Director of Industrial & Sustaining Engineering – Foundry

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Malaysia.

📋 Description

• Ensure the timely delivery of externally produced wafers within established performance metrics.

• Oversee the operations of the company’s foundries and manufacturing locations.

• Strategically plan and align targets, strategies, and developmental opportunities.

• Identify potential new foundries and business partnerships.

• Lead teams to enhance supplier operational execution with foundries, focusing on supply, quality, yield, and prevention of excursions.

• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for all third-party foundries regarding delivery, throughput time, yield, and quality, including follow-ups on improvement initiatives.

• Drive yield enhancement initiatives in collaboration with foundry technical teams to achieve yield objectives.

• Collaborate with foundries to ensure adequate capacity meets Nexperia's demand.

• Oversee, review, and manage process changes and enhancements between third-party foundries and business sectors.

• Coordinate and implement solutions to customer complaints, hold lots, and yield/processing excursions linked to third-party foundries, ensuring root causes are identified and corrective measures are established.

• Conduct operational and technical evaluations, technology transfers, and technology selections.

• Manage the relationship and communication interface between Nexperia and foundries.

• Lead business continuity efforts for production crisis management.

• Stay informed about regional foundry markets and drive site selection for new business prospects.

• Achieve agreed manufacturing and delivery performance indices.

• Ensure wafers are delivered to Nexperia in accordance with the established service agreements with foundries.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Physics, or Industrial Management.

• Ideally, 10+ years of experience in a wafer foundry in roles related to Integration, Yield Enhancement, Engineering, R&D, or management.

• Familiarity with process or discrete/logic device technology.

• Experience in supporting R&D initiatives, process transfers, yield enhancement, and process development.

• Knowledge of CMOS, MOSFET, Rectifiers, or Transistors Discrete or Logic technology is a significant advantage.

• Strong project management and people management capabilities.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to lead activities across highly matrixed, cross-functional teams and external suppliers.

• High self-motivation, a hands-on approach, and a collaborative team-player mindset.

• Proficiency in spoken and written English is essential.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal-opportunity employer dedicated to diversity and inclusion.

• Inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

• Safe working environment.

• Reasonable adjustments provided upon request.

• Employee resource groups, including the Pride Network Group and global and local Women's groups.