Sr. Manufacturing Operations Manager

The Opportunity

We're looking for the Wavemakers of tomorrow.

Alphawave Semi enables tomorrow's future by accelerating the critical data communication at the heart of our digital world - from seamless video streaming to AI to the metaverse and much more. Our technology powers product innovation in the most data-demanding industries today, including data centers, networking, storage, artificial intelligence, 5G wireless infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles. Customers partner with us for mission-critical data communication, our innovative technologies, and our proven track record. Together, we enable the next generation of digital technology.

Sr. Manufacturing Operations Manager

Alphawave Semi is seeking for a Sr. Manufacturing Operations Manager within its Silicon Operations organization who will partner with foundry engineering, package engineering, product engineering, test engineering, and design engineering teams to drive excellence into our manufacturing processes. As a Sr. Manufacturing Operations Manager at Alphawave Semi, you will manage external manufacturing operations with foundry and outsourced assembly and test (OSAT) suppliers. Your primary goals are to manage the manufacturing of Alphawave Semi's silicon products by meeting schedule, quality, and costs targets. This includes the execution of development and manufacturing operations with our suppliers and internal engineering and operations teams.

What you'll do:

• Partner with internal engineering and operations teams to develop manufacturing strategies with foundry and OSAT suppliers that aligns roadmap, technology capabilities, and supply availability.

• Partner with internal engineering and operations teams to execute sourcing and selection of foundry and OSAT suppliers.

• Gather supplier factory capacity and utilization information and develop a manufacturing plan and identify potential risks in manufacturing process.

• Ensure all manufacturing collaterals are ready before releasing for manufacturing.

• Work to resolve manufacturing issues in a timely manner.

• Monitor manufacturing performance against schedule to ensure NPI and production schedules are met.

• Manage product manufacturing experiments and continuous improvement.

• Execute and meet manufacturing milestones from NPI to production with our foundry and OSAT suppliers through tool capability, lot tracking, quality management, change control, and business continuity plan (BCP).

What you'll need:

• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• 10+ years of experience managing semiconductor manufacturing capability, yield and cycle time improvement, scrap reduction, WIP excursion management, manufacturing cost optimization, capacity planning model, and other relevant manufacturing experience.

• Knowledge of foundry and OSAT suppliers and their roadmap.

• 10+ years of experience driving manufacturing executions with foundry and OSAT suppliers.

• Ability to collaborate with foundry and OSAT suppliers to improve systems and processes, and deliver product.

Salary and Benefits

We offer great compensation packages, including a salary that aligns with each candidate's skills and experience. Your contribution will be recognized with a base salary within the range of $135,000 to $175,000 annually, with the exact compensation within this range to be determined based on a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience and location.

In addition, as part of our commitment to the well-being and satisfaction of our employees, we have designed a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health Insurance

• Retirement Savings

• Paid time off

"Hybrid work environment"

Diversity & Inclusivity

Alphawave Semi is based out of one of the most diverse countries in the world. This includes differences related to race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender expression and presentation, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability and socioeconomic status. To us, diversity is one our strongest assets to our organization. We commit ourselves to promoting the recognition and appreciation of our diverse and rich culture. We believe that it is critical to our success to promote freedom of thought and opinion in a respectful environment. The decisions we make are rooted by respectfully considering each other's thoughts and opinions and by working towards a greater common goal.

Accommodation

Alphawave Semi is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including visible minorities, Indigenous People, and persons with disabilities. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. If as a qualified job applicant, you request accommodation, Alphawave Semi will consult with you to provide reasonable accommodations according to your specific needs. If you wish to make a request, you will be provided an opportunity if you're applications is selected to proceed in our hiring process.