Director of Foundry Engineering - San Jose, California, United States
$209,500 - $303,250 USD yearly
Originally posted 20 April 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 23 September 2026.
About the role
Altera is seeking a Director of Foundry Engineering to lead foundry engagement, advanced process technology enablement, and manufacturing execution for Altera’s FPGA and programmable device portfolio. This leader will serve as the primary technical interface between Altera and its external foundry partners, ensuring robust silicon readiness, manufacturability, yield, reliability, and cost optimization across multiple technology nodes.
What you'll do
- Oversee silicon manufacturing operations and engineering from first silicon through high-volume production. - Lead yield improvement, defect reduction, parametric optimization, and reliability validation efforts. - Own and manage technical relationships with external foundry partners across advanced and mature process nodes, leading process technology selection, qualification, and PDK readiness. - Collaborate with Design Engineering, DTCO teams, Product Line Management, Supply Chain, and Operations to support early design decisions optimizing manufacturability, cost, performance, and schedule. - Build, lead, and mentor a foundry engineering organization while managing foundry-related risks, capacity planning, and cost modeling.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field. - 15+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, foundry engineering, or process technology. - Demonstrated experience working directly with major semiconductor foundries. - Experience in advanced CMOS process nodes, yield engineering, and reliability. - Experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting logic, SoC, or FPGA products. - Prior people management experience at the senior manager or director level. - Familiarity with multi-foundry or foundry-agnostic manufacturing strategies.
Skills: foundry engagement, process technology enablement, manufacturing execution, yield improvement, defect reduction, parametric optimization
This role has been open 187 days — below the 191-day median for Process Integration roles.
Process Integration · Semiconductor Process
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Open roles in category
66
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Median days open
191 d
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Median salary
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Altera | All employers we track in this specialty (66 roles · 13 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 66 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 8 | 10037 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 187 d | 191 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: foundry engagement, process technology enablement, manufacturing execution, yield improvement, defect reduction, parametric optimization
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 35 open roles · median 186 d
- GlobalFoundries · 10 open roles · median 221 d
- Texas Instruments · 6 open roles · median 206 d
- OmniVision · 4 open roles · median 190 d
- Applied Materials · 2 open roles · median 196 d
- Infineon Technologies · 2 open roles · median 188 d
How we counted: 66 open Process Integration (Semiconductor Process) roles from 13 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.
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