Principal Engineer Unit Process Development

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Your role

Key responsibilities in your new role

• Responsible for Die Attach and Component Attach processes across development and manufacturing operations.
• Collaborate with innovation, package development, and production teams across Europe and Asia sites to develop and maintain a long-term Unit Process Roadmap covering processes, equipment, and materials, enabling faster time-to-market and minimizing development and manufacturing complexity.
• Support and govern Platform Unit Process Development by applying technical expertise and driving alignment within projects to address critical issues and agreements.
• Develop and maintain long-term strategies for the assigned unit processes, ensuring alignment across Backend operations, identifying gaps, and driving actions and projects to close them.
• Govern the Process Block Catalog (PBC) and serve as the technical expert for the Technical Process Chain (TPC), ensuring key unit processes are clearly defined and strictly aligned with the Process Block Catalog and Technology, Material, and Equipment Roadmaps.
• Drive Design-to-Cost initiatives with a focus on key equipment suppliers, establishing strategic long-term partnerships to achieve a 30% reduction in investment cost per piece for new equipment introduced within the roadmap.

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Qualifications And Skills To Help You Succeed

• Degree, Master's Degree, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science, or related disciplines.
• More than 10 years of experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Extensive expertise in unit process development, particularly in Die Attach processes (adhesive, film, soldering, sintering, diffusion soldering, preform, printing, etc.) and/or Component Attach processes (printing, component pick-and-place, reflow, ball attach, surface mount, etc.).
• Experience working in a multinational organization and leading teams within a cross-functional environment.
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor R&D, technology roadmap development, and technology realization.
• Good understanding of industry trends and competitor technologies.
• Familiarity with assembly subcontractor portfolios and intellectual property processes.

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