Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

Director, R&D Foundry Process Transfer Engineering

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

full-time

Posted on:

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Jose • California • United States

Visit company website

Explore more

✨ AI Apply
Apply

Salary

💰 $180,000 - $225,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead the transfer of semiconductor technologies from internal R&D into external foundry partners
  • Ensure process technologies are portable, scalable, and manufacturable across foundries while meeting quality, reliability, cost, and schedule commitments
  • Act as the technical bridge between internal development teams and external manufacturing partners
  • Define foundry transfer frameworks, readiness criteria, and qualification gates (EVT/DVT/PVT or equivalent)
  • Serve as the senior technical interface with foundry process, integration, and yield teams
  • Drive joint technical reviews, risk assessments, and issue resolution with foundry partners
  • Partner with R&D, Product Engineering, Quality, Reliability, Supply Chain, and Legal/Contracts teams
  • Own foundry qualification plans, including process capability, yield learning, and reliability validation
  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of foundry transfer and enablement engineers
  • Manage multi-foundry transfer programs with competing priorities and timelines

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field (Master’s or PhD preferred)
  • 10+ years of semiconductor process engineering experience with strong R&D-to-manufacturing exposure
  • 5+ years of people leadership experience
  • Direct experience transferring technologies to external foundries
  • Strong understanding of foundry process integration, SPC, DOE, FMEA, yield analysis, and change control
  • Proven ability to work across cultures, time zones, and company boundaries.
Benefits
  • Health care coverage
  • Financial support programs
  • Opportunities to work globally and locally
  • Unique career paths
  • Open and collaborative culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
semiconductor process engineeringfoundry process integrationstatistical process control (SPC)design of experiments (DOE)failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)yield analysischange controltechnology transferprocess capabilityreliability validation
Soft Skills
leadershipcross-cultural communicationteam developmentissue resolutionrisk assessmentcollaborationproject managementproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsorganizational skills