborate to define RF process technology roadmap based on internal design team, market, customers’ requirements

 

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

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

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in semiconductor industry, including at least 10 years of experience in technical and/or project management. Experience with RF SOI is highly desired
• 7+ years of experience in managing individuals and teams
• Strong knowledge of CMOS IC process, device and interaction between process and electrical behavior.
• Solid technical background in RF Systems, Substrate technologies (Silicon, SOI, others), IPD and Packaging RF devices
• Good data analysis, problem solving, and communication skills
• Familiar with Cadence Layout tools
• Familiar with DC/AC/RF device characterization equipment (HP4156 / B1500 parametric analyzer, LCR meter, oscilloscope, vector network analyzers) and probe-station
• Experience in improving process stability (CP/CPK) and yield (DFM/DFY) of RF devices through fab

flow/processes

• Proven record of effective leadership skills in the management of device engineering team and interaction with pSemi engineering teams and external foundries

 

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
• Vision & Strategy Planning (15%) See and grasp the future. Provide direction to the organization. Create strategy
• Connecting with People (Networking) (10%) Create new value by building relationships beyond the group, company, and country
• Achieve Goals (10%) Thinking positive when faced with adversity and seeing things through to the end
• Leverage Diversity (15%) Bring new value by leveraging diversity
• Fair & Balanced Judgment (10%) Understand the background and total picture. Make decisions based on conditions in a fair manner
• Draw Out & Grow Abilities (15%) View with an eye towards individual long term career development. Bring out others’ abilities to the greatest extent pos