Senior Substrate Program Managers

About This Role

• The Advanced Packaging Technology Development Substrate and Wafer Assembly (APTD: S and WA) team develops and delivers advanced substrate packaging and wafer assembly solutions for customers.
• As part of the Substrate Integration Group, within APTD, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of advanced packaging.
• In this role, you will: Work at the forefront of packaging technologies essential for next-generation AI devices; Collaborate with substrate suppliers worldwide to drive innovation and scalability; Contribute to the deployment of EMIB-T, our next-generation advanced packaging substrate technology, enabling heterogeneous chip architectures; Lead efforts to qualify new capacity at advanced packaging suppliers, ensuring timely readiness to meet growing customer demand.
• We are seeking highly motivated professionals with strong technical expertise who thrive on solving complex challenges, challenge conventional approaches, and build lasting supplier partnerships.
• Note: This role requires regular onsite presence to fulfill essential job responsibilities.
• Key Responsibilities: Collaborate closely with on-site supplier engineering teams and the US integration team to advance substrate building block technologies and manage critical process interactions.
• Monitor, optimize, and improve capacity in bottleneck processes by implementing strategies that reduce throughput time (TPT).
• Oversee schedules for product and test vehicle (TV) deliveries, proactively resolving issues to achieve aggressive on-time delivery (OTD) targets.
• Conduct thorough analysis of substrate lead times, develop reduction roadmaps, and consistently meet quarterly lead time goals.
• Ensure strict adherence to Process Control System (PCS) commitments by suppliers.
• Partner with internal teams to design and execute new factory TV/product certification plans focused on yield improvement.
• Develop and maintain detailed micro-schedules for new factory startups, including milestone tracking to ensure supplier compliance with startup timelines.
• Lead qualification activities and monitor ramp indicators to guarantee smooth, incident-free production ramp-up of new capacity.
• Influence strategic decision-making at supplier management levels.
• Work Environment: Regular travel to supplier sites and onsite presence at factories (minimum three days per week).
• Collaboration with diverse teams across Asia and the US.
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving project scopes and dynamic business needs.