Sr Manager, Foundry Device Engineering

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Technology Transfer & Manufacturing Readiness

• Lead execution of technology transfers for SiC and GaN products from development into qualified manufacturing flows.
• Support manufacturing readiness reviews, qualification activities, and process-change assessments for new products and technology platforms.
• Drive Safe Launch execution and manufacturing ramp activities to ensure robust transition into volume production.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams to ensure consistent deployment of new technologies across foundry partners.
  
  

Process Control & Yield Improvement

• Monitor product and process performance throughout the manufacturing lifecycle using statistical and electrical data.
• Drive yield optimization initiatives through DOE, process characterization, root-cause investigations, and corrective-action closure.
• Define and implement process control plans, SPC monitoring, Cpk/Ppk tracking, and manufacturing health indicators.
• Identify and resolve yield, reliability, and device performance issues in collaboration with foundry and cross-functional teams.
  
  

Device Engineering & Reliability

• Analyze electrical, process, reliability, and parametric data to improve product performance, manufacturability, and process robustness.
• Support qualification, reliability assessments, and failure-analysis investigations for SiC and GaN technologies.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Test Engineering on screening strategies, guard bands, yield limits, and excursion management.
• Evaluate foundry PCNs, process improvements, and technology changes to determine product impact and qualification requirements.
  
  

Foundry Technical Management

• Serve as a key technical interface between Navitas and external foundry partners.
• Participate in regular technical reviews with foundries covering process health, yield trends, reliability performance, risk items, and corrective actions.
• Drive closure of process excursions, manufacturing risks, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support audits, process assessments, control-plan reviews, and manufacturing risk mitigation activities.
  
  

Team Leadership

• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing device engineering team in the Pune Engineering Center.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and career development for engineers.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, data-driven decision making, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Coordinate priorities and execution across global engineering, operations, quality, test, reliability, and product teams.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Semiconductor Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field.
• 8-10 years of semiconductor device, process, product, or foundry engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of power semiconductor device physics and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with SiC and/or GaN technologies preferred.
• Deep working knowledge of SPC, DOE, Cpk/Ppk analysis, FMEA, control plans, root-cause analysis, and yield analytics.
• Experience analyzing electrical parametric, process, yield, and reliability data to make data-driven decisions.
• Direct experience working with wafer foundries or external manufacturing partners.
• Proven experience leading engineering projects and mentoring technical teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across global, cross-functional organizations.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting technology transfer and manufacturing ramp for power semiconductor products.
• TCAD simulation, device characterization, and power device modeling experience.
• Understanding of reliability qualification standards, failure-analysis methodologies, and process excursion management.
• Experience in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading or coordinating geographically distributed engineering teams.

Skills Required
manufacturing processes , Spc, Fmea, Doe