Kulicke & Soffa

Director, Technology Strategy

Kulicke & Soffa • $150K — $180K *
Fort Washington, PA 19034In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
  • 10+ years of industry experience in the Semiconductor sector.
  • Deep understanding of semiconductor packaging trends and technologies.
  • Experience in technical marketing and customer engagement strategies.
  • Proven ability to write and present technical papers effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and communicate insights on trends in semiconductor packaging and future equipment needs.
  • Engage with customers and industry leaders to align K&S products with market demands.
  • Initiate collaborations with consortia, universities, and industry partners for research and development.
  • Champion the production of technical papers and support marketing efforts at industry events.
  • Evaluate potential acquisition targets from a technical standpoint and contribute to critical issues in semiconductor packaging.
  • Manage travel requirements for industry engagement and collaboration, estimated at 10%.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work closely with executive leadership, reporting to the CTO.
  • Engagement with prestigious organizations, including universities and industry consortia.
  • Involvement in cutting-edge research and development within the semiconductor field.
  • Professional development opportunities through industry conferences and technical marketing.
  • Flexible travel opportunities, both domestic and international.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Director of Pathfinding R&D will be part of the Central Engineering organization and report directly to the CTO. The person is expected to develop close cross-functional relationships with especially the Advanced Solutions BU and the Strategic Business Development organization.

Responsibilities

The role will encompass the following aspects:
  1. Developing a thorough understanding of current and future trends in semiconductor packaging, internally communicating how these trends will affect K&S' businesses and making recommendations for Next, Next+1 and Next+2 equipment requirements. This effort will include in-depth analysis and independent verification of industry reports, such as those by Yole, Gartner and Techsearch working closely with Strategic Business Development.
  2. Engage with customers and industry leaders to understand future needs and promote K&S' products. This aspect includes technical marketing, both directly to customers and at industry conferences.
  3. Initiating and driving collaborative engagements with consortia, universities and adjacent companies. Specific examples would be engagements with UCLA, Penn State University, Resonac, Texas Institute of Electronics, IME (Singapore) and the CHIPS office of the US government.
  4. Champion and facilitate the writing of technical papers for conferences and support for other technical marketing
  5. Participate in the technical evaluation of potential acquisition targets.
    In addition to the pathfinding role, the candidate is expected to apply their deep technical understanding in semiconductor packaging to critical technical issues as needed.
  6. Travel: Approximately 10% domestically and internationally


Qualifications

Required Education
  • Bachelors Degree, Masters Preferred in Mechanical Engineering or closely related field
  • 10 year of industry experience, with strong background in Semiconductor Industry

About Kulicke & Soffa

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits (ICs), high and low powered discrete devices, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and power modules. The Company also services, maintains, repairs and upgrades equipment, all used to assemble semiconductor devices. The Company operates through two segments: Equipment and Expendable Tools. The Equipment segment manufactures and sells a line of ball bonders, wedge bonders, advanced packaging and electronic assembly solutions. The Expendable Tools segment manufactures and sells expendable tools and materials used in the semiconductor packaging process, such as soldering tools, bonding wires, advanced packaging materials, hybrid materials and shims. The Company's customers primarily consist of semiconductor device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers (OSATs), other electronics manufacturers and automotive electronics suppliers.
Learn more about Kulicke & Soffa
Size
2,854 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$87.1 million
5 Year Trend
+13.2%
Revenue
$746.7 million
NASDAQ
KLIC
* Ladders Estimates

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