Senior NPI Planner

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

As part of the Business Operations team at pSemi Corporation, the new product introduction (NPI) Planner is the expert of R&D material planning processes, milestones, tasks and interdependencies within the product development flow (PDF). As a member of the cross-functional team (CFT) for assigned NPI projects, the NPI Planner will work with CFT leadership and members to build a detailed material plan between departments for on-time internal and external sample execution.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• R&D material planning, scheduling, and tracking from development through production hand-off
• Lead cross-functional material planning discussions in planning and execution phases of the PDF
• Use Supply Chain Planning & Sourcing capacity and lead time inputs to define inbound due dates from vendors across all manufacturing steps, identifying issues and risk mitigation in material flow
• Identify critical path, and propose risk mitigation/contingency strategies for delays and shortages
• Drive and track resolution of material issues, facilitating conflict resolution and initiating action to ensure next steps are identified and agreed to
• Setup, monitor and maintain the system to capture and track material plans and status
• Communicate status through meetings, reports and dashboards used in CFT meetings and reports
• Manage and track engineering material inventory, resolving discrepancies as needed with CFT
• Manage purchase requisition/orders and reconciliation of actuals of all manufacturing steps
• Identify, propose, and lead Cross Functional Team in process improvement projects related to material planning processes and systems.
• Facilitate shipping process for customer Evaluation Kits
• Participate in Physical Inventories and Inventory Reconciliations.

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• Typically requires 6 to 8 years of experience depending on education level and experience
• Experience should be in material planning and semiconductor material planning
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedure on new assignments
• Effective communication with all levels within the Company and with Suppliers
• Sense of urgency to meet internal and external customer requirements
• High level of integrity in creating and honoring commitments
• Microsoft Office Suite experience
• Good communicator, internally and with Suppliers
• Highly organized, detail oriented and accurate

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience placing purchase requisitions and orders on Enterprise Resource Planning system
• Experience working with a variety of material planning and tracking tools (e.g. WorkFront, SharePoint, Agile, ERP System, Oracle)
• Knowledge of semiconductor planning process flow, cycle times, and yields of wafers and packaged product.

Education Requirements

• Associate degree required in relevant field
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Supply Chain, Business Management, Finance or Engineering field,

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

USD:  103,534.32 - 134,602.07 per year

pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including “protected veterans” under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logo and UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP and DuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com