SoC Test SC Division - Director Product Engineering & Quality (m/f/d)

SoC Test SC Division - Director Product Engineering & Quality (m/f/d)

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Job Description

Advantest is seeking a Director, Product Engineering & Quality within the SoC Test Supply Chain Organization to lead distributed electrical and mechanical Product Engineering teams.

In this strategic leadership role, you will ensure scalable, standardized, and cost-effective Product Engineering execution across an outsourced supply chain. You will drive quality, cost, delivery, and new product introduction objectives through close collaboration with globally distributed R&D teams, suppliers, and manufacturing partners. Furthermore, you will provide leadership for initiatives that improve product quality, accelerate time-to-market, time-to-volume, strengthen supplier performance, and enhance long-term product competitiveness.

Your Responsibilities

• Ensure product and manufacturing readiness to meet quality, volume, and delivery commitments.
• Lead SoC Test SC Division NPI execution to achieve roadmap, time-to-market (TTM), time-to-volume (TTV), quality, and cost objectives.
• Ensure team capability development and efficiency gains of the organization through standardization and process orientation.
• Strengthen collaboration and alignment across Product Engineering, R&D, PMO, Supply Chain, and Suppliers/CMs.
• Drive product quality improvements and cost reduction initiatives throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead complex NPI, qualification, and multi-sourcing programs to support business growth and supply chain resilience.
• Ensure sustainable product ownership across the full product lifecycle, including quality improvements, cost optimization, and end-of-life support.
• Ensure strategic internal alignment with stakeholder functions and set clear objectives, priorities, and accountability within the team and your team managers.

Requirements

Essential Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience in engineering, manufacturing, or operations environments.
• Proven track record leading NPI programs and cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Strong collaboration skills across R&D, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and suppliers.
• Strong understanding of V93K manufacturing processes, test strategies, quality systems, and KPI-driven performance management.
• Experience driving product quality improvements, cost reduction, and lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of semiconductor products, electronics manufacturing, supplier management, and SoC markets.
• Experience in leading problem-solving initiatives.

Required Soft Skills

• Visionary leader with strong results orientation and a positive can-do attitude
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coaching skills.
• Strong leadership and change management capabilities in a matrix organization
• Strong team player and cross-functional integrator.
• Structured, analytical, and data-driven approach.
• Strong self-management and coordination skills.
• Ability to execute in a fast-changing environment.
• Continuous learning and improvement mindset.
• High emotional intelligence and stakeholder management skills.

All Locations

Field of Activity

Production Engineering

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