Foundry Supply-Chain & Procurement Engineer Full Time NEW

Job Summary

Touchdown Labs is seeking a Foundry Supply-Chain & Procurement Engineer to source the materials, equipment, services and outsourced process steps needed for a defined customer product. The role supports evidence-based choices between buying, partnering, licensing, building or stopping before capital is committed. Touchdown Labs says advanced packaging is its intended first fabrication class and that it does not currently operate a production fab.

Key Responsibilities

• Compare merchant suppliers, materials, tool lead times, service arrangements, rights and full installed costs against the same specification.
• Source tool, material, substrate, assembly, test and service options for a defined product specification.
• Evaluate lead time, installed cost, rights, qualification burden and single-source exposure.
• Coordinate commercial terms while keeping supplier quotes separate from engineering approval.
• Build a supplier-risk map covering single-source parts, long-lead tools, outsourced steps and critical service capacity.
• Record each quotation’s assumptions and outstanding engineering approvals so commercial progress is not confused with product qualification.

Technical Scope and Outputs

The work covers technical requests for quotation, equal-specification comparisons, installed and operating cost, yield-adjusted cost, supplier capability, qualification effort, lead times, spares, service, intellectual-property and data rights, continuity and change notification.

• Produce supplier comparisons showing evidence, price, timing, alternatives, lead time, risk and failure contingencies.
• Prepare procurement-readiness records that identify approvals still required.
• Document make-buy-partner decisions with price, yield, timing, rights, failure contingencies and stop criteria.

Experience and Capabilities

• Experience in semiconductor or packaging sourcing, supplier qualification, contracting interfaces and risk management.
• Demonstrated sourcing of semiconductor or packaging materials, equipment or outsourced processes.
• Ability to assess supplier capability, change control, continuity, qualification effort and total cost, including yield and service.
• Ability to translate engineering specifications into comparable supplier requests and challenge exclusions.
• Ability to assess contracts, supply continuity and technical qualification with the relevant owners.

Helpful Experience

• Relationships with OSATs, foundries or equipment vendors.
• Awareness of export, intellectual-property and contractual interfaces.
• Equipment-service negotiation, substrate and materials sourcing, or supplier-capacity planning.

Working Arrangements

Applications are open. The exact work location, arrangement, compensation and start date will be discussed during hiring. Early work may include engineering plans and partner comparisons; hands-on work begins only at qualified and authorised facilities. The successful person will work with process, equipment, quality, test, customer and supplier owners as the scope requires.

How to apply

Apply online at: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4472745984/
Original listing source: LinkedIn / External recruitment platform.