Senior Principal Foundry Engineer
NXP Semiconductors
Senior Principal Foundry Engineer
NXP Semiconductors
Automotive semiconductors and secure embedded solutions
Description: The APAC Central Competence Team partners with external foundries to ensure robust chip supply and technology enablement for NXP’s business lines. This role focuses on driving advanced node technology ramp-up and transfer, with a strong emphasis logic/RF devices. The primary responsibility of this role is to lead and support new technology introduction (NTI) and process transfers involving logic/RF technologies, ensuring manufacturability, yield, and performance targets are met.
The key areas of responsibility of the jobholder are:
- Collaborate closely with foundries, NXP technology teams, and business lines to qualify and release advanced FinFET processes.
- Provide technical leadership in semiconductor device physics, especially in FinFET architecture and behavior.
- Interface with internal and external stakeholders on critical development and transfer projects.
- Lead and steer projects to meet timelines and business objectives.
- Make key decisions on process integration, balancing technical, logistical, and strategic factors.
- Support NTI process transfers within foundries and NXP joint ventures
Requirements / preferences:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in semiconductor device engineering, with a strong focus on advanced logic/RF devices.
- Proven hands-on experience with HKMG and FinFET technologies in production or development environments.
- Deep understanding of semiconductor device physics, especially HKMG and FinFET.
- Strong analytical skills in yield enhancement and electrical data analysis.
- Well verse in English and Chinese. This role involves regular interaction with Mandarin-speaking suppliers. Therefore, fluency in spoken Mandarin is required to facilitate effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
- Demonstrated leadership in development, transfer, or ramp-up projects.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Proactive, pragmatic, and results-driven mindset.
- Experience working with foundries and leveraging external manufacturing capabilities .
Automotive semiconductors and secure embedded solutions
NXP Semiconductors designs and sells semiconductor chips for vehicles and other devices. Its products include automotive-grade microcontrollers and other ICs used in engines, infotainment, safety systems, and networked car architectures. These chips process data, run software, and enable features such as advanced driver assistance and vehicle connectivity, often with strong security and real-time performance. Unlike some peers, NXP became an independent company after Philips spun off its semiconductor unit in 2006 and later merged with Freescale in 2015, building a focused strength in automotive semiconductors and microcontrollers. This gives it a clear niche in the market and the goal of growing as a standalone leader in smarter, connected vehicles and related technologies.
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