Director Of Product And Test Engineering
Current• RESPONSIBILITIESo Manage multinational and multifunctional teams to complete product debug, evaluation, characterization to product requirements, and release to manufacturing.o Intimately involved in strategic planning and product roadmap creation for the product line.o Success in developing tactical alliances between leaders to drive growth and achieve goals. o Dedicated to building strong teams through communication, motivation, development, adherence to best practices, and good hiring habits.o Conduct timely performance evaluations and compensation planning for 50 engineers plus supporting personnel.o Increased production support through a cross-functional team approach for early identification and resolution of issues.o Oversee the planning and execution of ~$20M in operating and capital budgets.• ACCOMPLISHMENTSo Reduced full factory cost of products by increasing yield, reducing test costs, and adding IC probe.o Increased development efficiency and agility by pivoting back-end resources into hybrid front-end/back-end rolls. This better facilitated knowledge transfer and handoff speed in the lab and reduced ‘design in the lab’ time.o Drove increases in profitability while reducing expenses for product and test engineering with direct impact on $75+M of revenue per quarter.o Consistently able to maintain an industry leading gross margin for the entire product portfolio.o Regularly created double-digit CAGR through focus on meeting schedules and cost estimates.
