Silicon Product Manufacturing Operations Leader

Tenstorrent is seeking a Silicon Product Manufacturing Operations Leader to optimize the manufacturing lifecycle for custom silicon and semiconductor products. This role involves close collaboration with the silicon architecture and supply chain teams to ensure designs are optimized for mass production, cost, quality, and yield. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in semiconductor operations and strong leadership skills. This is a hybrid role based out of Santa Clara, Austin, Fort Collins, or Toronto.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of product IP, chiplets, and SoCs.
• Oversee manufacturing at foundry and OSAT, ensuring alignment with targets.
• Lead NPI to HVM ramp for multiple custom silicon generations.
• Establish and implement manufacturing process control strategies.
• Develop and maintain quality and reliability management systems.
• Drive packaging and test strategies.
• Build and scale engineering operations teams.
• Collaborate with design, supply chain, and product teams.
• Analyze and improve cost structures.
• Develop long-term manufacturing strategies.
• Build out a Quality and Reliability team.
• Build out Data Analysis.
• Ensure that optimal product test conditions are implemented.
• Maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with product stakeholders.
• Responsible for initial Silicon Bring-Up and debugging processes.

Requirements:

• 15+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, operations, and supply chain management.
• Proven experience leading foundry and OSAT operations.
• Expertise in high-volume silicon production.
• Strong knowledge of packaging, test engineering, and backend product engineering.
• Experience managing supplier quality engineering, contract manufacturing, and failure analysis labs.
• Deep understanding of NPI to HVM transitions, product lifecycle management, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent leadership and team-building skills.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.

Tenstorrent offers:

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technology.
• A collaborative and innovative work environment.
• A chance to contribute to a high-performance RISC-V CPU development.