This role demands strong cross-functional collaboration across portfolio, materials management (purchasing and supplier development), production and application engineering, and quality to drive robust component localization plans, align with global strategies, and optimize the use of global resources.
Strategy
- Synthesize global part family component strategies and drive device selection; drive project adherence to defined strategies.
- Influence supplier device definitions to align with future product requirements & unique selling points.
- Collaborate with materials management for advanced sourcing activities, ensuring cost competitiveness & supply chain stability.
- Deliver market intelligence & guidance gathered from suppliers to internal stakeholders.
Design & System Expertise
- Define requirements & deliver electronic components fulfilling future product requirements.
- Enhance & contribute to component performance by integrating IP.
- Conduct simulation reviews with suppliers & provide direction on features/functions.
- Offer expertise on integrated circuity technologies & their impact on design performance, semiconductor fabrication, & packaging/assembly processes.
Performance Evaluation
- Ensure complete data sheet and application specific test verification via an internally developed highly automated test environment to characterize, evaluate, & benchmark component performance.
- Assess supplier validation plans & analyze results for component acceptance.
- Confirm conformance of component-level functional safety (ISO 26262).
- Drive development execution with suppliers including risk mitigation & ensure suppliers address any nonconformance.
Process & Methods
- Ensure semiconductor development and supplier management are in accordance with customer requirements and internal best practices.
- Drive a structured approach for all component developments.
- Monitor and report development status.
- Lead the technical interface with suppliers including global coordination of activities.
