Job Description -
1. Main Objectives
• Serve as key point of contact for the customer and company engineering organization
• Manage customer and development projects to ensure customer and company success
• Manage Development activities with cross-functional groups to ensure the projects are within the defined specifications, cost and delivery schedule
• Own and present technical data, concepts, and specifications to customers
• Provide timely update to management and project requestors with the clear status of the development projects
2. Responsibilities
• Interface and engage with customers at the technical and end-user level
• Translate the information, request or specification given by requestors into the project requirement
• Prepare cost estimate for engineering hours, prototype spending and final system cost
• Drive the DFMEA, Risk Assessment and brainstorming for new system or feature development
• Preparation, planning and coordination of project tasks to ensure compliance with its requirements, schedule and cost, with involved task managers and engineers
• Management and coordination of the development materials and tools
• Ensure complete verification and validation, with proper hand-over to operation and field service team including the necessary technical documentations and training
• Communication of development project related informations to other stakeholders
• Interface with upper management, engineering, sales, and field service to ensure projects have adequate resources, communicate status, and to coordinate resolution of technical issues
• Any tasks that may be assigned to you from time to time
3. Essential Quality Expectations
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement
• Seek for continuous improvement in own job processes
• Provide accurate reporting
4. Authority
• Access to Cohu Engineering documents needed to fulfill objectives and responsibilities
• Resource management of Cohu engineering resources in-line with Cohu employment handbook (daily tasks, leave, extra-hours, travels)
5. Requirements & Qualifications
• Excellent time management and planning skills
• Experienced in different statistics and quality tools (DFMEA, DOE, and risk assessment)
• Experienced in working effectively with cross-functional team
• Strong knowledge on semiconductor equipment process
• Strong commitment to learning, development and continuous improvement
• Effective verbal and written communication. Able to clearly convey information and ideas
• Diplomatic, patience and good listening skills
• Creative, innovative, out of the box problem solving
• Willing to travel for about 20% of the time to supplier or customer (local/oversea)
Skills Required
- Excellent time management and planning skills
- Experienced in different statistics and quality tools (DFMEA, DOE, risk assessment)
- Experienced in working effectively with cross-functional team
- Strong knowledge on semiconductor equipment process
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Diplomatic, patient and good listening skills
- Creative, innovative problem solving
- Willing to travel for about 20% of the time to supplier or customer
Cohu, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cohu, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Cohu, Inc..
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Retirement Support — A company-sponsored 401(k) with employer matching contributions is described in filings, supporting long-term savings. Company materials also highlight retirement programs as part of a comprehensive package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a discounted lookback feature is outlined, expanding access to ownership. This structure can enhance total rewards value beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Company materials outline robust paid time off programs and parental leave for all new parents. Time-off programs are presented as part of a comprehensive, globally relevant benefits suite.
Cohu, Inc. Insights
What We Do
Cohu is a leading supplier of semiconductor test and inspection & metrology handlers, micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) test modules, test contactors, thermal sub-systems and semiconductor automated test equipment used by global semiconductor and electronics manufacturers and semiconductor test subcontractors. Our product portfolio is focused on increasing yield, reducing cost of test, and accelerating time-to-market. Cohu is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: COHU) global company with headquarters in Poway, CA. We have a global footprint with ~3,000 employees. We are the leading supplier of Semiconductor Test and Inspection & Metrology Handlers and Test Contactors. We have market leadership in RF Power Amplifier/Front-End Module Testing.







