About this role
The Senior Principal Engineer, External Foundry Operations, serves as the operational owner for assigned foundries. The role is accountable for supplier performance across quality, yield, capacity, cost, and manufacturing continuity, while collaborating with Supply Chain and Planning teams to support delivery requirements. This position leads complex cross-functional issues, supplier governance, and improvement programs while influencing internal and external stakeholders without direct authority.
- Experience across multiple foundries or technology platforms such as BCD, analog, power discrete, GaN, CIS, logic, or mixed signal.
- Experience with supplier audits, manufacturing transfer, qualification, NPI ramp, CAB, supplier PCN, product release, and automotive semiconductor requirements.
- Experience using manufacturing data and statistical tools to drive yield, quality, process robustness, capacity, and cost improvement.