Vice President, Global Probes Field Applications - Remote
$257,800 - $338,415 USD yearly
Originally posted 24 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Vice President, Global Probes Field Applications defines and executes the global Field Applications strategy for FormFactor's Probes Business Unit. This role owns customer technical engagement, feasibility analysis, and PCIF execution for probe products worldwide.
What you'll do
- Provide global leadership for Probes Field Applications across North America, EMEA, and APAC. - Own the Field Applications lifecycle from initial customer engagement through PCIF submission. - Serve as the senior technical escalation point for strategic and global probe customers. - Drive improvements in probe design win rates, FA cycle time, and PCIF First-Time-Right metrics. - Partner with Sales leadership on account strategies and collaborate with Design Engineering on handoffs post-PCIF. - Represent the Voice of the Customer in product roadmap planning, NPI, and technology reviews while standardizing regional KPIs and dashboards.
What you'll need
- Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience in leadership roles with a Bachelor's degree, 8+ years with a Master's degree, or 6+ years with a PhD (or equivalent experience). - Deep technical foundation in Field Applications, Field Engineering, or technical customer-facing roles. - Proven experience leading globally distributed technical teams across multiple regions. - Strong background in probe cards, wafer probing, or semiconductor test applications.
Nice to have
- 15+ years of experience in Field Applications, Engineering, or technical customer-facing roles. - Minimum of 5 years' experience supporting large global semiconductor customers. - Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Electrical Engineering or related discipline. - Experience with Automated Test Equipment (ATE) and automatic wafer probers. - Familiarity with PCB and thin-film design technologies. - Prior experience in a senior leadership role within a probe card or test equipment company. - Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 30–50%.
Skills: Field Applications strategy, customer technical engagement, probe products, wafer probing, test equipment
This role has been open 176 days — well above the 72-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
196
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Median days open
72 d
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Median salary
$148k
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| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (196 roles · 17 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 196 |
| Median days open | 40 d | 72 d (−32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: Field Applications strategy, customer technical engagement, probe products, wafer probing, test equipment
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 62 open roles · median 33 d
- KLA Corporation · 41 open roles · median 125 d
- Applied Materials · 34 open roles · median 68 d
- Keysight Technologies · 15 open roles · median 75 d
- ASML · 8 open roles · median 116 d
- Veeco Instruments · 7 open roles · median 82 d
How we counted: 196 open Applications FAE (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 17 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. Figures refresh nightly.