RF Foundry Program Manager, Senior Principal Engineer

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.•Durham, NC

About The Position

You will use your program management, technical background and customer relationship skills to deliver real impact for our foundry customers and for the Macom foundry business. You will work directly with technology that will significantly impact the future of Aerospace and Defense, Industrial, and Communications applications. Our broad portfolio in expanding markets and growth-oriented business model allow for opportunities for mobility within the company.

Requirements

This position requires the ability to obtain and retain a government security clearance
BS with 15 years’ experience in Electrical Engineering and/or Physics or equivalent in management of RF/microwave technology
Must have experience with GaAs or GaN MMIC Technology (familiarity with design, fabrication, testing, and field use cases)
Demonstrated success working with cross-functional teams, including Sales, to cultivate new Foundry business
Ability to manage multiple high visibility projects simultaneously
Ability to distill complex technical and business inputs into a coherent customer-facing message
Demonstrated ability in cost, schedule, and project management
Excellent organizational, writing, and presentation skills
Due to ITAR regulations, only candidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position.

Nice To Haves

Previous Foundry management experience in compound semiconductor processes
Direct MMIC circuit design or RF device processing experience
Understanding of RF semiconductor system architectures for (Radar, EW, jammers, and communication systems)
Familiarity with markets served and system advantages of wide band gap semiconductors

Responsibilities

Serve as the single point of contact for a portfolio of GaN Foundry customers, working with the Sales team and customer service to manage the relationships from initial customer engagement, quotation and PO acceptance through technical discussions, wafer processing, test and delivery.
Communicate Foundry lot status and milestone completion via regular customer meetings
Work with Sales to actively cultivate new business in defense and commercial markets by executing our go to market (GTM) strategies to grow our customer base and opportunity funnel.
Manage quarterly business reviews for strategic foundry customers by coordinating review material across R&D and operations as required
Work across company functional organizations, including quality, finance, R&D and operations to ensure Foundry program success
Execute on meeting quarterly Foundry revenue and growth goals
Work with program security personnel to ensure program security, physical security, and ITAR/Export requirements are maintained
Work with Sales to align on quarterly bookings forecasts
Provide wafer demand forecasts and assist in long range business planning as needed
Actively manage and ensure IP protection via fire-walled procedures and data exchanges
Participate in quality system and/or trusted foundry certification and customer on-site audits or first article inspections as needed