RF Foundry Business, Director

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

RF Foundry Business, Director

You will use your management ability, 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.

Job Requirements:

• Lead a team of foundry program managers who service a diverse range of Foundry customers by managing the relationship from initial engagement through quotation/PO acceptance, technical development, wafer processing, test and delivery.
• Execute on meeting Foundry revenue growth and margin commitments
• Manage/grow foundry backlog, generate quarterly revenue and wafer demand forecasts and assist in long range business planning
• Work across company functional organizations to ensure foundry business success, including Sales, R&D, quality, finance, and the wafer fab
• Manage the foundry opportunity pipeline and assess vs. forecasted growth projections
• Manage and refine the foundry business process from go to market strategy, customer engagement, circuit development, wafer processing, and delivery
• Actively manage and ensure Macom/customer IP protection via fire-walled procedures and data exchanges
• Participate in quality system and/or trusted foundry certification and customer on-site audits as needed
• Assess competitive process technologies and provide input to internal process development roadmaps
• Assist program managers in RMA or customer quality escalations as required
• Coordinate monthly internal program reviews and assist with preparation as required.
• Provide specific customer guidance to the team as required and manage select / more strategic foundry customers as necessary.
• Work with program security personnel to ensure program security, physical security, and ITAR/Export requirements are maintained through all foundry programs as required

Minimum Qualifications

• This position requires the ability to obtain and retain a government security clearance
  
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or similar technical engineering
  
• 15+ years of semiconductor industry experience
  
• Strong understanding of MMIC device technology, test, and qualification
  
• In depth knowledge of RF markets, industry trends and the competitive landscape
  
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams
  
• Strong verbal, written & presentation communications skills
  
• Self-motivated with strong drive to achieve business objectives

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills
  
• Familiarity with markets served by MMIC technology for high power RF systems
  
• Knowledge of microwave circuit design and/or related semiconductor design experience
  
• Understanding of RF semiconductor system architectures for (Radar, EW, jammers, and communication systems)
  
• Ability to distill complex technical and business inputs into a coherent customer-facing message
• 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.

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:

MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call +1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.