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Vice President of Semiconductor Memory Manufacturing – San Jose, CA (Hybrid)
Lead global memory manufacturing for a stealth startup in San Jose. Oversee fabs, yield, capital spending, supply chain, and high-volume production of memory for AI inference.
Description
- Oversee high-volume semiconductor fabrication, assembly, testing, and packaging across global sites.
- Set manufacturing strategy to fit the company’s materials, device design, and memory type.
- Improve wafer and die yields, reduce defects, strengthen test coverage and reliability, and control costs.
- Manage multimillion-dollar capital budgets for cleanroom expansion, equipment upgrades, and transitions to next-generation process nodes.
- Work with the CEO, CTO, CCO, and technology teams to match fab strategy and output to market demand, product lifecycles, and customer commitments.
- Manage foundry and supplier partnerships, secure raw materials, and coordinate crisis responses.
- Enforce cleanroom safety, environmental rules, and corporate governance.
- Lead manufacturing readiness and the path to production for a purpose-built AI inference memory product.
- Scope strategic manufacturing partnerships and negotiate supply chain agreements.
- Direct global fab operations and supply chain execution for memory product lines.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, or industrial engineering.
- At least 15 years of progressive executive or senior leadership experience in semiconductor manufacturing, operations, or process or device engineering.
- At least seven years of experience at leading memory integrated device manufacturers or semiconductor foundries.
- Experience bringing new products to market and scaling them to high-volume manufacturing is preferred.
- Deep technical knowledge of memory devices, technology products, manufacturing trade-offs, and cleanroom and foundry operations.
- Demonstrated profit and loss management and experience justifying large capital expenditures.
- Record of leading global operations, scaling engineering teams worldwide, and building a culture of continuous manufacturing improvement.