Senior Engineering Vendor Manager - Yokneam, Israel
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is responsible for the engineering project management of strategic and technologically advanced components and suppliers within the New Product Introduction (NPI) team.
What you'll do
- Manage product as a project, defining design timelines and setting quality, capacity, and automation roadmaps for High Volume Manufacturing (HVM).
- Lead engineering engagement with strategic suppliers for NPI and ongoing production, identifying risks and optimization areas.
- Define and implement monitoring and documentation requirements for key process steps to ensure consistency and quality.
- Establish comprehensive quality criteria and Outgoing Quality Control (OQC) procedures at suppliers.
- Monitor and analyze supplier yield data, production metrics, and quality performance to identify trends and drive corrective actions.
- Conduct supplier technical audits and provide mentorship on standard processes in manufacturing and quality control.
- Own issues end-to-end, driving root cause investigations, recommending solutions, and planning implementation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience in engineering roles, with a focus on process management, manufacturing engineering, or NPI.
- Proven track record to understand complex manufacturing processes and identify critical control points.
- Strong background in process quality methodologies, including yield analysis, data interpretation, root cause analysis, and driving corrective actions.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to run a technical program to committed timelines and influence cross-functional teams.
- Sound engineering and quality judgment weighed against operational needs, making pragmatic trade-offs.
- Resilience and effectiveness under high workload and ambiguity in a dynamic environment.
Skills: vendor management, process management, manufacturing engineering, supplier quality, yield data, corrective actions
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 56-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2311
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$100k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (2311 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 26 | 2311 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 73 | 9479 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 27 d | 56 d (−29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $100k |
Skills observed across this category: vendor management, process management, manufacturing engineering, supplier quality, yield data, corrective actions
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 399 open roles · median 88 d
- Entegris · 230 open roles · median 40 d
- Applied Materials · 208 open roles · median 43 d
- Lam Research · 109 open roles · median 41 d
- Infineon Technologies · 99 open roles · median 37 d
- onsemi · 84 open roles · median 58 d
How we counted: 2311 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Sept 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.