Jobs at FormFactor, Inc.

Leads architecture, development, modernization, testing, deployment, and support of software for semiconductor manufacturing and test systems. Migrates legacy MATLAB and LabVIEW applications to C#/.NET, integrates software with equipment and hardware, develops automation and testing frameworks, resolves complex defects, contributes to CI/CD, and mentors engineers. Collaborates across software, hardware, systems, manufacturing, quality, product, and customer support teams.

Leads mechanical architecture and system-level design for precision semiconductor wafer probing and test platforms. Responsibilities include developing motion, chucking, wafer handling, mechatronic, structural, thermal, and dynamic systems; conducting FEA and tolerance analysis; driving product development through production; resolving complex technical issues; supporting installations and qualification; and providing cross-functional technical leadership and mentorship.

Leads enterprise learning, leadership development, employee engagement, culture, and organizational effectiveness initiatives. Designs scalable leadership programs, learning architecture, listening strategies, organizational development tools, measurement frameworks, and executive-ready insights. Partners with HR, business leaders, IT, HRIS, and vendors to implement systems and leverage analytics and AI-enabled tools. Requires a practical, data-driven builder who can translate organizational needs into measurable capability and culture improvements.

Leads a multidisciplinary sustaining engineering team supporting released semiconductor test products. Responsibilities include customer change management, field issue resolution, root cause analysis, corrective actions, reliability tracking, cost reduction, design-for-manufacturability initiatives, component obsolescence management, supplier qualification changes, and NPI-to-sustaining product handoffs. The role also builds feedback loops between field performance and product design while managing distributed engineering teams.

Executes global internal audits, SOX compliance testing, risk assessments, control evaluations, IT general controls reviews, and advisory projects. The role prepares audit documentation and reports, communicates findings, supports remediation, collaborates with external auditors, and partners with stakeholders across Finance, IT, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and HR to improve internal controls and manage business risks.

Leads the design, integration, validation, and lifecycle support of precision mechanical systems for semiconductor wafer probing and test equipment. Designs positioning stages, wafer handling mechanisms, probe interfaces, and motion-controlled assemblies; performs tolerance, structural, thermal, FEA, and vibration analyses; builds and tests prototypes; troubleshoots performance issues; creates technical documentation; collaborates cross-functionally; and mentors junior engineers.

Leads complex PCB and package substrate design, layout, routing, verification, and release for semiconductor test and measurement products. Applies high-speed, RF, analog, mixed-signal, signal integrity, and power integrity expertise. Establishes design standards, libraries, workflows, and automation requirements while improving manufacturability and development efficiency. Collaborates with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, applications, product engineering, and external fabrication teams. Provides technical leadership, mentors designers, leads complex projects, and resolves challenging design issues.

Leads customized engineering and manufacturing projects from customer inquiry through final shipment. Coordinates customers, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and global stakeholders; develops schedules, manages technical and program risks, drives cross-functional execution, and ensures customer expectations, quality standards, and delivery commitments are met in a fast-paced custom manufacturing environment.

Analyze semiconductor equipment reliability, tool-to-tool variation, alarms, sensors, maintenance events, and wafer performance. Conduct root-cause investigations using structured methodologies, develop analytical dashboards, and provide data-driven recommendations for product and next-generation tool improvements. Support new equipment introduction, installation, qualification, production ramp, test-method improvements, customer experience, and integration processes.

Leads troubleshooting, repair, maintenance, and continuous improvement of probe cards and micro-assembly processes. Supports new product introduction, equipment and tooling customization, metrology, alignment verification, process transfers, and high-volume manufacturing documentation. Manages equipment upgrades, capacity expansion, and capital projects while coaching technicians and conducting operator training and certification.

Leads advanced RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, and high-speed interconnect development for semiconductor test and measurement products. Defines architectures and technology roadmaps, develops calibration and measurement methodologies, drives electromagnetic modeling and validation, and guides products from concept through manufacturing. Provides technical leadership across engineering disciplines, customers, suppliers, and industry partners while influencing strategic investments, mentoring engineers, and advancing innovation through patents, publications, and standards contributions.

Owns full-cycle recruitment with an emphasis on proactive sourcing for engineering, technical, manufacturing, and corporate roles. Partners with hiring managers to define recruiting strategies, builds talent pipelines across Taiwan and Asia, conducts interviews, manages candidate experience, supports offers and closes, and provides market intelligence using recruiting metrics. The role also guides interview processes, ensures compliance, and contributes to employer branding and recruiting events.

Leads complex semiconductor technology and product development programs from concept through qualification, manufacturing readiness, and high-volume production. Owns scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks, milestones, governance, and executive reporting. Coordinates engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, operations, product management, and customer-facing teams. Drives NPI, qualification, commercialization, yield improvement, reliability, issue resolution, and continuous improvement while aligning technical execution with business objectives.

Develop, qualify, implement, and sustain tight-pitch semiconductor manufacturing processes. Lead product conversions, optimize yield and cycle time, establish SPC controls, analyze manufacturing data, implement corrective actions, maintain engineering documentation, support equipment qualification and production ramp, train technicians, and collaborate with manufacturing, quality, product engineering, and wafer engineering teams on troubleshooting and continuous improvement.

Develops business cases, financial and operational models, data models, executive decision packages, portfolio dashboards, and benefit-validation reporting for cross-functional transformation initiatives. Extracts and analyzes enterprise data using SQL, Python, spreadsheets, and visualization platforms; automates repeatable workflows; standardizes metrics; tracks value realization; and partners with Finance, IT, data engineering, and business leaders to support decisions and embed sustainable reporting processes.

Leads cross-functional business process transformation and continuous improvement initiatives. Responsibilities include mapping current-state processes, identifying root causes and control gaps, designing future-state workflows, facilitating Lean and Six Sigma improvements, implementing pilots, establishing governance and metrics, supporting adoption, and transferring ownership to business functions. The role partners across finance, IT, supply chain, operations, quality, commercial, and data teams to deliver scalable, measurable process improvements.

Leads FormFactor’s enterprise transformation group, translating executive priorities into cross-functional engagements from diagnosis through implementation and adoption. Responsibilities include operating-model and process redesign, governance, business-case development, benefit realization, change management, executive facilitation, portfolio oversight, and sustainable handoff to functional owners. The role builds a multidisciplinary team, partners across Finance, IT, operations, supply chain, commercial, and data functions, and drives technology-enabled transformation using analytics, automation, AI, ERP, and planning platforms.

Support and improve photolithography and etch processes in high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Monitor process performance using SPC and Cp/Cpk, run DOEs, perform root cause analysis and CAPA, support process validation and transfers, drive continuous improvement (Lean/Six Sigma), maintain process docs and KPIs, and collaborate cross-functionally to improve yield, throughput, and cost.

Lead and develop a team of manufacturing technicians in a semiconductor fab to execute production schedules, meet throughput and quality goals, enforce cleanroom and safety protocols, drive continuous improvement using Lean/Six Sigma, and coordinate cross‑functional production issue resolution.

Lead cross-functional coordination for new product introduction (NPI) and order fulfillment. Develop and maintain project plans and schedules, run project meetings, record minutes/action items, report risks to steering committees, escalate conflicts, lobby for resources, and drive continuous improvement of project management and NPI processes.