Principal Product Manager - DRAM Probe Cards

FormFactor Inc.•Livermore, CA

6d•$163,400 - $214,410

About The Position

FormFactor is seeking a technically strong and commercially minded Principal Product Line Manager to lead product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management for its DRAM probe card portfolio and wafer-level test solutions. The role brings together DRAM technology, wafer-level test, probe card technology, customer requirements, and business strategy. Working with Technical Marketing and Applications Engineering, the role engages leading memory manufacturers to understand their technology and test roadmaps and translate requirements into differentiated probe card solutions. The position works closely with customers and teams across Sales, Applications Engineering, R&D, Operations, Finance, and other functions to drive product strategy, new product development, commercialization, and business growth. The product line leader owns the portfolio from concept and development through qualification, production ramp, sustainment, and end-of-life; develops positioning and pricing; supports forecasting and business reviews; and leads launches and sales enablement. Regular hours are day shift. The role is based in Livermore, California, and may require international travel to support major memory customers.

Requirements

Minimum of 12 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, or 8 years with a master's degree, or a PhD with 5 years of experience, or equivalent experience.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Semiconductor Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
Experience in the semiconductor industry, preferably in semiconductor test, memory, probe cards, ATE, wafer probing, or related technologies.
Strong working knowledge of semiconductor wafer-level test and the wafer-test ecosystem.
Understanding of wafer probers, probe cards, ATE, and interactions between the DUT, probe interface, and tester.
Working knowledge of DRAM technology and manufacturing/test flows.
Experience translating customer technical requirements into product or technology requirements.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional programs involving Engineering, Operations, Sales, and customers.
Strong analytical and business skills, including evaluating market opportunities, product economics, and investment tradeoffs.
Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams and executive/business audiences.
Ability to travel internationally to support major memory customers.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with DRAM wafer sort, wafer-level test, or probe cards.
Experience with DRAM products such as DDR, LPDDR, GDDR, and/or HBM.
Hands-on knowledge of memory ATE and wafer probers.
Understanding of DRAM test methodologies, including DC/parametric test, functional test, speed test, burn-in, or reliability screening.
Understanding of high-parallelism memory testing and semiconductor cost-of-test economics.
Knowledge of probe-card performance parameters, including contact resistance, probe force, current carrying capability, thermal behavior, signal integrity, pad damage, and probe lifetime.
Previous experience in product management, product marketing, applications engineering, test engineering, product engineering, or technical marketing within the semiconductor industry.
Experience working directly with major global memory manufacturers.
Master's degree in Engineering or MBA.

Responsibilities

Own the product strategy and multi-generation roadmap for FormFactor's DRAM probe card portfolio.
Translate DRAM technology, device architecture, wafer-test, and manufacturing trends into future probe card requirements.
Identify emerging customer requirements involving test parallelism, pad pitch, probe count, current carrying capability, test speed, temperature, contact resistance, signal integrity, and cost of test.
Develop market requirements documents (MRDs) and business cases for new products and technology investments.
Prioritize product investments according to customer requirements, market opportunity, competitive position, and financial return.
Partner with R&D and Engineering to translate market requirements into product specifications and development programs.
Develop technical and business relationships with leading DRAM manufacturers; engage their test, product, process, and engineering organizations to understand future wafer-test strategies.
Lead customer roadmap discussions and translate future technology requirements into FormFactor product strategy.
Monitor DRAM technology transitions, wafer-test architectures, ATE/prober evolution, and competitive probe-card solutions; conduct market, TAM/SAM, competitive, and technology analysis to identify growth opportunities.
Own the DRAM probe card product lifecycle from concept and development through qualification, production ramp, sustainment, and end-of-life.
Develop product positioning, pricing strategy, and value propositions.
Support revenue forecasting, demand planning, capacity planning, and business performance reviews; monitor revenue, market share, gross margin, design wins, and customer adoption.
Identify opportunities to improve product profitability, manufacturability, lead time, and cost structure.
Partner with Sales on major commercial opportunities, customer negotiations, and strategic design wins.
Lead cross-functional commercialization of new DRAM probe card technologies; define customer qualification and product introduction strategies.
Coordinate with Engineering, Applications, Operations, Quality, and Sales to ensure successful product launches and production ramps.
Establish success metrics and monitor product performance following introduction.
Serve as a product-line authority for DRAM wafer-level test applications.
Develop product presentations, competitive positioning, product enablement tools, and collateral; train Sales and Applications teams on capabilities, positioning, and competitive differentiation.
Represent FormFactor at customer technology reviews, industry conferences, and technical forums.