Senior Substrate Program Managers

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Taipei, Taiwan +1

This role is for a Senior Substrate Program Manager at Intel, focusing on advanced packaging technologies for AI devices. The responsibilities include collaborating with global substrate suppliers, driving innovation and scalability, contributing to the deployment of advanced substrate technology, and qualifying new capacity. The role involves managing supplier engineering teams, optimizing capacity, overseeing product deliveries, analyzing lead times, ensuring process adherence, designing certification plans, developing micro-schedules for new factory startups, and leading qualification activities for production ramp-up. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background in semiconductor manufacturing or substrate development and experience in capacity management, lead time analysis, and supplier influence.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate closely with on-site supplier engineering teams and the US integration team to advance substrate building block technologies and manage critical process interactions.
  2. Monitor, optimize, and improve capacity in bottleneck processes by implementing strategies that reduce throughput time (TPT).
  3. Oversee schedules for product and test vehicle (TV) deliveries, proactively resolving issues to achieve aggressive on-time delivery (OTD) targets.
  4. Conduct thorough analysis of substrate lead times, develop reduction roadmaps, and consistently meet quarterly lead time goals.
  5. Ensure strict adherence to Process Control System (PCS) commitments by suppliers.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree with 8+ years, or PhD with 4+ years work experience, in Science or Engineering.
  • 6+ years of experience in fab back-end or substrate manufacturing process development.

Nice to have

  • Experience in capacity management, lead time analysis, structured problem solving, situational leadership, supplier influence, and stakeholder management.
  • Strong understanding of substrate process building blocks such as component embedding, laser drilling, dielectric lamination, lithography, multi-metal electrolytic plating, defect inspection/metrology, and electrical testing.
  • Experience qualifying /owning process tools in a TD/ramp or HVM context is desired.
  • Hands-on experience in factory operations, substrates, manufacturing, process engineering, and yield improvement is highly preferred.
  • Fluent business-level English communication skills, excellent presentation abilities, and capability to engage effectively with supplier management.

What the JD emphasized

  • advanced packaging technologies essential for next-generation AI devices
  • drive innovation and scalability
  • qualify new capacity at advanced packaging suppliers
  • growing customer demand
  • strong technical expertise
  • solving complex challenges
  • challenge conventional approaches
  • build lasting supplier partnerships
  • advance substrate building block technologies
  • manage critical process interactions
  • reduce throughput time (TPT)
  • aggressive on-time delivery (OTD) targets
  • analysis of substrate lead times
  • develop reduction roadmaps
  • meet quarterly lead time goals
  • strict adherence to Process Control System (PCS) commitments
  • design and execute new factory TV/product certification plans
  • yield improvement
  • develop and maintain detailed micro-schedules for new factory startups
  • milestone tracking
  • supplier compliance with startup timelines
  • qualification activities
  • monitor ramp indicators
  • smooth, incident-free production ramp-up of new capacity
  • Influence strategic decision-making at supplier management levels.