Job Description:The Engineering Planner (New Product Planner) plays a critical role in supporting Product Engineering Teams by managing the documentation, part creation, and coordination activities required to successfully introduce new products into manufacturing. Key responsibilities include:
- New Product Documentation: Create and manage new product documentation based on input from multiple sources. Track documents through the approval process to ensure timely completion.
- Part Number Creation: Generate manufacturing part codes and associated customer part numbers, including all relevant data required to define how finished goods are manufactured.
- Engineering Work Orders: Initiate and manage electronic work orders for starting or modifying engineering wafer lots in internal fabs, or raise purchase requisitions for external fabs, in alignment with Product Engineering needs.
- Backend Manufacturing Coordination: Issue electronic work orders for probe, assembly, final test, and qualification processes for new product materials. Coordinate closely with backend manufacturing teams, particularly Microchip Thailand to ensure timely product development support.
- Procurement Support: Create purchase requisitions for materials, including masks, wafers, equipment, and services required for engineering activities.
- Material Tracking: Track engineering materials from wafer start through to finished goods, ensuring visibility and timely progress across manufacturing stages.
- Production Release Support: Develop and maintain all necessary instructions and documentation to release new products to production within Microchip systems.
- Data Accuracy: Ensure accurate and up-to-date part data is maintained across all relevant Microchip systems.
- Cross-Functional Communication: Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, including engineering, marketing, manufacturing, information services, document control, mask shop, production planning, and wafer fabs.
Requirements/Qualifications:Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics or related field and/or a minimum of 3 years of experience in semiconductor product planning or a related field
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Preferred:
- APICS Certification (e.g., CPIM, CSCP) or equivalent supply chain certification
- Experience with database tools such as Tableau and/or Microsoft Access
- Familiarity with ERP systems and product lifecycle management tools in a manufacturing environment
This position is not eligible for Microchip immigration sponsorship.
Travel Time:0% - 25%
Physical Attributes:Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others
Physical Requirements:80% sitting, 10% walking, 10% standing
